help in capturing camcorder video

Maarkr

Newbie Joined: Dec 14, 2013 11:11 Messages: 18 Offline

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Jan 28, 2014 16:43

i read some posts about this, but doesn't solve my problem...
i have a Sony TRV 340 Digital 8 camcorder (digital on analog tape) that I need to archive the tapes from. I recently reinstalled a new Win7-64 OS on SSD w 16Gb ram, running a i5-3570 proc.
i get a couple of seconds into a capture and it stops... no error msg in PD12, and WME says the tape is stopped. I set it up and can run it via FW thru the computer interface, but it just won't capture. The Sony site says the drivers are good except for streaming.

Hints, suggestions, ideas??? thanks

BarryTheCrab

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Jan 28, 2014 18:25

Did you try Windows Movie Maker?
Does it recognize the camera?
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Maarkr

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Jan 29, 2014 13:39

I tried WMM last nite and it and it didn't copy the sound and the quality was not great (after recording a 90 min tape), but I messed around today with WME, since it pops up when I turn on the camcorder...
I had to mess with the device setup to get it to work properly... setting it to the camcorder caused an error, but setting it to line device and manually playing the camcorder works, at least for now. Win 10 I5-3570 16Gb GTX-750
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GGRussell

Senior Contributor Joined: Jan 08, 2012 11:38 Messages: 709 Offline

Feb 01, 2014 11:34

Try the free WinDV. Google should find it. Very small app that capture standard definition from firewire. I've used it many times because it reads the time stamp and uses it for filename.

Also on Windows 7 , some users need to revert to the 1394 'legacy' driver. Intel i7 4770k, 16GB, GTX1060 3GB, Two 240GB SSD, 4TB HD, Sony HDR-TD20V 3D camcorder, Sony SLT-A65VK for still images, Windows 10 Pro, 64bit
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tweeter

Newbie Joined: Feb 07, 2014 14:40 Messages: 1 Offline

Feb 14, 2014 18:32

I ran into this problem and think I've solved it. There is a "DV Parameters" button under "Capture" in User Preferences. I unchecked the two boxes under "Auto Stop". Video capture is now running without stopping.