capturing footage on premier

[kerryboo]

i have a panasonic nv-gs180. i've installed a firewire card but it dosen't seem to find it when i pres f5. is there something i'm doing wrong? thanks

 

[Akribie]

Not enough to go on in your first message.

Does connecting and turning on the camera trigger a reaction from Windows? If not, then you have a connection problem that might be cabling or perhaps a camera problem.

Have you any other external FireWire devices connected? If so, try swapping them around between [ports and disabling others when testing the camera.

Have you tried another cable/camera or the same camera with another computer?

 

[kerryboo]

thanks for your reply! window doesn't have any kind of reaction to my dv camera but my friends camera works fine on it! i can't figure it out! it must be some kind of problem with the camera! is there anything else you could surggest?

 

[Akribie]

If you have a friend with a FireWire computer, then you could try connecting to that. And also try a different FireWire cable.

If both still draw a blank, I would blame the camera unless (I don't know your camera) there is a setting somewhere in the camera required to activate the DV out (but I doubt it).

 

[kerryboo]

yeah i just tried connecting it... blank. it must be the camera. there dosen't seem to be any thing on the menu to change to the firewire. it works with a usb cable but the footage looks rubbish when you see movement. i think i'll just capture my footage from my friends camera for now... thanks for you help!