HDV/miniDV capture with Windows notebooks
:: Thursday, March 9th, 2006 @ 1:23:42 pm
:: Tags: Computers
I recently acquired a Sony Z1u HDV camcorder (a beefed-up FX1), and I’m having problems getting my Thinkpad to recognize the camera via firewire. My Dell desktop PC works fine, but connecting the camera to my notebook via firewire yields nothing (with both a LaCie Firewire 800 PC card, and an Orange FireWire Cardbus PC card). The camera recognizes that there is a firewire cable plugged in, but the computer doesn’t see the device at all.
I also tried plugging in a non-HD miniDV camera, and it didn’t work, either. Has anyone out there gotten video capture to work on a Windows notebook that doesn’t have a firewire port built in?
Please don’t tell me that I have to get a Mac! Although, I probably will, if I get really serious about video.
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Eric,
Just when I think I have a perfect opening to jump with with my “Get a Mac” biting comment, you go and ruin it with your last two sentences…. ;-)
No fun. I’m going to start ending my ‘Gotta problem with my Mac’ blog posts with “Please don’t tell me that I have to get a Wintel box!”. Wait, I don’t have issues that require me to post about my Mac issues. :-)
And please don’t tell me it is because there is no software for the Mac! :-)
When you wanna belly up to some serious Mac video editing, make sure to give me a ring.
If you’ve forked out for a Sony Z1u HDV then I would say that you were already really serious about video!
Lots of info about this at the Wetpixel forums, where I have a thread active.