A video capture device was not detected.

[Bob McLennan]

I have a Sony Digital Video Camera Recorder (DCR-TRV120
NTSC) with a IEEE 1394 (I-Link) port. I am try ing to
download home videos to my computer using Windows
MovieMaker.

In the help section of Windows MovieMaker, it states:
About video capture devices - A video capture device lets
you transfer live or recorded video to your computer. In
Windows Movie Maker, you can use the following types of
capture devices to capture video (and in some cases,
audio as well) to your computer: Digital video source
such as a DV camera or VCR connected to an Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) 1394 port
(DV capture card or built-in port)

About the DV camera to IEEE 1394, it also states - DV
camera or VCR connected to an IEEE 1394 port. When a DV
camera is connected to an IEEE 1394 port, you get the
best quality available from your DV device. Because the
data is already in a digital format, it is simply passed
through the IEEE 1394 port to your computer. In this
configuration, the IEEE 1394 cable is connected from the
DV out port of your DV camera or VCR to the DV IEEE 1394
card or built-in IEEE 1394 port.


I hook up the camera to the IEEE 1394 port on my computer
using a proper 6-pin to 4-pin 1394 cable. The camera is
on and set to VTR. However, when I open Windows
MovieMaker and click on capture, I get the following
error in a dialogue box.

"A video capture device was not detected. Verify that a
device is turned on and connected properly, and then try
again."

Am I missing anything that is causing this? Would I be
better off using a video capture card?

My system is a 2,6GHz Pentium 4 with XP Home OS.

Thanks for any insight offered.

Bob

 

[print_maker]

I'm wondering if Windows is even seeing your camcorder.

When I plug in my DV camcorder (DCR-TRV9 in my case) and then turn it to VTR
mode, (Movie Maker not running) I hear windows recognise it (there is a
sound played), and then it gives me a dialog box with choices that include
Movie Maker and MyDVD (which I also have installed). Does that happen in
your case?

 

[Guest]

print_make

No, it does not do what you describe. Any ideas on what I have to do to get Windows to recognize it? I wonder if it may be my IEEE 1394 port? Though when I look at it in device manager it states that it is working properly. I wonder how I could test that it is??

Thanks for your help and anything else you can offer

Bo

----- print_maker wrote: ----

I'm wondering if Windows is even seeing your camcorder

When I plug in my DV camcorder (DCR-TRV9 in my case) and then turn it to VT
mode, (Movie Maker not running) I hear windows recognise it (there is
sound played), and then it gives me a dialog box with choices that includ
Movie Maker and MyDVD (which I also have installed). Does that happen i
your case

 

[Graham Hughes, MVP Digital Media]

I would try a new cable first if you can. Do you have a friend who can
capture video from his cam to a pc. It would be best to check your cam and
cable on his pc and his cam and cable on your pc, plus the variables of
leads. This should rule out any ext hardware problems and save having to buy
equipment to test with.
Graham

print_maker

No, it does not do what you describe. Any ideas on what I have to do to

get Windows to recognize it? I wonder if it may be my IEEE 1394 port? Though
when I look at it in device manager it states that it is working properly. I
wonder how I could test that it is???

 

[Guest]

Hi Bob ,
I add to your confusion , I have a firewire/usb card ,the computer recognises the video player when connected ,when i attempt to download video it comes back with the exact same mesage .
Can someone confirm that a 1394a card does in fact allow video capture.

 

[Guest]

HELP!
I am having the same problem with Windows movie maker. I get the same error message. I have a sony Hi8 camcorder..not digital. I have been able to capture video using son'ys software click to dvd and gigapocket. I wanted to capture this video with movie maker as I can then send via email.

Another problem. Since I already have these files captured on my hard drive and they are mpeg files and play using windows media player...I tried importing these precaptured files into movie maker. I can do this. The problem? I have audio but no video. I can hear it playing but cannot see it.

I went to the web and downloaded Movie Maker 2. It says it installed correctly. However, when I open it up, it doesn't say Movie Maker 2, it still says Windows Movie Maker. Is this correct, or should it be saying movie maker 2? Can anyone tell me what is wrong here.

I checked the help files and I am told that once I click on capture videw I should get a video captuer page...and I configure settings there. Nothing like th at is available.
Please advise and thanks for your help.
Carol

 

[ev97]

Hello Bob,
I wonder if you're still on the forum and whether you ever managed to solve this problem? I've just bought a Dell pc with XP media edition and have the same problem - windows does not recognise that my sony trv120 cam is plugged in at all :-(

Rgds
David