capture card ???

09-03-2003, 2:53 PM

hi all
do i need a capture card to transfer films from camcorder digital to pc with pinnacle 8, have loaded pinnacle pluged camcorder to pc but when i press play on camcorder on pc nothing happens am i doing something wrong,this is spec of my computer
pentium 4 2.8 ghz
120 gb harddrive
nvidea gforce 4 card 64mb
onboard nicisound
regards

09-03-2003, 5:22 PM

You don't need a capture card as such but you do need a IEE1394 'Firewire' card. How have you plugged your camcorder to your PC are you using a 'firewire' cable, this is the only way to capture moving digital pictures. Once you have plugged up and opened pinnacle you should not be touching any of the controls on your camcorder, it should all happen automatically when you select capture in your editing software.

09-03-2003, 5:49 PM

hi m8
thanks for that but still nothing happening how do i check to see if firecard is working properly
regards

MarkE19 · 10-03-2003, 1:51 AM

Some newer digital camcorders have a USB port on them for transfering still images.
Could you be connecting useing this?

If you know that you definately have a firewire card (most PC's don't as standard!) then to find if it is working:

Start Menu
Settings
Control Panel
System
Hardware Tab
Device Manager

Look for your firewire/ieee1394 port. If it is shown with a yellow ? then it is not working.

Mark.

10-03-2003, 2:11 AM

hi mark
have checked that everything is fine my camcorder is a panasonic nv ex3 theres a dv plug at the front this is where i am connecting firewire to there is also a av out on it,
eny suggestions,i bought the pinnacle 8 at a car boot copy but everything does seem to be there ie picture of a camcorder when i fire it up could it be the software i have installed,
thanks for your help
regards

10-03-2003, 4:39 PM

Hi

Seems like that you're not alone.

Pinnacle has postet a thread at:
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/docsuppor...08&page_id=349

At the bottom you can see:

Panasonic DV camcorder not detected

Good luck

Traveller

09-03-2003, 2:53 PM	#1
yorky22 Guest Posts: n/a	capture card ??? Advertisement Want to Advertise? hi all do i need a capture card to transfer films from camcorder digital to pc with pinnacle 8, have loaded pinnacle pluged camcorder to pc but when i press play on camcorder on pc nothing happens am i doing something wrong,this is spec of my computer pentium 4 2.8 ghz 120 gb harddrive nvidea gforce 4 card 64mb onboard nicisound regards
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09-03-2003, 5:22 PM	#2
Brian110507 Guest Posts: n/a	You don't need a capture card as such but you do need a IEE1394 'Firewire' card. How have you plugged your camcorder to your PC are you using a 'firewire' cable, this is the only way to capture moving digital pictures. Once you have plugged up and opened pinnacle you should not be touching any of the controls on your camcorder, it should all happen automatically when you select capture in your editing software. Last edited by Brian110507; 09-03-2003 at 5:29 PM.
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09-03-2003, 5:49 PM	#3
yorky22 Guest Posts: n/a	hi m8 thanks for that but still nothing happening how do i check to see if firecard is working properly regards
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10-03-2003, 2:11 AM	#5
yorky22 Guest Posts: n/a	hi mark have checked that everything is fine my camcorder is a panasonic nv ex3 theres a dv plug at the front this is where i am connecting firewire to there is also a av out on it, eny suggestions,i bought the pinnacle 8 at a car boot copy but everything does seem to be there ie picture of a camcorder when i fire it up could it be the software i have installed, thanks for your help regards
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10-03-2003, 4:39 PM	#6
Traveller Guest Posts: n/a	Here you go Hi Seems like that you're not alone. Pinnacle has postet a thread at: http://www.pinnaclesys.com/docsuppor...08&page_id=349 At the bottom you can see: Panasonic DV camcorder not detected Good luck Traveller
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