DV Capture stops after 30 - 50 seconds

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I have MS XP PRO SP2 (on Intel D915PBL motherboard w onboard Firewire
connection) and a JVC GR-D290U Mini DV Camcorder. The system recognizes the
camcorder properly and it can even control the camcorder play/ff/rev/stop etc
control. However when I download the digital video (I tried several different
types of SW, Pinnacle, MS VideoMaker, freeware etc.) the video starts
capturing for about 30 sec - 50 secs and then stops capturing. The camcorderc
ontinues its playback, but no capture. I have Symantec antivirus SW on the
system, but is is currently disabled. Sometimes, I can get 1 - 2 mins of
capture but generally it seems to stop capturing after some time. I'm
thinking this has to do with some buffer size/timing issue on firewire. Any
one know of any registry settings (that can be tweaked) for adjusting
timing/data capure size?

Any other ideas of how to solve this?

Appreciate any help.

Thanks,
Video-neophyte (but computer savvy :) )
 
Hi Graham:

Thanks for the info. I've tried to follow the steps listed in the articles
and have made my system a complete barebones system. I'm not sure if I saw
any marked difference. The times may have changed a bit but I can't be sure.

Recently I was browsing on the Intel Website and found the following
"Errata" listed in their motherboard specification. BTW, I have an Intel
D915PBL motherboard with the onboard IEEE-1394a port.

Their "errata" indicates that when transferring data from certain types of
1394 DVD/CDs to an IDE hard disk, that the "connection link" drops because of
voltage fluctuations on the PCI bus. I was wondering whether this could apply
to my situation. The JVC Camcorder is an IEEE device and the sympton seems to
coincide with what I am seeing. The one big difference is that my disk is not
IDE its a SATA disk. (Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM).

Is this even something thats remotely worth looking into?

Appreciate any thoughts.

Thanks,
 
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