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Already che checked this out , but it is related to non-recognized FireWire cards. In my case the FireWire card with Drivers, as well as the videocamera, appear in the device manager and Pd software . 🙁
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Thank you all for your kind answers but my purpose is to find a solution with Pd . I do not wish to get involved with other programs as most of my video captures and editings are based on Pd. In the worst scenario I will use it on Win10 but still I wonder if there is no way to get it work in Win11...🤔
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I can find no way to solve my problem. No specific cases (and solution) like mine in my internet research. I have tried to unistall and reinstall the program, stop temporarily all antivirues and pc protections, restart pc, changed firewire port etc but still the problem remains on win 11. I have tried with VLC and it works but the procedure for acquiring from videocam is not as intuitive and performing as PD . This however is a proof that there must be something wrong (a bug or so) in PD with Firewire acquisition. Unfortunately most of the alternative Video Editors that I am more or less familiar with, such as Premiere, Elements, Da Vinci do not have the support for acquisition form Camcorder anymore. For the time being I will have to stick to PD on Win 10 on my other PC partition but this is not what I would like to.
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Thank you for your prompt feedback. Unfortunately none of the proposed solutions work. As said, all drivers and softwares are updated. Pd 365 recognizes perfectly the connected digital Camcorder via Firewire. The on-screen commands such as Fast forward and Rewind do work perfectly and the camcorder reacts accordingly. Only, whenever I push Rec or Play, the footage starts and then the image freezes. See picture.
If I use Windows 10 everything works prefectly but I need everytime to restart pc for moving from Win 11 back to Win 10 which I do not use anymore except for this issue. I will continue my research ...
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Hi there, I have been using PD 365 for the last 2 years and mainly acquiring old footages from Camcorders such us 8 mm and hi8 without any problem via FireWire. I have recently updated my pc and Os
(Windows 11 pro) . Now I need to acquire some footages from a Sony digital 8 camcorder through FireWire the way i have always done . However as soon as the acquisition starts, after a couple of frames it suddenly stops . Luckily I still have Windows 10 in another pc partition with Pd 365 in and it works perfectly . Any idea what problem can be ? Pd 365 is updated and all win11 Drivers as well . The digital cam and FireWire are seen by Win11 and as a matter of fact the footage starts but then stops and no way to acquire it. Thank you to any body Who can help .
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I have recently digitized some old Super8 footages with a digital scanner. I have got an Mp4 264h footage 1440 x 1080p, 20 FPS . In the PD timeline it has turned to 25 fms (Europe)
I am trying to correct it with PD in particular Iin stabilizing the footage, in reducing video speed (Super 8 was shot at 18 fms) and other issues (noise etc) . The only thing I cannot get to adjust is the 'smoothness' of the footage. In fact , especially when it comes to quick moving landscapes, the footage is slightly 'chopping ' . I have tried any possible adjustment (stabuilization, speed, framerate, bitrate etc) but no success, at least to my eyes. Pls see example . Anybody can help please ?
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You could use a mask that had a width that was essentially the size of the smallest video content window as the edges flicker. Don't resize as you would lose resolution as you fear. So, you basically have your video content with a black border surrounding it.
Jeff
Thank you Jeff, In the meantime I have opened , by chance, the Camera Action Center Pluin. It features a few interesting adjustment options , including a 'video stabilizer' . I have produced a new video with this option and it looks like the video is indeed much more stable and with steady edges  . If this is the case, my problem is solved but I will make more trials to make sure it effectively works. I attach what I got, the first clip shows side by side footages before and after stabilization. The second clip shows the staedy edges, no longer bouncing.
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Mmmh, too bad . I am not worried that much about the "Neat Video" stamp as it would disappear if I use purchased version instead of trial. What is worse is the bouncing sides. So, if understand right (apology for my not fluent English) , I would need to crop the image so that the bouncing part of the sizes would not be visible ? I do not like cropping as the image gets a bit bigger and loses sharpness, but if this is the only way I'll try it out and see.
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Hi there, I am trying to fix some old super 8 mm footages that I have just digitized on frame-by-frame basis. The main problem with the footages is that they are quite shaky. So I have tried to fix with the Content Aware Editing feature. After fixing it it appears that the images are more stable but that frame is incredibly shaky horizontally ! Pls find enclosed the 2 footages before and after the fixing .Also the Neat Video text at the bottom right corner appears "steady" on the footage before fixing , and "shaky" after the fixing. What went wrong ? Thank you.
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What is the capture from?
Using a DV camera as pass-thru resulting in a DV file in NTSC might be crippling to the final result.
Actually , I need to convert some old vhs-c cassettes into digital . I have tried with a video grabber and it is fine but the output is not what I expected as in the details the image appears slightly blurred (at least to my eyes ) and therefore I wanted to try in another way. I have a Canon hdv camcorder which allows the pass-through function to digitize the footage through FireWire cable into my pc keeping the original tape quality. Therefore I have Vcr with original Vhs-c cassette (and its vhs adapter). An A-V cable connects vcr to Canon Camcorder and then a FireWire cable connects to Pc FireWire card.
Then comes Power Director 365 , the footage plays ok with Power Director but when I try to record it , a box pops up saying that in the Camcorder there is no tape (of course because the Camcorder is only a ‘bridge’ and no cassette is in there) , therefore I wish I could find other softwsres that allow me to record the passed through footage or way out maybe by installing an old PD version on my pc which used to work fine with the pass-through . I am in Europe so I have PAL and the through-passed -images that unfortunately I can not record ) plays well, so no crippled output.
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Thanks for your suggestion. I went looking for it and found that it's no longer supported, but the website offered 5 alternative programs that they said were even better. I'll try some of them.
Hi there , I hope you are still active on this forum. A couple of years later , I am also facing the same situation and Power Director does not allow me to record from a Dv Pass Through giving me exactly the same answer because as a matter of fact there is no tape in the Camcorder.
At that time you wanted to try other softwares which looked to be even better, did you succeed ? Can you tell me which softwares are the most useful for this purposes ? I have tried Adobe Premiere Elements but it does not see the footage. Power Director sees the footage but does not record.
I have also tried Vlc and got it to work with the convert/save function but there are so many functions to adjust and do not get good quality as the original footage from vcr. Obs is even more complicated. So I would appreciate if you can help me somehow with more tips.
PS Incidentally in the thread it appeared that until PD 10 that pass through function used to work. I would like to try PD 9 (if somehow I can still get it installed ) and see if I can get it to work. What do you think, if I may ask .
Thank you in advance for your help if any.
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