Studio - Capture

Re: Black Capture Screen with Studio 12 using IEEE1394

Marc P. — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:42:23 GMT

dsundman:
Actually it worked for one tape, I tried again with the same cable and I get the black screen again. What would make it work once? I tried re-starting the computer (the one that worked was the first capture try of the day- with a new cable) Hmmm....

Does it still work on the tape that worked before along with the new cable? Do you have another firewire port on the computer to try?

Re: Black Capture Screen with Studio 12 using IEEE1394

jjn — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:01:21 GMT

Oh, dear, though this was an easy one

I wonder if the firewire socket on your camera is intermittent? Even just moving the camera to change tapes could have changed the situation. The new cable might have been a slightly tighter fit...

Re: Black Capture Screen with Studio 12 using IEEE1394

dsundman — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:22:44 GMT

Actually it worked for one tape, I tried again with the same cable and I get the black screen again. What would make it work once? I tried re-starting the computer (the one that worked was the first capture try of the day- with a new cable) Hmmm....

Re: Black Capture Screen with Studio 12 using IEEE1394

jjn — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:05:32 GMT

It seems odd that a serial cable can work "sort of", but it seems it is a four wire system.

Re: Black Capture Screen with Studio 12 using IEEE1394

dsundman — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:57:55 GMT

I bought a new IEEE 1394 cable and the capture works fine. Thanks for your help!

Re: Black Capture Screen with Studio 12 using IEEE1394

dsundman — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:58:30 GMT

Thanks for the reply. I did try using Windows Movie Maker and it does the same thing. I have control over the camera but the capture window is black with no data captured. I need to try a new cable to see if it will work.

Re: Black Capture Screen with Studio 12 using IEEE1394

jjn — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:43:55 GMT

I had this some time ago, and it turned out to be a faulty cable. I could control the camera, but wouldn't pass video.

Have you tried capturing with WMM? That would narrow down the problem to a Pinnacle issue or a hardware one.

Black Capture Screen with Studio 12 using IEEE1394

dsundman — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:27:01 GMT

I get only a black screen in the capture window using studio 12 capture , Win XP,2.33 GHZ core duo, 3.3GB system mem, ATI X800 128mb. My Mini-DV JVC GR-DF550U via IEEE1394 connects to the capture controls screen and the computer remotely starts the camcorder. I can hear the video and sound from the camera itself but the capture screen shows no frames captured. I updated the Video driver to Catalyst 8.21. Any suggestions?