Okay, first, thanks for anyones help.
I never had problems with MM before. I just connected my firewire cable and
off I went. The last time I used MM was last summer. Now after SP2, I get
this error message everytime.
I bought a new 4 to 6 pin firewire cable- that didnt fix it.
The OS reads new hardware and installs drivers, but then instantly MM says
VCD not Detected.
I am running XP Pro SP2 with all updates and options.
As a side, Nero wont find my DV either.
I have been surfing answers for 4 days, no luck.
Please help, I have some great UFO footage I need to upload.
THanks
Casey Kucera

Try my sp2 and cannot capture pages from here for more info on what to try.

http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Probl...oblemPages.htm

Does it definately say VCD not detected? Or is that a typo?

My first thought though, would be to test the cam on a known to work pc,
just in case it's gone faulty.


--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com


"Duno Ofe" <Duno Ofe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F64DEAE4-1418-4523-82E1-68FAB1846728@microsoft.com...
> Okay, first, thanks for anyones help.
> I never had problems with MM before. I just connected my firewire cable
> and
> off I went. The last time I used MM was last summer. Now after SP2, I get
> this error message everytime.
> I bought a new 4 to 6 pin firewire cable- that didnt fix it.
> The OS reads new hardware and installs drivers, but then instantly MM says
> VCD not Detected.
> I am running XP Pro SP2 with all updates and options.
> As a side, Nero wont find my DV either.
> I have been surfing answers for 4 days, no luck.
> Please help, I have some great UFO footage I need to upload.
> THanks
> Casey Kucera

Hello,

I am having the same nagging DV/Firewire issue.
Windows XP will pick up my Sony DV Camcorder(TRV38) each time that I connect
it to the firewire cable but no editing software that I have installed can
capture video from it, including Movie Maker. I get the same old error
message that so many other DV owners get, “no video capture device detected”.

I took my camcorder to Tiger Direct Outlet store here in Naperville, IL and
connected my camcorder to the firewire cable and all was well. I was able to
use Window’s Movie Maker to capture my DV. By this, I was able to rule out my
cable as well as my camcorder. I noticed that these computers had SP2
installed on them such as I do.

I’m at my wits end. I uninstalled my firewire card (bundled with Pinnacle
Studio, 3 port) and pulled it from my system. I rebooted and then shut down.
I inserted a new firewire card (Ultra IEEE 1394 PCI Adapter 3 port) and then
rebooted. Window’s XP picked it up and installed the drivers automatically.
Unfortunately, I am getting the same results. No DV capture.

Here is my system specs:
Window’s XP SP2 (all updates…automatic updates set)
P4-2.4GHz
1GB RAM
Drive C: 120GB (60GB free) IDE
Drive F: 60GB (27GB free) IDE
Drive H: 200GB (120GB free) External USB 2.0

NVIDIA GeForce FX5700LE 256mb
DVD player IDE
CD Writer IDE
DVD Writer External USB 2.0
CD Writer External USB 2.0

Motherboard is MSI with Intel chipset

I suspect that SP2 or some DVD codec has something to do with this problem.
I once was able to capture DV but I can’t remember if it was before I
upgraded to SP2 or not. It has been quite a while ago. I use my PC mostly for
audio (Sonar Producer 5) and now I want to add some DV.

Thanks for any help you can provide.
Bill Kellum


"Duno Ofe" wrote:

> Okay, first, thanks for anyones help.
> I never had problems with MM before. I just connected my firewire cable and
> off I went. The last time I used MM was last summer. Now after SP2, I get
> this error message everytime.
> I bought a new 4 to 6 pin firewire cable- that didnt fix it.
> The OS reads new hardware and installs drivers, but then instantly MM says
> VCD not Detected.
> I am running XP Pro SP2 with all updates and options.
> As a side, Nero wont find my DV either.
> I have been surfing answers for 4 days, no luck.
> Please help, I have some great UFO footage I need to upload.
> THanks
> Casey Kucera

Same thing here. Got a Sony TRV-130 that the computer finds and loads
drivers however MM2.1 and Roxio and the WinDV will not pick it up either.
Nothing can see it, however the computer and the camcorder give appropriate
indication that the connection is there.

I have a 3 port Firewire card installed into the computer, all ports give
the same result, I have a firewire zip drive that works just fine and it is
plugged into this card. It used to work... but it is not working anymore.
Under all above stated software it cannot find the camera to get the video
from.

Windows Movie Maker 2.1 gives me the error of "A video capture device was
not detected. Verify that a device is turned on and connected properly, and
then try again." However when I power the camera up to VCR mode or camera
mode Windows gives me the popup of "What do you want me to do with this?" Use
WMM, or Roxio, or nothing? I can hit either WMM or Roxio and they cannot
find the camera.

This is driving me nuts, please help. I have tried the download from the
mentioned web page and Microsoft, it didn't help. I uninstalled the IEEE
1394 from the Hardware configuration, removed the card, reinstalled the card
and still nothing works.

Under IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers I have OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host
Controller. Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller.
Farther down I have SBP2 IEEE 1394 Devices with SBP2 Compliant IEEE 1394
device.

Under Imaging devices I have Hewlett-Packard OfficeJet 1170C Series Scanner
and Sony DV Camcorder.

Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

"Duno Ofe" wrote:

> Okay, first, thanks for anyones help.
> I never had problems with MM before. I just connected my firewire cable and
> off I went. The last time I used MM was last summer. Now after SP2, I get
> this error message everytime.
> I bought a new 4 to 6 pin firewire cable- that didnt fix it.
> The OS reads new hardware and installs drivers, but then instantly MM says
> VCD not Detected.
> I am running XP Pro SP2 with all updates and options.
> As a side, Nero wont find my DV either.
> I have been surfing answers for 4 days, no luck.
> Please help, I have some great UFO footage I need to upload.
> THanks
> Casey Kucera

Dear Flcn16mech,
Could you please email me if you find a solution to this? I have reinstalled
XP and still I continue to have this problem. Unfortunetely, I also
reinstalled SP2 and I now think that is the problem. My email address is
bkellum-at-msn-dot-com.
Thanks,
Bill K.

"Flcn16mech" wrote:

> Same thing here. Got a Sony TRV-130 that the computer finds and loads
> drivers however MM2.1 and Roxio and the WinDV will not pick it up either.
> Nothing can see it, however the computer and the camcorder give appropriate
> indication that the connection is there.
>
> I have a 3 port Firewire card installed into the computer, all ports give
> the same result, I have a firewire zip drive that works just fine and it is
> plugged into this card. It used to work... but it is not working anymore.
> Under all above stated software it cannot find the camera to get the video
> from.
>
> Windows Movie Maker 2.1 gives me the error of "A video capture device was
> not detected. Verify that a device is turned on and connected properly, and
> then try again." However when I power the camera up to VCR mode or camera
> mode Windows gives me the popup of "What do you want me to do with this?" Use
> WMM, or Roxio, or nothing? I can hit either WMM or Roxio and they cannot
> find the camera.
>
> This is driving me nuts, please help. I have tried the download from the
> mentioned web page and Microsoft, it didn't help. I uninstalled the IEEE
> 1394 from the Hardware configuration, removed the card, reinstalled the card
> and still nothing works.
>
> Under IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers I have OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host
> Controller. Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller.
> Farther down I have SBP2 IEEE 1394 Devices with SBP2 Compliant IEEE 1394
> device.
>
> Under Imaging devices I have Hewlett-Packard OfficeJet 1170C Series Scanner
> and Sony DV Camcorder.
>
> Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
>
> "Duno Ofe" wrote:
>
> > Okay, first, thanks for anyones help.
> > I never had problems with MM before. I just connected my firewire cable and
> > off I went. The last time I used MM was last summer. Now after SP2, I get
> > this error message everytime.
> > I bought a new 4 to 6 pin firewire cable- that didnt fix it.
> > The OS reads new hardware and installs drivers, but then instantly MM says
> > VCD not Detected.
> > I am running XP Pro SP2 with all updates and options.
> > As a side, Nero wont find my DV either.
> > I have been surfing answers for 4 days, no luck.
> > Please help, I have some great UFO footage I need to upload.
> > THanks
> > Casey Kucera