"A video capture device was not detected"

momz · External Since: Jan 04, 2007 Posts: 1

Trying to capture video with a canon mini dv, no luck. Have connected with
firewire cable from computer IEEE 1394 to the DV port on the camera. When I
click on capture from video device I get the message " A video capture device
was not detected". Any one have advice? Computer is new, Camera is new and
cable is new.

brute force · External Since: Dec 19, 2004 Posts: 6

i can tell you ive tried this to get an answer to this for months.
never get to the "ding dong" step.

something to do with 1394 because it never recognizes the camera

SingaporeWebDesign wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Try putting the camera in Play mode and attaching the cable.
>
> You should hear a "ding dong" sound, like the sound you hear when plugging
> in a flash drive.
>
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> "momz" wrote in message
>
> > Trying to capture video with a canon mini dv, no luck. Have connected
> > with
> > firewire cable from computer IEEE 1394 to the DV port on the camera. When
> > I
> > click on capture from video device I get the message " A video capture
> > device
> > was not detected". Any one have advice? Computer is new, Camera is new
> > and
> > cable is new.

"Cari · External Since: Sep 15, 2006 Posts: 864

Try on another PC..... if it's not recognized there, I'd suspect a faulty
firewire port on the camcorder itself.
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"brute force" wrote in message

>i can tell you ive tried this to get an answer to this for months.
> never get to the "ding dong" step.
>
> something to do with 1394 because it never recognizes the camera
>
>
> SingaporeWebDesign wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Try putting the camera in Play mode and attaching the cable.
>>
>> You should hear a "ding dong" sound, like the sound you hear when
>> plugging
>> in a flash drive.
>>
>> --
>> Singapore Web Design Singapore Web Hosting
>> http://www.bootstrike.com/Webdesign/
>> "momz" wrote in message
>>
>> > Trying to capture video with a canon mini dv, no luck. Have connected
>> > with
>> > firewire cable from computer IEEE 1394 to the DV port on the camera.
>> > When
>> > I
>> > click on capture from video device I get the message " A video capture
>> > device
>> > was not detected". Any one have advice? Computer is new, Camera is
>> > new
>> > and
>> > cable is new.
>

SingaporeWebDesign · External Since: Dec 31, 2006 Posts: 1258

Hello,

Try putting the camera in Play mode and attaching the cable.

You should hear a "ding dong" sound, like the sound you hear when plugging
in a flash drive.

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"momz" wrote in message

> Trying to capture video with a canon mini dv, no luck. Have connected
> with
> firewire cable from computer IEEE 1394 to the DV port on the camera. When
> I
> click on capture from video device I get the message " A video capture
> device
> was not detected". Any one have advice? Computer is new, Camera is new
> and
> cable is new.

SingaporeWebDesign · External Since: Dec 31, 2006 Posts: 1258

Hello,

The cable could be faulty too.

Verify that the Firewire card is working by right-clicking on My Computer
(in Start Menu), clicking Manage, then Device Manager. If there is any
exclamation icon on any firewire (aka IEEE 1394) device, the drivers are
know installed.

If you are unable to find it, (its directly under the first level for me),
you may need to install the drivers. Sometimes the port may appear as a
"Unknown Device" if Windows has trouble identifying it.

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"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message

> Try on another PC..... if it's not recognized there, I'd suspect a faulty
> firewire port on the camcorder itself.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>
> "brute force" wrote in message
>
>>i can tell you ive tried this to get an answer to this for months.
>> never get to the "ding dong" step.
>>
>> something to do with 1394 because it never recognizes the camera
>>
>>
>> SingaporeWebDesign wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Try putting the camera in Play mode and attaching the cable.
>>>
>>> You should hear a "ding dong" sound, like the sound you hear when
>>> plugging
>>> in a flash drive.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Singapore Web Design Singapore Web Hosting
>>> http://www.bootstrike.com/Webdesign/
>>> "momz" wrote in message
>>>
>>> > Trying to capture video with a canon mini dv, no luck. Have connected
>>> > with
>>> > firewire cable from computer IEEE 1394 to the DV port on the camera.
>>> > When
>>> > I
>>> > click on capture from video device I get the message " A video capture
>>> > device
>>> > was not detected". Any one have advice? Computer is new, Camera is
>>> > new
>>> > and
>>> > cable is new.
>>
>
>

Ed M · External Since: Jan 16, 2007 Posts: 4

I have tried everything in these posts and nothing work. Ed M

"momz" wrote:

> Trying to capture video with a canon mini dv, no luck. Have connected with
> firewire cable from computer IEEE 1394 to the DV port on the camera. When I
> click on capture from video device I get the message " A video capture device
> was not detected". Any one have advice? Computer is new, Camera is new and
> cable is new.

Cantorion · External Since: Mar 08, 2007 Posts: 4

Hi,
I've tried everything too. There's been LOTS of correspondence about this
problem. So why are we all having the same problem?
Cantorion
"Ed M" wrote:

> I have tried everything in these posts and nothing work. Ed M
>
> "momz" wrote:
>
> > Trying to capture video with a canon mini dv, no luck. Have connected with
> > firewire cable from computer IEEE 1394 to the DV port on the camera. When I
> > click on capture from video device I get the message " A video capture device
> > was not detected". Any one have advice? Computer is new, Camera is new and
> > cable is new.

bdcoen · External Since: Mar 19, 2007 Posts: 1

I am now having this problem as well. It used to work, but when I plugged
the firewire into the camcorder today, it didn't. Nothing has changed with
the camera or computer setup. Has anyone else found a way to fix this yet?

"Cantorion" wrote:

>
> Hi,
> I've tried everything too. There's been LOTS of correspondence about this
> problem. So why are we all having the same problem?
> Cantorion
> "Ed M" wrote:
>
> > I have tried everything in these posts and nothing work. Ed M
> >
> > "momz" wrote:
> >
> > > Trying to capture video with a canon mini dv, no luck. Have connected with
> > > firewire cable from computer IEEE 1394 to the DV port on the camera. When I
> > > click on capture from video device I get the message " A video capture device
> > > was not detected". Any one have advice? Computer is new, Camera is new and
> > > cable is new.

cdrbond007 · Joined: Jul 02, 2007 Posts: 1

I'm having the same problem... I have tried it with 2 different firewire cards, 3 different computers, with 2 different DV camcorders and 2 different firewire cables. No luck with any combination of any of these. No ding-dong sound, absolutely nothing at all. I've tried half a dozen capture programs (Premiere, Nero, Blaze, etc, etc. ) NOTHING WORKS!!!!

maniacm · External Since: Jul 19, 2007 Posts: 1

I also have the same problem Canon HDV. Cannot detect. It recognized the
camera in Windows with the ding I believe the first time and not again after
that. Have also tried in an Adobe program as well. New Camera, cable and
computer is quite new

"bdcoen" wrote:

> I am now having this problem as well. It used to work, but when I plugged
> the firewire into the camcorder today, it didn't. Nothing has changed with
> the camera or computer setup. Has anyone else found a way to fix this yet?
>
> "Cantorion" wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi,
> > I've tried everything too. There's been LOTS of correspondence about this
> > problem. So why are we all having the same problem?
> > Cantorion
> > "Ed M" wrote:
> >
> > > I have tried everything in these posts and nothing work. Ed M
> > >
> > > "momz" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Trying to capture video with a canon mini dv, no luck. Have connected with
> > > > firewire cable from computer IEEE 1394 to the DV port on the camera. When I
> > > > click on capture from video device I get the message " A video capture device
> > > > was not detected". Any one have advice? Computer is new, Camera is new and
> > > > cable is new.

hydrox · External Since: Apr 02, 2009 Posts: 1

Was having the same problem using IEEE 1394 with a Canon MV930 and
Vista. I knew that my camera worked with Vista as it has previously on a
laptop with Zoombrowser installed, but using Movie Maker (cant recall if
zoombrowser worked). when I recently upgraded to Vista on my own PC and
installed the Canon software, the camera could not be detected via
firewire (USB worked fine).
The solution was in the software upgrade. Using the the latest version
of Zoombroswer (ZoomBrowser EX Updater (6.3.1)) I could not dectect my
camera in Zoombroswer or Movie Maker. After hours of fustration I
uninstalled all the Canon software and then installed the first
Zoombrowser update compatable with Vista (ZoomBrowser EX Updater
(6.1.1a).
This resulted in my camera being detected by Vista and downloading via
Movie Maker. Zoombrowser is still not detecting my camera using
firewire, but this is acceptable as Movie Maker is adequate for now.

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