Canon camcorder not detected........:-((

[esumitkumar]

Hi

I have canon MV850i camcorder..I recently purchased a PCI Firewire card and connected my camcorder to it. Win XP recognizes camera and card both...and when i play the camera ..movie also plays camera window shown on PC...but when I try to record movie through movie maker or canon utility Zoom Browser Ex ....it says camera not detected...though it is shown in My comp... (error attached)
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Please help how to record the movie on PC in spite of above problem?

TIA
Sumit

 

[Keith Sebastian]

Here's a recommendation from a self professed DV (and everything video related) expert.

Ditch all the crappy software that came with you're cam, and -

To transfer DV to your PC use WinDV -
*windv.mourek.cz/
Use the interactive screenshot as a guide.

Install Panasonic DV codec, so you can edit you're captured video and recompress it using VirtualDub.
*www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=193

VirtualDub itself can be obtained here - www.virtualdub.org

All these tools are free. For MPEG2 (DVD) compression you'll need TMPGEnc which is payware.

Guides for DV capturing -
*www.videohelp.com/capture#9;48

Keith

 

[esumitkumar]

Thanks Keith very very much

I will ask any other DV query from you ....DV Expert

 

[Keith Sebastian]

Glad to be of help.

 

[geekysage]

Great links, keith. I myself prefer VirtualDub and read the guides on videohelp.com a while back, coincidence, huh