Capture Device Offline - No HDV Camera Detected

[JBCoons]

I have no problem using PRE3 on my WinXP PC capturing video via Firewire from my miniDV Canon HV40 camera. I have PRE11 on my Win7(64-bit) PC but when I try capturing video on it I get the message "Capture Device Offline." Win7 see the camera (even recognizes it as an HV40). I have done everything I can think of - changed the IEEE1394 driver on Win7 to "Legacy" - rebooted with the camera attached and turned on - and no other Firewire device is attached. What have I overlooked? Surely it is me and not PRE11?

[Steve Grisetti]

Are you able to capture using the free utility HDV Split?

This will determine if the problem is with Premiere Elements or with your system.

(Note that your camcorder is an HDV high-def camcorder, although you refer to it as a miniDV. If you are using your camcorder in standard definition mode, be sure to indicate that because that could be a factor also.)

[sidd finch]

Your camera should have a setting that indicates weather it is passing STD DEF (DV) or High Def (HDV) once you have that squared away you need to make sure your inporting to HDV if you choose that option.

Sidd

[JBCoons]

Your camera should have a setting that indicates weather it is passing STD DEF (DV) or High Def (HDV) once you have that squared away you need to make sure your inporting to HDV if you choose that option.

That was the problem... probably... I changed that option on the camera and changed to Firewire driver to a Texas Instrument driver. (The camera was set to pass either SD or HD depending what it read from the tape - I changed it to HD. Another camera option was to playback either HD or SD - I changed that also to HD). It did capture the HD video. I then tried a SD tape and captured its video with another project.

Thanks!

[JBCoons]

Are you able to capture using the free utility HDV Split?

I was finally successful capturing HDV with PRE11, and while it was being captured I remembered that PE cannot split the HDV stream into clips based on timecode. Bummer, as I MUST have that capability. I understand that HDV Split has that functionality, but when I found the download for it I see that Win7 is not listed as an O/S. Can it be run under Win7?

[Steve Grisetti]

I am not aware that Premiere Elements won't split scenes based on timecode. Does anyone know for a fact that that is the case?

[JBCoons]

I am not aware that Premiere Elements won't split scenes based on timecode. Does anyone know for a fact that that is the case?

Steve - When I openned up the capture window (F5) in PRE11 for SD, I had the option option below for splitting scenes by Timecode or Content -

SD Capture.JPG

When I openned up the capture window (F5) in PRE11 for HDV, the button for Tmecode was grayed out and I could not select it -

HDV Capture.JPG

John