IEEE 1394 Camera Detection Problem

[Guest]

I have a Sharp VL-23 miniDV camera.
I am running WinXP SP2 with a recognized IEEE 1394 firewaire card with Texas
Instruments OHCI Complient Controller.

I cannot get my machine to recognize the camera when turned on and in
playback (VTR?) mode. I was told that by upgrading to XP SP2 (from my new
SP1 machine) would solve the problem. It hasn't.

I was able to successfully capture video on my Win98SE machine which has
since been laid to rest. I can not isolate the problem as an OS, camera (no
software is available for it), card, or cable issue. However, I suspect it to
be an OS issue soley from the fact everthing worked on the Win98SE machine.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I have to have this up and running
for a class I am in.

 

[Yves Alarie]

Connect the camcorder to your computer. You will hear a sound indicating the
connection.
Start Movie Maker (Click on Start>All
Programs>Accessories>Entertainment>Movie Maker).
After Movie Maker opens, look at the menu on the left and click on Capture
video. Follow the instructions on the screen.

 

[Guest]

"Connect the camcorder to your computer. You will hear a sound indicating the
connection."

I had connected the camera to my machine but I hear no sound nor see any
change indicating the connection.

"After Movie Maker opens, look at the menu on the left and click on Capture
video. Follow the instructions on the screen."

I had run Movie Maker, clicked on Capture Video and it says there is no
device connected. Any further ideas anyone?

 

[Guest]

Are you sure your fireware card is working properly?

Right Click on My Computer
Click on Manage, then click on Device Manager
Make sure you don't have a yellow ! by your card
If you do, it may be a drivers issue and I would download and install the
latest drivers, if not, then your card is working good
I would then look at your camcorder and/or cable you are using to connect,
make sure everything is connected correctly and try another cable if you can

 

[Guest]

"Are you sure your fireware card is working properly?"

Yes, it worked on an old Win98SE machine I had. Not only would the card be
recognized, but the camera as well would be recognized upon connection. I can
not get this to occur on my WinXP machine with either SP1 or 2.

Any further ideas, anyone?

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

And ensure the camera is powered by A/C power and NOT on its internal
battery.

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

All we know from your response is that the firewire card WAS working
correctly on another PC. You do not tell us whether it has EVER worked
correctly on the XP PC..... You might try turning off the PC, removing the
firewire card from its current PCI slot and inserting it in another PCI slot
then seeing if XP now reinstalls it correctly.

 

[Guest]

"All we know from your response is that the firewire card WAS working
correctly on another PC. You do not tell us whether it has EVER worked
correctly on the XP PC....."

I apologize. I thought my initial post indicated as such. I said, "I cannot
get my machine to recognize the camera when turned on and in playback (VTR?)
mode. I was told that by upgrading to XP SP2 (from my new SP1 machine) would
solve the problem. It hasn't." It has not worked on XP SP1 or SP2, ever.

"You might try turning off the PC, removing the firewire card from its
current PCI slot and inserting it in another PCI slot then seeing if XP now
reinstalls it correctly."

I will try that and let you know if it works. Thank you.

 

[Guest]

"And ensure the camera is powered by A/C power and NOT on its internal
battery."

In my attempts the camera has always been powered by the A/C adapter.

 

[Guest]

"You might try turning off the PC, removing the firewire card from its
current PCI slot and inserting it in another PCI slot then seeing if XP now
reinstalls it correctly."

That worked. I took for granted that another PCI slot wouldn't matter. Boy
is there egg on my face. Thanks for the help!

 

[Guest]

Just curious, why do the camera have to be powed by A/C power and not a
battery? Does this go for all camcorders?

 

[Guest]

My only guess is it may detect the additional hookup and draw more power.
Knowing the battery may not have the power needed, it will then look soley to
the AC power at that point. Again this is mere speculation on my part.