Re: Can't capture from DV Camera via FireWire Error when starting the device.

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I agree with your assessment that the IEEE port on the camera is probably
bad. I would go to the manufacturers website.
-Wojo

<ILCSP@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello, I have a 5 months old top-of-the-line Dell computer. It came
> with Media Center XP2 installed already and with an Audigy sound card
> that has a firewire port built in.
>
> I was able to capture DV video from my Panasonic PV-GS250 camcorder
> with no problems up till recently. I even created a Xmas 05 DVD from
> my DV tapes. However, right after this, my computer stopped
> recognizing my video camera anymore. I used Studio 9 plus to capture my
> video and everything was perfect. Now, there's nothing I can do to fix
> this problem.
>
> I've already changed FireWire cables, and it did not work, I bought a
> new firewire card, installed it and it has no conflicts whatsoever in
> the Device Manager, just like the other firewire adapter, but still did
> not work. I removed both cards and reinstall them and still, no
> problems in device manager, but the camera still does not get
> recognized. I have disabled the Firewall from these adapters, but it
> did not help.
>
> When I try to use Movie Maker to capture my video, I get this error:
> The video device cannot be used at this time because there has been an
> error when starting the device.
>
> The only thing that's seems to be obvious is that the firewire port in
> my camera is the one messed up. By the way, I do have a tape in it, I
> placed it in VCR mode, I have connected the firewire cable first before
> turning it on, I have left the camera on with the firewire cable
> connected and restarted my computer hoping that it would recognize it,
> but still, it does not work.
>
> The only thing I haven't tried is to replace my system files
> (reinstall Windows) but I don't want to do that unless I have no
> choice.
>
> If anyone has any idea on how to fix this issue, please let me know.
>
> Thanks!
>
> JR
>


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