Having a big problem here. I do a lot of video work which mostly consists of uploading footage from one of my 3 mini DV cameras via Firewire, and editing in Premiere Pro.
About 2 months ago, I noticed that the computer just all together stopped recognizing my Sony HC40. I'd plug in the firewire cable and get nothing - no 'Found Hardware', no popup asking what I'd like to do, no yellow exclamation mark in the Device Manager; nothing. I did some research and saw that a lot of people had the problem of their PCs no longer recognizing their cameras via firewire, but before I had the chance to do anything about it - an unrelated event screwed up my installation of Windows and I had to re-install the entire thing. I figured starting from scratch would also help my firewire issue, but here we are a few weeks after the incident; and upon trying again for the first time since the reboot - nothing. Same problem, computer doesn't even see that anything's plugged in, with either of my 4 devices.
Device manager tells me there isn't a problem with my firewire card, a Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller. When I plug a camera into the card, the camera's screen says 'DV IN' (something it's always said when I'd plug the DV cable in - so the camera definitely recognizes the PC, just not vice versa). I also have a firewire port built into my motherboard, but that one curiously does not even cause the camera to say DV in when connected. Maybe that one's fried, who knows. For now I'm paying attention to my separate firewire card.
I've tried updating drivers, I've tried seeing if any of my cameras have drivers (they don't need them for firewire apparently); I've tried all three of my PC's firewire ports and all three cameras, and I've spent hours reading about similar problems on Google. I've read one success story that involved changing the Texas Instrument card's drivers to use the DVCAM.sys file (which mine doesn't have listed under driver details), but windows tells me that the file has nothing to do with my device. So now, I turn to you. SA forums, please let's see if I can get my cameras working again.
System specs:
Windows XP Home
Power Supply: BFG 650 Watt Power Supply
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 550 3.4GHz 1MB Cache
Motherboard: Alienware PCI Express, Intel® 925XE Chipset 1066/800MHz FSB
Memory: 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz - 2 x 512MB
Samsung 2GB (1GBx2) DDR2 at 533MHz
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT PCI Express 128MB DDR
System Drive: 120GB Seagate Barracuda 7,200 RPM w/8MB Cache
Storage Drive: 80GB Seagate Barracuda 7,200 RPM w/8MB Cache
Storage Drive: 750GB Western Digital 7,200 RPM w/16MB Cache
Optical Drive One: Lite-On 16x DVD-RW Drive
Optical Drive Two: Sony 16x DVD-RW Drive
Sound Card: Intel High-Definition Audio (24-bit, 192Khz) 7.1 surround sound
Network Connection: Integrated High Performance Gigabit Ethernet
Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller ...
The cameras are all NTSC mini DV, they are:
Sony TVR-900
2 (two) Sony HC-40s
SONY GD-900 (not actually a camera, but a VTR)
That's 4 mini DV devices that the PC just suddenly began ignoring. Any ideas on where to start?
About 2 months ago, I noticed that the computer just all together stopped recognizing my Sony HC40. I'd plug in the firewire cable and get nothing - no 'Found Hardware', no popup asking what I'd like to do, no yellow exclamation mark in the Device Manager; nothing. I did some research and saw that a lot of people had the problem of their PCs no longer recognizing their cameras via firewire, but before I had the chance to do anything about it - an unrelated event screwed up my installation of Windows and I had to re-install the entire thing. I figured starting from scratch would also help my firewire issue, but here we are a few weeks after the incident; and upon trying again for the first time since the reboot - nothing. Same problem, computer doesn't even see that anything's plugged in, with either of my 4 devices.
Device manager tells me there isn't a problem with my firewire card, a Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller. When I plug a camera into the card, the camera's screen says 'DV IN' (something it's always said when I'd plug the DV cable in - so the camera definitely recognizes the PC, just not vice versa). I also have a firewire port built into my motherboard, but that one curiously does not even cause the camera to say DV in when connected. Maybe that one's fried, who knows. For now I'm paying attention to my separate firewire card.
I've tried updating drivers, I've tried seeing if any of my cameras have drivers (they don't need them for firewire apparently); I've tried all three of my PC's firewire ports and all three cameras, and I've spent hours reading about similar problems on Google. I've read one success story that involved changing the Texas Instrument card's drivers to use the DVCAM.sys file (which mine doesn't have listed under driver details), but windows tells me that the file has nothing to do with my device. So now, I turn to you. SA forums, please let's see if I can get my cameras working again.
System specs:
Windows XP Home
Power Supply: BFG 650 Watt Power Supply
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 550 3.4GHz 1MB Cache
Motherboard: Alienware PCI Express, Intel® 925XE Chipset 1066/800MHz FSB
Memory: 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz - 2 x 512MB
Samsung 2GB (1GBx2) DDR2 at 533MHz
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT PCI Express 128MB DDR
System Drive: 120GB Seagate Barracuda 7,200 RPM w/8MB Cache
Storage Drive: 80GB Seagate Barracuda 7,200 RPM w/8MB Cache
Storage Drive: 750GB Western Digital 7,200 RPM w/16MB Cache
Optical Drive One: Lite-On 16x DVD-RW Drive
Optical Drive Two: Sony 16x DVD-RW Drive
Sound Card: Intel High-Definition Audio (24-bit, 192Khz) 7.1 surround sound
Network Connection: Integrated High Performance Gigabit Ethernet
Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller ...
The cameras are all NTSC mini DV, they are:
Sony TVR-900
2 (two) Sony HC-40s
SONY GD-900 (not actually a camera, but a VTR)
That's 4 mini DV devices that the PC just suddenly began ignoring. Any ideas on where to start?
