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Sony HDV-HC3 iLink problem

adiecidue posted 2009 Oct 10 08:31

I have a Sony HDR-HC3 and am trying to capture HDV using Vegas 9. I can control the camera through the iLink cable, but nothing shows on the computer during capture. The capture clip file does not get created. On the camera's screen I noticed it says "HDVin" next to the iLink icon. I think this needs to be changes to "HDVout" but I can't find how to do that. Any thoughts on this??? --Tony--

danno78 posted 2009 Oct 10 11:03

Try HDVSplit for capturing. Be sure that camcorder send HDV format over firewire. See menu.

adiecidue posted 2009 Oct 10 14:31

danno78 : Try HDVSplit for capturing. Be sure that camcorder send HDV format over firewire. See menu. Tried HDVSplit and the behavior is the same only it starts playback/recording then stops after 1-2 seconds. The capture file is never created or saved.

edDV posted 2009 Oct 10 15:32

Are you sure you have the camcorder menus set to HDV out? (check instruction manual) This camcorder will also convert HDV to DV on the fly or record DV and export DV. All this is set in the menus. If you suspect the computer is at fault, try capturing with HDVSplit on another IEEE-1394 equipped computer.

joy posted 2009 Oct 10 19:01

I have the hc5 and to transfer hdv to the pc I have to move the power switch until "PLAY/EDIT" shows on the screen. Pressing menu in this mode will show "edit/play" submenu". Scrolling down this submenu is a "STANDARD SET" Menu. Inside this is the choice of selecting "Auto, HDV or DV" for playback or transfer. Choose HDV. Hope this help.

Tariqueislam posted 2009 Nov 03 23:40

Tony, I have a HDV-Z5U (One of sony's latest Pro HD camera). I have "Pinnacle Studio 12 Ultimate" software and I faced similar issues as the one you are perhaps experiencing. Even though the camera is playing and there is picture in the camera's view finder, there is no picture in the capture screen. From the capture screen controls the camera can be controller - Play, stop, rewind, play again etc. The Camera listens fine and does respond to those commands, but still there is no picture in the capture screen. I found a workaround that worked for me.. Get out of capture mode or the capture screen whichever applies to your Vegas 9 software. Connect the camera and put it to play. while the camera is playing, start the Capture software. Then if your conditions are the same as mine, you will see the picture on the capture screen. Now you press the Start Capture button to catch it in a file. Make sure you stop capture, which will close the file properly before going to the edit mode and viewing the captured file. There is one disadvantage to this workaround; you loose the first 20 or 30 secs of the Video footage as you have set it to play before starting the capture software/screen. For this I had been hollering at Pinnacle to fix their bug with the HDV capture. The DV capture works fine as advertise. Hope this helps. please let me know. My phone:602-793-5942.

zoobie posted 2009 Nov 04 01:28

A HDV-Z5U Pro HD camera with an entry level editor? Anyway, I saw a HC3 on craig's list for $200 http://denver.craigslist.org/ele/1410512871.html Sometimes, I envision the user looking thru their new $5000 camera the wrong way and saying, "Hey! How come I can't see anything?" :lol:

Tariqueislam posted 2009 Nov 04 09:04

Yea, Yea Yea! I am humbled by my $89 editor to use with the HDV-Z5U. The truth is i used to use that software previously with my little Canon DV and got comfortable with it. Plus, I invested in lot of other titles, menus, so the total investment was close to a Vegas 9. I will eventually buy a real editor. So you are right in chuckling with my situation! Thanks for your sense of humor! Do you think Vegas 9 will solve my capture problem?

minidv2dvd posted 2009 Nov 04 10:18

use hdvsplit to capture HDV. it's free and easy to use. it's designed to do just one job and does it well. the only quirk is a design of HDV, in that some cams don't record on a tiny first bit of tape and the program may stop like there is nothing on the tape. pressing record a second time after it stops will start the actual capture though.

adiecidue posted 2009 Nov 04 10:38

minidv2dvd : use hdvsplit to capture HDV. it's free and easy to use. it's designed to do just one job and does it well. the only quirk is a design of HDV, in that some cams don't record on a tiny first bit of tape and the program may stop like there is nothing on the tape. pressing record a second time after it stops will start the actual capture though. Yeah, I tried it and it didn't line up the video with the audio very well. It captured, but when i made the BD it was out of sync.

minidv2dvd posted 2009 Nov 04 10:54

adiecidue : Yeah, I tried it and it didn't line up the video with the audio very well. It captured, but when i made the BD it was out of sync. there is a box in hdvsplit to "synchronize audio and video", did you try putting a check in it? also check the box to "stop capture on dropped packets" a single dropped video packet can put the audio a half second out of sync. i've got to say i've used it to capture hundreds of HDV tapes and haven't run into that problem.

edDV posted 2009 Nov 04 12:36

adiecidue : minidv2dvd : use hdvsplit to capture HDV. it's free and easy to use. it's designed to do just one job and does it well. the only quirk is a design of HDV, in that some cams don't record on a tiny first bit of tape and the program may stop like there is nothing on the tape. pressing record a second time after it stops will start the actual capture though. Yeah, I tried it and it didn't line up the video with the audio very well. It captured, but when i made the BD it was out of sync. That likely didn't happen during capture unless there were serious tape issues. I've never seen it. It more likely happened during editing/encoding.

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