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Earlier I submitted the following post about being unable to use Firewire to dowload video from my Canon ZR50. The prob;em appeared to be intermittent and I attributed to a Window XP proble after reinstalling. It appears to be a Canon/Windows XP problem but is fixed. After much frustration, I discovered that the problem only occurs if you record the video at a slower speed (read that, longer tape duration) than standard. For example, I recorded some 90 min tapes at Long Play giving me 180 minutes of video. They would not load using Firewire (IEEE 1394) but would load using video capture card. Tapes recorded at Standard speed (90 minutes) would load. From now on, I gues i need to record at standard speed unless I wish to go the digital-analog-digital route
maybe WindowsXP and/or Canon can resolve this
Thanks to those of you who made suggestions
Larri
ORIGINAL POST FOLLOWS
After reinstalling Windows XP, Moviemaker will not
capture video from my canon ZR50 Digital Video camera.
The camera is connected using an IEEE1394 port (TI
controller.) After connecting the camera PC recognizes
it, shows the correct camera on the list of video devices
(Canon ZR50 and WinTV capture card), after pressing
next,I am given the choice of File mane and place to save
video, after selecting these, I select video setting
(Best quality for playback on pc), next. Then I've tried
both options - Capture tape automatically OR Capture tape
manually. After pressing next, tape rewinds and starts,
process moves to second step, capturing video, then stops
with the following VERY HELPFUL message, "An unknown
error has occurred.
Is this a codec problem? I have tried all of the options
in the initial capture screens without success
PC is a HP Pavilon, 3.0 GHz processor, 512 meg ram, 120
gig HD, 86 gig free, built in Firewire
maybe WindowsXP and/or Canon can resolve this
Thanks to those of you who made suggestions
Larri
ORIGINAL POST FOLLOWS
After reinstalling Windows XP, Moviemaker will not
capture video from my canon ZR50 Digital Video camera.
The camera is connected using an IEEE1394 port (TI
controller.) After connecting the camera PC recognizes
it, shows the correct camera on the list of video devices
(Canon ZR50 and WinTV capture card), after pressing
next,I am given the choice of File mane and place to save
video, after selecting these, I select video setting
(Best quality for playback on pc), next. Then I've tried
both options - Capture tape automatically OR Capture tape
manually. After pressing next, tape rewinds and starts,
process moves to second step, capturing video, then stops
with the following VERY HELPFUL message, "An unknown
error has occurred.
Is this a codec problem? I have tried all of the options
in the initial capture screens without success
PC is a HP Pavilon, 3.0 GHz processor, 512 meg ram, 120
gig HD, 86 gig free, built in Firewire