Some help or ideas needed: minidv camcorder firewire connection problem

[cberdon]

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NEED HELP ON SONY MINIDV HANDYCAM

Guys, ask lang ko idea if asa and naay problem or unsa ang naka-cause sa problem:

I have a sony dcr-hc52 nga ako unta connect sa ako PC using firewire. I have already a PCI firewire card installed sa pc and the driver is correctly installed since na-detect man siya sa windows XP 64 bit nga OS. Ang problem kay pag-connect nako sa Cam gamit ang 4-pin to 6-pin firewire cable, dili man maka-detect ang video capturing software.. No device detected. and error.. Ako na gitry laing nga software para capture sa video from the Cam pero dili gihapon madetect..

Pero naa may display sa LCD sa cam nga "DVin"... so thus that mean ang cam walay problem? Kay ako pud gisulayan og transfer sa laing port mao gihapon.. No device detected sa ako capturing tools...

Ako gi.obserbaran ang Cam: if ako idisconnect ang firewire cable, ang "DVin" nga message sa LCD modisappear pud; if ako iconnect balik sa pc, modisplay siya balik.. so is my conclusion correct nga walay problem sa cam nga side?.. Please need some help... Wala man pud ko laing device nga maconnect nako sa firewire card to see if ang firewire card naay defect.. Newly purchased man pud nga firewire card ako gi.install..

Is it also possible nga maski ang "DVin" nga message sa LCD mo-appear, naay defect ang iLInk port sa cam?.. pila pud kaha ang bayad if ako ni ipa.service ang cam for repair.. kinsay nakasulay parepair ani nga klase sa cam og ani pud ang problem..

Another last question that needs your idea; if in case dili jud ko kagamit sa iLInk port sa cam, then is using a video capture card tapos ako iconnect sa S-Video nga port, ok ba ang quality sa video?

Need help..Thanks.

[YJOB]

make sure your software supports your cam model.

[cberdon]

@YJOB: what can you suggest nga software nga gamiton bro.. Nitry ko Movie Maker, Sony Vegas, Ulead VideoStudio,WinDv... dili man gihapon madetect ang cam..Thanks sa reply bro

[YJOB]

first of all:

- what is your operating system?
- have you installed the latest drivers to support your camcorder?

[cberdon]

first of all:

- what is your operating system?
- have you installed the latest drivers to support your camcorder?

I have dual boot OS: Windows XP 32bit & Windows XP 64bit to and test if which one could detect the cam. I've installed all drivers and found no updates for them. Anyway, sony says sony dcr-hc52 is compatible with movie maker but then when I tried using it, it is unable to detect the cam - another thing, I did not see Windows popping a hint when I switched on the cam; it was not either listed in the Device Manager...

Thanks for the reply anyway..

[istoryanimo]

Try other pc if u have one.

[cberdon]

Try other pc if u have one.

Thanks for the suggestion bro. I'll try to hook the cam to other pc.. I'm doing a research now and it seems like Windows xp sp3 got messed up with VIA OHCI driver ( I have intex firewire card - can't find TI firewire ) I'll try to install windows xp sp1.. I hope it'll detected.. what do you think bro?..

Thanks for the reply..

[borrest]

sp3 is unstable for now.. try using sp2

[cberdon]

sp3 is unstable for now.. try using sp2

I'll try your suggestion bro..

I've search about winxp sp3 and yes you're right there seems to be a problem with sp3 driver for OHCI COMPLIANT IEEE 1394.. I'll try to roll back using sp2...Thanks...

[cberdon]

Some says, Texas Instrument firewire card is far better to use than VIA firewire.. what's your ideas about this guys? .. I have a VIA firewire card and it seems I can't find anywhere in cebu TI firewire card except for the built-in firewire port on most recent motherboards nowadays. Oh my, oh my, should I spend money to buy another mobo that has a built-in firewire port and a TI chipset?..