| Author |
Thread: Sony handycam or firewire problem? |
    
New member Username: Lokar
Post Number: 1
Registered: Feb-08
|
| Posted on Monday, February 18, 2008 - 07:15 pm: |
|
i have a sony DCR HC30 sony handycam, that i bought recently, the first time i use the firewire cable was good, the quality was also good just like the actual footage that ive got, but my problem was after a few weeks my cam was not recognized by my pc anymore, is my firewire pci card broken or the fire wire slot on my camcorder. When i try to use the supplied usb, it is recognized by my pc but im not quite satisfied with the quality. So can some one help me with this? |
|
Relevant Product Info
|
|
Bronze Member Username: Ieee488
Post Number: 51
Registered: Dec-07
|
| Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 12:24 pm: |
|
Did you install new software on your PC such as Windows XP SP2? |
New member Username: Lokar
Post Number: 2
Registered: Feb-08
|
| Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 06:41 pm: |
|
nope i dont remember installing anysoftware, im thinking of re installing windows xp, some say that real player might be conflicting with my fire wire. I tried to remove real players and other media players as well such as quicktime and winamp, but still the same result.
i tried to connect my cam to my friends laptop using a firewire and it worked,
i dont know what to do, im stuck and totally sucked, can you please help me? i want to format my pc because of this problem, do you think it might work? thanks in advance and hope you can help me... |
Bronze Member Username: Ieee488
Post Number: 52
Registered: Dec-07
|
| Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 09:23 am: |
|
Before doing a whole re-install of Windows XP, disconnect the camcorder, remove the entry for IEEE1394 from Device Manager, re-boot and let Windows re-install the Firewire driver. |
New member Username: Lokar
Post Number: 3
Registered: Feb-08
|
| Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 09:26 pm: |
|
already done that and even reinserting the firewire pci card as well but still my pc cannot recognize the cam... |
Platinum Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 15154
Registered: Dec-03
|
| Posted on Friday, February 22, 2008 - 12:50 am: |
|
What movie editing software are you using?
Do yo have any movies stored on your hard drive? If you do, move them somewhere else.
If you have any projects languishing in the movie editing program remove them. Remove the movie editing program. Re-start. Re-install.
If that does not work, you have a bad firewire card. |
New member Username: Lokar
Post Number: 4
Registered: Feb-08
|
| Posted on Monday, March 03, 2008 - 06:55 pm: |
|
still it doesnt work, i check the device manager and it says that my 1394 is working properly. But anyway ill try to by a new firewire card. Thanks for the help... |
New member Username: Jennyg
Post Number: 1
Registered: Mar-08
|
| Posted on Thursday, March 06, 2008 - 08:58 am: |
|
Hi, I have a sony handycam and a an Acer aspire laptop with vista. I downloaded picture package and set my camcorder to usb stream. The camcorder instructions then say that when you connect the usb cable to the laptop it will start up the programme but it doesn't. The camcorder just says there is a connection problem! I know the isn't a problem with the usb cable because i've been able to watch my home movies but just can't burn them to disc. Please can anyone help? |
Bronze Member Username: Ieee488
Post Number: 66
Registered: Dec-07
|
| Posted on Thursday, March 06, 2008 - 09:29 am: |
|
Are you sure that the software you downloaded works with Vista? |
|
|
New member Username: Jennyg
Post Number: 2
Registered: Mar-08
|
| Posted on Friday, March 07, 2008 - 12:57 pm: |
|
I don't know. By software do you mean picture package? I'm not very good with computers. |
Platinum Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 15369
Registered: Dec-03
|
| Posted on Friday, March 07, 2008 - 08:49 pm: |
|
The software would be the Picture Package program. If you are using Vista, you have to check if it is compatible or if your new camcorder is compatible with Vista.
I doubt that it will, though.
How much RAM do you have on your laptop? If you have less than 2 gigs of RAM, you will have problems. If you are using USB streaming, it will not work. I don't care what the packaging says, you will need a firewire connection from your camcorder to your laptop, not USB. |
New member Username: Cagedtweety
Post Number: 1
Registered: Mar-08
|
| Posted on Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 11:17 am: |
|
HELP!!!!!!!!!! 
I have a Sony DCR-TRV280 HANDYCAM and I have Windows XP SP2 on my PC. My son has tried relentlessly to convert to DVD and has had nothing but bad luck. We thought we had it the last time with Windows Movie Maker but the music was not IN-STINK with the movements of the mouth/body. This is a taped recording of a Bluegrass Show that my husband plays the bass in and I need it in order to send out as promotional packages. He tried all the well known programs used to make a DVD from the camcorder and to no avail. We used the software that came with the camera and it would only do clips of 10 minutes. He went through the entire tape and saved the 10-minute increments and then joined them all together and did all that encrypting stuff and that still left it being out of time with the mouth/body motions. PLEASE HELP!!!!! I was told that I could get a VHS-DVD player/recorder and hook the camcorder up to that and record a DVD through it....is this true? We have tried everything and like all the others, the manual says that we have to have a sony computer in order to convert to DVD from the handycam..I think that is BS SONY!!!!!!!!!! We have worked with this for 2 months now...Im at my wits end....Please help me..I look forward to hearing from anyone soon! |
Platinum Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 15379
Registered: Dec-03
|
| Posted on Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 01:18 pm: |
|
Have you read through the above posts as far as minimum requirements?
Connecting the camcorder to a DVD recorder would be faster than trying to edit your footage through a slow computer. |
Bronze Member Username: Ieee488
Post Number: 67
Registered: Dec-07
|
| Posted on Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 03:10 pm: |
|
I strongly urge using a VCR/DVD recorder combination unit readily available for purchase at Walmart, Kmart, Target, Circuit City, Best Buy to transfer video from your camcorder to a DVD.
Use either DVD-R or DVD+R. |
New member Username: Cagedtweety
Post Number: 2
Registered: Mar-08
|
| Posted on Sunday, March 09, 2008 - 10:34 pm: |
|
 Thanks so much!! you guys are AWESOME!!! I will purchase the VCP/DVD Recorder and convert to DVD from the Handycam. I think that would be the best option for me. Although I would LOVE to learn all this Technology, I will take the easy way out! LOL...Wish me luck and I'll post to let ya know how it works out!
Thanks once again! |
Platinum Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 15392
Registered: Dec-03
|
| Posted on Sunday, March 09, 2008 - 10:42 pm: |
|
Good luck |
New member Username: Nits
Post Number: 2
Registered: Apr-08
|
| Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 10:37 am: |
|
Hello Friends
I am facing a problem similar to what karlo blas faced earlier.
When i connectd my handycam for the first time to my pc the video trasnfer happened effortlessly ( though there was no audio ..which i will ask later) but since then whenever i connect ny handycam to pc though the pc recongnises it after a long time gap of few minutes the video capturing is not happening. I am using windows movie maker for the purpose and have also tried many other s/w like Nero , uleas , sony studio but all gat hang after i start the capture process.
my pc has dual core processor , xp-sp2 os , 1GM ram and 160GB HD. I have ensured there is no other application running. When i see the system performance while WMM is hanging it shows me that the CPU is more than 90% idle so it does not seem to be processing related issue. besides ot all worked when i connected for the first time.
Can anybody guide ? |
Bronze Member Username: Ieee488
Post Number: 73
Registered: Dec-07
|
| Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 01:06 pm: |
|
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=CA0F2007-18B5-4112-8BD6 -8BF4BD3130B9&displaylang=en |
New member Username: Nits
Post Number: 3
Registered: Apr-08
|
| Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 12:38 am: |
|
Thanks LK
for your post trying to help me.
Well i have already downloaded and installed this patch but this did nit work either.
Anyhow, i found a simple but very strange solution to my problem.
In parallel to firwire cable i connected my handycam to pc with a USB cable as well.And it all worked well, fast enough without any issue. I am still transferring data using firewire , USB connection is just dummy which i am not actually using.Now all softwares including WMM , sony studio , nero are working fine to capture the video and audio effortlessly.
Seems there is some bug in the way the handycam software has been written by Sony..
I hope my experience would be useful to many others.
One more point , i wish to create DVDs of my movies. What is the best method( format)you would suggest for capturing and burning DVDs
Thanks again for help. |
