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cannot connect Sony CamCorder
Not sure if this is the right group. I'm trying to connect a Sony TRV530
camcorder via FireWire 1394 cable to harvest video. I did this many months ago, but now it doesn't want to work. I cannot get WinXP to recognize the camcorder. This is what I've done so far... 1) removed and reinstalled the 1394 PCI D-Link card 2) bought a new cable 3) Spoke with Sony twice to confirm all camera settings 4) When connected and I switch the camera to VCR mode, WinXP will give the sound that it detected something via Plug N Play. Sometimes the "What Action.." dialog box will appear for a couple seconds, then immediately disappear. Neither Movie Maker or Pinaccle Studio 9 will recognize the camcorder. All that's left is to condemn the camera. Sony doesn't believe the camera is at fault and of course they want $269 to bench test it. Does anyone have any idea on how I can test further? I don't know anyone else that has a 1394 setup. thanks! |
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Problems, Problems; XP SP2 & Firewire Drivers. You can find info here at Mr. Graham Hughes website. 'My Camcorder has stopped working since installing SP2' (http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Probl...ngUnderSP2.htm) Best, Treeman -- Treeman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Treeman's Profile: http://www.msusenet.com/member.php?userid=1260 View this thread: http://www.msusenet.com/t-1870578215 |
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I'm failing miserably here.
I tried swapping out the msdv.sys file - no change. I tried the hot fixes. Made it worse, so I reverted back. Anyone know of any other KB articles or solutions? thanks "Treeman" wrote in message ... Problems, Problems; XP SP2 & Firewire Drivers. You can find info here at Mr. Graham Hughes website. 'My Camcorder has stopped working since installing SP2' (http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Probl...ngUnderSP2.htm) Best, Treeman -- Treeman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Treeman's Profile: http://www.msusenet.com/member.php?userid=1260 View this thread: http://www.msusenet.com/t-1870578215 |
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Shank, Since I'm running SP1 I don't have the firewire or camera problem. The following has been a fix that has worked in the past for some. Your mileage may vary. It involves reverting back to SP1 drivers, by renaming the SP2.cab folder so it doesn't automatically reinsert SP2 drivers on boot. (you will have to have these SP1 files in a folder on your hard drive) Go to C:\WINDOWS\Driver Cache\i386 & C:\dllcache in SP1 and copy out the following files 1394bus.sys is in C:\Windows\System32\Drivers arp1394.sys is in C:\Windows\System32\Drivers nic1394.sys is in c:\Windows\System32\Drivers ohci1394.sys is in C:\windows\System32\drivers enum1394.sys is in C:\windows\system32\drivers Copy out the following files to a new folder you can call "Firewirefix," (without quotes) If you don't have these files they are on any SP1 CD in the i386 folder. (none of them will have a date older than 2004) In your case I would; 1. Rename the SP2.cab file folder to SP2old.cab, shut off the computer. 2. Remove the 1394 PCI D-Link card. 3. Start the computer normally, let XP SP2 see the card isn't present. If it still shows up in System, Hardware, Device Manager, now would be the time to uninstall the device from the drop down menu. 4. Shut off computer. 5. Plug in the 1394 D-Link card, start the computer. If XP finds the "new'" device and wants drivers, let it use the SP1 drivers you've saved in the Firewirefix folder. The only other fixes I've seen work was the purchase of a new firewire card, a clean install of SP2 & updates, uninstalling SP2, or just giving up. Please post back your success or failure for the benifit of others. Best, Treeman -- Treeman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Treeman's Profile: http://www.msusenet.com/member.php?userid=1260 View this thread: http://www.msusenet.com/t-1870578215 |
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I'm finally capturing footage! Woo Hoo! It was reverting back to SP1 drivers
that did it. I thought I did that before, but evidently missed 1 or something. Not sure. What I did was ... 1) Renamed SP2.cab 2) Copied those 5 files from SP1 into a temp folder for convenience 3) Using Device manager, I uninstalled the 1394 card 4) Renamed those 5 files in the ../system32/drivers folder (so I could revert if necessary) 5) Copied those 5 files into ../system32/drivers folder 6) Rebooted 7) Success! thanks! "Treeman" wrote in message ... Shank, Since I'm running SP1 I don't have the firewire or camera problem. The following has been a fix that has worked in the past for some. Your mileage may vary. It involves reverting back to SP1 drivers, by renaming the SP2.cab folder so it doesn't automatically reinsert SP2 drivers on boot. (you will have to have these SP1 files in a folder on your hard drive) Go to C:\WINDOWS\Driver Cache\i386 & C:\dllcache in SP1 and copy out the following files 1394bus.sys is in C:\Windows\System32\Drivers arp1394.sys is in C:\Windows\System32\Drivers nic1394.sys is in c:\Windows\System32\Drivers ohci1394.sys is in C:\windows\System32\drivers enum1394.sys is in C:\windows\system32\drivers Copy out the following files to a new folder you can call "Firewirefix," (without quotes) If you don't have these files they are on any SP1 CD in the i386 folder. (none of them will have a date older than 2004) In your case I would; 1. Rename the SP2.cab file folder to SP2old.cab, shut off the computer. 2. Remove the 1394 PCI D-Link card. 3. Start the computer normally, let XP SP2 see the card isn't present. If it still shows up in System, Hardware, Device Manager, now would be the time to uninstall the device from the drop down menu. 4. Shut off computer. 5. Plug in the 1394 D-Link card, start the computer. If XP finds the "new'" device and wants drivers, let it use the SP1 drivers you've saved in the Firewirefix folder. The only other fixes I've seen work was the purchase of a new firewire card, a clean install of SP2 & updates, uninstalling SP2, or just giving up. Please post back your success or failure for the benifit of others. Best, Treeman -- Treeman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Treeman's Profile: http://www.msusenet.com/member.php?userid=1260 View this thread: http://www.msusenet.com/t-1870578215 |
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Shank, Shhhhhh! I got some folks in the, "SP2 or die" camp p*ssed at me for putting out this solution. But I'm glad it worked for you. It's great that you can now be in the "Start Something" Experience, instead of being in the "Fix Something" Experience! Best, Treeman -- Treeman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Treeman's Profile: http://www.msusenet.com/member.php?userid=1260 View this thread: http://www.msusenet.com/t-1870578215 |
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Shank !,
Thanks for the problem posted....and ur final success. Treeman !, Thanks for the patient in solving this problem. I myelf also having this kinda problem after I re-install from fresh my pc with WinXP Pro Sp2 when my DAMM so call branded digi video cam SONY cannot work with the famous OS held by the richest person in the WORLD. I was searching high and low for this solution myself also in MICROSOFT servers. I like this brainstorming communities... -joshua siew "Treeman" wrote: Shank, Shhhhhh! I got some folks in the, "SP2 or die" camp p*ssed at me for putting out this solution. But I'm glad it worked for you. It's great that you can now be in the "Start Something" Experience, instead of being in the "Fix Something" Experience! Best, Treeman -- Treeman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Treeman's Profile: http://www.msusenet.com/member.php?userid=1260 View this thread: http://www.msusenet.com/t-1870578215 |
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But why does everyone blame Bill, it's not his fault, it's the camcorder
manufacturers not using the correct firmware in their camcorders, which is why you have to roll back to old drivers from MS which allowed the use of non-compliant firmware. Bill actually tried to be more compliant, poor chap The solution is on micorsofts servers, KB893008 Now other problems may be his fault, but not this one Also look at the mnay problems people face with Sony HC42's and Macs, they don't work together because of Sony's firmware, and this can't be Bill's fault can it???? LOL LOL Graham -- Graham Hughes MVP Digital Media www.myvideoproblems.co.uk www.dvds2treasure.com www.simplydv.com "joshua siew" wrote in message ... Shank !, Thanks for the problem posted....and ur final success. Treeman !, Thanks for the patient in solving this problem. I myelf also having this kinda problem after I re-install from fresh my pc with WinXP Pro Sp2 when my DAMM so call branded digi video cam SONY cannot work with the famous OS held by the richest person in the WORLD. I was searching high and low for this solution myself also in MICROSOFT servers. I like this brainstorming communities... -joshua siew "Treeman" wrote: Shank, Shhhhhh! I got some folks in the, "SP2 or die" camp p*ssed at me for putting out this solution. But I'm glad it worked for you. It's great that you can now be in the "Start Something" Experience, instead of being in the "Fix Something" Experience! Best, Treeman -- Treeman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Treeman's Profile: http://www.msusenet.com/member.php?userid=1260 View this thread: http://www.msusenet.com/t-1870578215 |
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Both Bill and manufacturers are to blame. What bothers me is the verbiage
that they made modifications that put them "closer" to 100% compliance. Closer? What does that mean? We are speaking of world giants and they cannot comply "dead on" with an established standard?!!! What gives? Is the standard or guidelines that hard to comply with? That's the part I don't get. "Graham Hughes" wrote in message ... But why does everyone blame Bill, it's not his fault, it's the camcorder manufacturers not using the correct firmware in their camcorders, which is why you have to roll back to old drivers from MS which allowed the use of non-compliant firmware. Bill actually tried to be more compliant, poor chap The solution is on micorsofts servers, KB893008 Now other problems may be his fault, but not this one Also look at the mnay problems people face with Sony HC42's and Macs, they don't work together because of Sony's firmware, and this can't be Bill's fault can it???? LOL LOL Graham -- Graham Hughes MVP Digital Media www.myvideoproblems.co.uk www.dvds2treasure.com www.simplydv.com "joshua siew" wrote in message ... Shank !, Thanks for the problem posted....and ur final success. Treeman !, Thanks for the patient in solving this problem. I myelf also having this kinda problem after I re-install from fresh my pc with WinXP Pro Sp2 when my DAMM so call branded digi video cam SONY cannot work with the famous OS held by the richest person in the WORLD. I was searching high and low for this solution myself also in MICROSOFT servers. I like this brainstorming communities... -joshua siew "Treeman" wrote: Shank, Shhhhhh! I got some folks in the, "SP2 or die" camp p*ssed at me for putting out this solution. But I'm glad it worked for you. It's great that you can now be in the "Start Something" Experience, instead of being in the "Fix Something" Experience! Best, Treeman -- Treeman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Treeman's Profile: http://www.msusenet.com/member.php?userid=1260 View this thread: http://www.msusenet.com/t-1870578215 |
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"All that's left is to condemn the camera. Sony doesn't believe the camera is at fault and of course they want _$269_ to bench test it." Graham, I think we missed the boat on this one! Best Wishes, Treeman -- Treeman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Treeman's Profile: http://www.msusenet.com/member.php?userid=1260 View this thread: http://www.msusenet.com/t-1870578215 |
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Maybe I missed something....
Months ago, with SP1, I had no problems. Upgrade to SP2 and it does not work. Referring to this statement: " Having spent some time conversing with Microsoft, it appears that when SP2 was released they updated the ieee1394 drivers, so that they fitted more closely to the ieee1394 standards. Whereas the SP1 drivers didn't match these standards so closely " OK... I'm glad they decided it was time to "get closer" to the 1394 Standards. Sony's camcorder worked with the looser standards. That suggests that both MS and Sony were not conforming to the standard. I don't know how Sony approached the 1394 issue in the beginning, but I'm guessing they tested using MS software and when it worked, they stamped the approval. Otherwise, if they initially conformed to the 1394 standards 100%, without consulting with MS, then they both would have found a flaw in the looser standards... correct? That's were I blame both MS and Sony. It's great that MS can provide a FREE SP2 download to conform. But I cannot absolve them from the initial problem. I believe that both MS and Sony conspired to slide by somehow originally. My 2¢ "Treeman" wrote in message ... "All that's left is to condemn the camera. Sony doesn't believe the camera is at fault and of course they want _$269_ to bench test it." Graham, I think we missed the boat on this one! Best Wishes, Treeman -- Treeman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Treeman's Profile: http://www.msusenet.com/member.php?userid=1260 View this thread: http://www.msusenet.com/t-1870578215 |
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Shank, it probably is a bit of both. I doubt very much if MS and Sony
conspire to do anything. It also doesn't matter whether MS had complied fully or not. Some of Sony's new cams do not work with the inventors of firewire, Apple. This is because Sony wish to implement their own standards......... Still we probably shan't agree Graham -- Graham Hughes MVP Digital Media www.myvideoproblems.co.uk www.dvds2treasure.com www.simplydv.com "shank" wrote in message ... Maybe I missed something.... Months ago, with SP1, I had no problems. Upgrade to SP2 and it does not work. Referring to this statement: " Having spent some time conversing with Microsoft, it appears that when SP2 was released they updated the ieee1394 drivers, so that they fitted more closely to the ieee1394 standards. Whereas the SP1 drivers didn't match these standards so closely " OK... I'm glad they decided it was time to "get closer" to the 1394 Standards. Sony's camcorder worked with the looser standards. That suggests that both MS and Sony were not conforming to the standard. I don't know how Sony approached the 1394 issue in the beginning, but I'm guessing they tested using MS software and when it worked, they stamped the approval. Otherwise, if they initially conformed to the 1394 standards 100%, without consulting with MS, then they both would have found a flaw in the looser standards... correct? That's were I blame both MS and Sony. It's great that MS can provide a FREE SP2 download to conform. But I cannot absolve them from the initial problem. I believe that both MS and Sony conspired to slide by somehow originally. My 2¢ "Treeman" wrote in message ... "All that's left is to condemn the camera. Sony doesn't believe the camera is at fault and of course they want _$269_ to bench test it." Graham, I think we missed the boat on this one! Best Wishes, Treeman -- Treeman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Treeman's Profile: http://www.msusenet.com/member.php?userid=1260 View this thread: http://www.msusenet.com/t-1870578215 |
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I know, I could charge $100 to test each one, then send it to you for a
further test at $100 LOL -- Graham Hughes MVP Digital Media www.myvideoproblems.co.uk www.dvds2treasure.com www.simplydv.com "Treeman" wrote in message ... "All that's left is to condemn the camera. Sony doesn't believe the camera is at fault and of course they want _$269_ to bench test it." Graham, I think we missed the boat on this one! Best Wishes, Treeman -- Treeman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Treeman's Profile: http://www.msusenet.com/member.php?userid=1260 View this thread: http://www.msusenet.com/t-1870578215 |
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