I've been using my HV20 and PE4 for some time now with no problems. HV20 just came back from repair shop, tried to capture video and having problems. I usually record in HDV, then let PE4 downconvert (?) to DV when capturing video in PE4. For some reason PE4 thinks the HV20 is offline when hooked up. When I changed the Capture Settings to HDV, it showed as online and allowed me to capture the video. It's alwaus choppy which is why I never use the HDV setting (should get HDVSplit but haven't). Since I can capture the video by changing the setting, I assume firewire is cool.
If I recorded in HDV on HV20, is there a specific setting on the HV20 or PE4 to allow for video capture? It was working fine before.
Also, sounds like it's better to record in DV if I'm going to capture in DV for quality purposes? Only reason I do HDV recording is to possibly burn HD DVD at later date.
TIA
-rob