capturing freezes after 10 secs

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PapaJohn \(MVP\)

How about the WinDV utility to do a test capture (link on my Setup > Other
Software page, in the Utilities section)

How about trying the camcorder and cable on other computers.. or another
camcorder and cable on yours... you don't say if you've had a history of
success and then hit a wall, or if this is your first time doing firewire
capture...
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PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 - www.papajohn.org
Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
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PapaJohn,Graham or those may concren,

Intel Celeron 1.7
512 ram
30 GB hard drive - 16 GB free
Sony HandyCam Digital8 Sony DCR-TRV203 (1999 model i think but not listed on
papaJohn site) with DV plug
Firewire PCI card (VIA Chipset)
6FT 6 Pin to 4 Pin Firewire Cable

softwares tested --- PowerDirector, Ulead 5, Movie Maker 2
connection --- connect the Firewire card and the Handycam DV output with
Firewire cable, position to VTR on the camcorder

problem: all hardwares are tested and working. the only problem is when
capturing with all 3 softwares i came across the followings:

powerDirector - hangs for 5 mins and then error message says unable to
retrieve DV status

ulead videostudio 5 - can't capture anything

MovieMaker 2 - captures for about 10 secs and freezes, wait for few mins and
error message says unable to save file.

Am I missing anything here that i am not aware of? I have been working on
this for the last 3 days and it's getting frustrating and hope that you guys
can help.

thank you.
 
Thanks.

Yes, this is actually my first time so still newbie.
I have tried with WinDV and same thing happen, after about 15 secs, it
freezes but the camcorder still keeps running.

I also tried to unplug the firewire card and reinstalled all the drivers but
no luck.

I only have one desktop and my laptop doesn't have the firewire port so i
can't really test it on other machine.

Any other suggestions?
thanks
 
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