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Topic: I need help in uploading DV to PC thru USB
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Osi Osgood
Film God
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From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted June 04, 2011 12:59 PM
Hey folks, I need some technincal advice ...
I have finished shooting all the footage for my music video using a SHARP brand DV, (footage looks great!) ...
However, though I have a cable that has the smaller SHARP brand video port (I think it's firewire, but I'm not sure) to the USB port on my PC, my PC only says that it doesn't recognize this DV camera and I can't get any farther.
I tried looking up specific SHARP brand software for this camera, but I can't find any. Is there any kind of universal software that will allow any DV camera footage to be recognized by the PC? Note: I ave Windows Vista.
Once I can get it uploaded, I'm free and clear and am a good editor, but I am stumped for the moment, and I really want to get this music video done ...
Any help, folks?
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Claus Harding
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From: Washington DC
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted June 04, 2011 06:29 PM
Osi,
Check the camcorder connection on another machine, heck, go back to an XP model. The cameras are "plug and play"; they shake hands with whatever you plug them into, that's why you can't find specific software drivers for download.
The reason I say this is I have experienced the same problem with a friend's camcorder, in this case a Canon ZR500 palmcorder.
I was transferring via USB with no problems on my XP Home machine, and after one upgrade of the Windows service pack, the PC no longer "sees" the camcorder. No warning, just no transfer. And that's just within XP.
Find a friend with an older setup, test it with the camcorder, and if it works, put the footage on a DVD or a memory stick, take it home, import and edit.
Every time they say Windows will be flawless..... ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
Good luck,
Claus.
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted June 09, 2011 10:27 AM
I'll give that a look see Bill, thanX. The funny thing was after i dumped the Vista and reverted to XP, (with no success) I then upgraded to the Windows 7, (that didn't help, but the computer runs a little better in other regards.
Update...
I looked at that link, which was slightly confusing, but I placed all the info on a Word document. I also found what appears to be a microsoft "hotfix" that's supposed to be designed for this very problem. Fingers crossed.
[ June 09, 2011, 01:21 PM: Message edited by: Osi Osgood ]
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Osi Osgood
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Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted July 02, 2011 01:01 PM
Barry ...
Its DV and not on a media card. My SHARP brand DV digital camera is too early for that, that was just the problem.
HOWEVER!
Major update! Our own Doug has graciously offered to make a disc of the footage so that I can simply load the disc into the DVD drive and edit away!
Major kudo's to the mighty Meltzer, as I was truly desperate to get this footage edited! My website, album, sample bits (30 second snippets) photo album, EVERYTHING is ready to put on the internet, it's just waiting on that danged music video.
It has, however, allowed me to continue to perfect each tune, and every remix of that "A Merry Christmas" tune (along with the rest of the album) are getting better all the time.
I swear ... i love this modern age in some regards!
Back twenty years ago when I last did my music, i had to go to a regular recording studio and shell out mega money just to do even a few songs ...
These days, you can download all the programs to your computer and come up with some smashing mixes. That, and where you would sometimes struggle with a vocal, you can now make as many passes on a vocal as you like!
Heck the song "Turn Away" has over 53 or more passes on the vocal and the finished song is a composite of at least ten bits and pieces of them, just for a three minute and 13 second opus!
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