This will help if you installed an incorrect or mismatched driver. Problems can arise when your hardware device is too old or not supported any longer. Sony DCR-TRV260 Camera USB Connection Driver Sony DCR-TRV260 USB Connection Driver Sony DCR-TRV260 USB Driver DCR-TRV260 USB Sony Camera.

Posted on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 11:48 GMTRaj,Your choices are:1) Convert the PAL file on your PC using Adobe, TMPGEnc, VideoStudio or other similar software, then burn a DVD in NTSC(conversion will take quite a long time and the quality will degrade somewhat)2) View your PAL DVD on a dual-standard TV (they do exist as mentioned elsewhere, and work very well)3) View your PAL DVD on your NTSC TV through a dual standard CONVERTING video recorder (there is an Aiwa model, don't recall the number. It works quite well though)4) Buy a magnifying glass and watch it on the camcorder display;-)I think that just about covers the options.Regarding connecting to your computer, both PAL and NTSC should work fine. It's only when you get to TVs that the standard becomes important. Just use a standard firewire connection.Cheers. Posted on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 11:53 GMTHi Gromit,Great to hear your very sincere opinion.Actually, i am planning to buy a laptop. And, it will be great if you give me some suggestion for configuration of that, so that i can get the best quality of DVD burned.By configuration, i mean, CPU Speed, RAM size, RPM of Hard Disk, hard disk size, like that.And one moer thing, is it good to buy a laptop with a built in DVD writer or buy a seperate DVD burner.

Which is preferrable?And, i have one off teh track question, do you know whetehr using SONY TRV 22E, Can i record TV program?Thanks in advance.Rajib Basu. Posted on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 22:05 GMTRajib,This is not my area of expertise, but basically, any new laptop is likely to have sufficient power to capture DV (this is the most tricky part as it happens in real time). Just make sure the HDD is at least 30G and preferably 7200 rpm. For DVD authoring, I'll recommend Ulead MovieFactory.I might be inclined to go for an on-board DVD burner as it removes one additional complication.Regarding the SONY, if it has 'video in' (check your manual) then it can record TV. My Canon does this with no problem.Cheers.

Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 02:02 GMTGonna post a newbie question here if i can.I have gone through all the hair pulling associated with USB - now I 'm reading the past recommendation to buy a Firewire card.There is not a Firewire port on either of the two cameras I'm borrowing to try to download some Hi-8 footage(Sony TRV460 and Sony CCD-TRV608). Is there an adaptor that I can buy to place in the USB port?I would like to give the guys at Sony a swift kick in their nether regions for all the aggravation heaped upon their unwary customers.Can any of you wizards help with this?Again sorry for the newbie question that probably gets asked a thousand times a month.Mike M.

Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 04:19 GMTHello you all, i saw this posts today and i hope somebody can help me.I have a problem transfering video from a pv-gs9 camcorder, the device seems to not be recognized by the computer although it is connected through usb and the device is on, in 'dv studio mode'.i have tried on windows movie maker and InterVideo WinDVD Creator but the problem persists.i am running windows xp sp2 on a laptop.The device is recognized by the computer and a proper drive is automatically installed, with no error messages. Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 22:26 GMTDr. Baluja,Berny is too kind (and probably incorrect!) in his praise.As Berny says:1) Firewire should be fine for transferring DV from your camcorder to your PC.2) DVD quality depends on source quality. Actually, DVD (MPEG-2) is much more compressed than native DV, so normally, the quality will degrade a little. If you use decent software, this isn't normally a problem. Plus, of course, if you have time, you can 'touch up' the video once transferred using video editing software.plus3) Camcorder to camcorder DV copying should be possible using a 4-pin to 4-pin firewire cable. I have successfully done it between JVC and Canon camcorders.Cheers.

Posted on Friday, June 03, 2005 - 09:59 GMTJiapei,1) I am not familiar with the Automatic Video Producer, but I can imagine that you would not want to have extra sound and effects automatically added. Is that what you are saying is happening? Read below in any case.2) Firewire is normally the preferred method for high-performance video transfer from camcorder to PC. The transfer can be viewed as lossless (unless you are dropping frames).3) Windows XP includes Moviemaker, which is OK; also you could use Ulead VideoStudio or Roxio VideoWave.4) The video transferred from your camcorder (format name is 'DV-25') can be viewed as having 'top' quality. Next best is DVD, using MPEG-2. VCD, using MPEG-1, is the lowest quality.

The file sizes give you a hint: 1 hour of DV is at around 12 GByte, 1 hour of DVD is around 4 GByte, 1 hour of VCD is around 600 MByte.5) You can find out lots about the various pieces at:Post again if there are any other specific questions where you can't find the answers elsewhere.Cheers. Posted on Friday, June 03, 2005 - 14:04 GMTAnonymous,The Amazon.com review of this camera has the following to say about easy handycam:quoteEasy Handycam buttonUsing a camcorder can be intimidating for some people, so with a press of the easy Handycam button, most of the advanced features of the camcorder are locked out leaving only the buttons essential for recording operationalunquoteI guess the error message you are seeing indicates that connecting the camcorder to your computer with USB is one of those 'advanced features' and is therefore invalid while the mode is invoked.Hope that helps.

Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 22:23 GMTChris,Thanks for the feedback and glad the firewire went without a hitch.You'll find that even a cheap digicam will comprehensively outperform even the most expensive camcorder for taking stills, so if that is your objective, you are exactly on the right path. I have adjusted to the pain of carrying two devices with me. But just as a tip, if our family gets another digicam, we'll probably go for a micro-sized one that can slip into the camcorder carry bag.Cheers. Posted on Friday, June 17, 2005 - 05:47 GMTSamir,Reading elsewhere on this page, you'll see that other users do successfully transfer video (which I take to include audio) using USB, although personally I am yet to be convinced about the quality you get with this method.Your capture programme should allow you to specify 'USB' for audio capture.

Have you checked this?Another thing you could try is changing your capture settings to your soundcard for audio and connect the audio that way. However, there is a risk that there may not be perfect synchronisation between audio and video if you do that.By the way, firewire cards, packaged with software and cable, are pretty cheap.It might also be worth you re-installing your capture programme and/or trying some others if you can't persuade the current set-up to work the way you wish.Sorry I can't be more explicit, but I try to steer clear of USB for video normally.Cheers. Posted on Monday, July 11, 2005 - 05:32 GMTHiI have a Sony DCR HC 40 digital videocam corder. I have PPA 4port IEEE1394 ( 400 mbps ) interface card installed in my computer. When I tried to connect my cam corder thru IEEE1394 cable to my PC The PC does not showup 'new hard ware found' It is not reconizing my camcorder.

I want create VCD and I have Ulead and Windows movie maker soft wares. My PC operating system is Windows XP with SP2.I came to know that there is problem in SP2 firewire driver. I could not make it out, is problem lies in the operating system or my camcorder IEEE1394 port or IEEE1394 PPA Interface card.Any suggestions.

Posted on Monday, July 11, 2005 - 14:11 GMTpkumar,This is my complete 'connection problems' debugging cookbook, mostly my own work but thanks to Chico and Berny who also contributed:1) Disconnect USB and just use the firewire cable to connect your camera to your PC. Most cameras use only firewire for video and USB for stills. Having the USB connection present might possibly cause a problem2) If by any chance you have TWO types of firewire interface in your PC (one built-in, one PCI/PCMCIA card), physically remove the external card, and try connecting to the in-built port.

If still no good, check in Device Manager that the internal device is OK. If you were using a PCI/PCMCIA card because of problems with an in-built card, make sure the in-built device is really disabled.3) If you are using a laptop with built-in firewire, try to get your hands on a PCMCIA firewire card and use that instead as an experiment. This fixed the problem for one user with a Sony laptop. Make sure you disable the in-built device when doing this.4) Play around a bit to make sure there is no 'sequence' issue affecting you. By this I mean experimenting with turning the camera on before, or during the capture programme running. Please make sure to only physically plug the firewire cable in to the camcorder when (at least) the camcorder is turned off.

JVC have stated that plugging in the firewire cable when the camcorder is switched on can damage the camcorder's DV port.5) Look in Device Manager to check if both your 1394 controller and camcorder are present and correct. The 1394 controller should show up the whole time. The camcorder should show up when you connect it and turn it on, then disappear when you turn it off.6) If you have any doubts about your firewire card, debug as follows: Turn off your camcorder and unplug it from the computer.

Remove/uninstall the firewire on your device manager. Restart the computer, wait until windows re-installs the firewire. Re-start again, then wait until the pc is booted up completely. Unimog u1300 manual. With your camcorder still switched off, plug it in using firewire, then power it on.7) If your camera has a socket for a memory card, fit one. One JVC owner I corresponded with said this fixed his problem (and was advice from JVC, by the way)8) Disconnect all other peripherals (especially USB) in case they are confusing your PC. Just a hunch.9) Re-instal your capture software.10) Re-download and re-install your capture software11) Try a different capture software, e.g.

Moviemaker from Microsoft if you use XP, Ulead VideoStudio or Roxio Videowave (my favourite)12) Think whether have you recently installed any new applications, or upgraded any applications? RealPlayer is one application I have found to conflict with Windows XP wizards13) Think about whether you have installed any hardware that might be causing a conflict.

Not a very common problem these days but still a possibility. Check via Device Manager.14) Try connecting your camera to a friend's PC and vice versa to work out, through a process of elimination, where the problem lies. Remember that capture will only work if the camera, cable, firewire card and PC are all OK.15) If you are running XP SP2, please refer to this Microsoft patch: And if you are completely stuck, then this interesting - and potentially dangerous - discussion about XP SP2 might be of interest to you. This fix was written prior to the release of the Microsoft patch so it might now be obscelent. DO NOT try this unless you are confident that you can back up important data and/or Ghost your OS before starting.

Exercise extreme care if you follow this route - and PLEASE do let me know if it works.If you are using a JVC camcorder, try to use a firewire card with a TI chipset. There is some doubt about JVC camcorders working with non-TI firewire cards (even though mine does no problem)Hope that somewhere in this list I hit the nail on the head.

Please let me know what eventually fixes it so I can keep enhancing this knowledge base for the benefit of other users.Cheers. Posted on Monday, July 11, 2005 - 19:14 GMTI have the NEW JVC GR D-290 camcorder bundled with Cyberlink Power Director 3 and allegedly all the drivers I need.

No need for Firewire, apparently usb connection is all I need. So far I have been able to access the still images on the memory card but my computer will not see the camera for moving images.A quirk, by the way, is that it will not even see the memory card unless you are using mains not battery.It must be a driver problem but I received no instructions and as per most users above I was told that it would be all automatically installed!!Has anyone sucessfully used the new JVC Grd290 or 270 to transfer streaming video via uSB.

I might be doing something completely stupid. Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 - 00:40 GMTJVC-frustrated,I can't give you the info you want, but you may find this post from a sister page interesting:'Posted on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - 06:25 pm:I just purchased a JVC GR-D270U and have been unsuccessful in getting a USB connection to transfer video. The manual clearly provides connection instructions for both USB and Firewire for the purpose of transferring video from the DV tape.

I called JVC and was instructed that I needed to buy a firewire card, a cable, and third party software before I could transfer video. I told them what the manual states.

They told me they were sorry but the unit will not work on USB.' URL:Hope that helps somehow. Post again if you need to and I won't reply so that other contributors may pick it up.Cheers. Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 12:39 GMTStan,I wish I could answer 'yes', but unfortunately it doesn't work like that. But you do have a quite good solution at your disposal that will keep the footage in the digital domain:1) upload your NTSC footage to your computer using firewire (your computer won't care about NTSC or PAL).2) using Ulead VideoStudio or some similar video editing programme, output to DV PAL (just choose the PAL option at the output stage)3) Either burn a PAL DVD using an authoring programme, or export the footage to the PAL DV camcorder to store on tape.Funnily enough, I tried the conversion just yesterday and it seems to work OK.Hope that helps. Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 15:24 GMTStan,I did notice more interleaving distortion ('combing') on the converted file (I converted PAL to NTSC) but I believe that is a PC playback effect and would not remain a problem once the file was converted into a video DVD (or exported back to DV tape).

Apart from that, the two versions were very similar in quality, which I have to say surprises me. Of course, theoretically, the quality has to deteriorate. But if you are going to do it, keeping it all digital has to be the best option.Cheers. Posted on Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 11:02 GMTDear Gromit,I have a Sony DCR TRV 285E Pal D8 Handycam. My PC is PIV, winxp sp1 OS.

I am using USB for capturing video and Ausio.It is working fine if I capture it in Hard disk. But when I try Burn-VCD feature the software supplied with Sony, i.e. PIXELA and Image fails to show my CDRW device (Target Drive and Speed of the Target Drive is blank and it is a drop -down box so can't be written like drive path) and although I put new blank CD-R as per the manual.

Posted on Saturday, July 30, 2005 - 00:39 GMTbbunv: If you're running XP SP2, you don't need to install the streaming driver, it's already part of the package. Plug your USB cable in, open Windows Movie Maker and when it's open, turn your camera on in playback mode. WMM will recognize it and you can then download your movie-and at a rate faster than FirWire if you have USB 2.0. If you want to burn a DVD you'll have to use third-party software, since WMM doesn't support DVD, but that's no biggie. Posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 02:11 GMTI was checking thsi forum by chance, and almost everybody had same sort of problem.

I am trying to give a general hint for those. Posted on Friday, September 16, 2005 - 09:03 GMThii have a problem with my webcam i did install it from it's CD and i did it successfully and it has a digital pc- camera USB wire and i plug it into the computer USB port just like what is written in it's user manual.but whenever i press on it in order to view the camera an error appear thet it says there is no video capture hardware. Please help me to get through it and send me any site that i can install any kind of proggram if it's necessary.thank you. Posted on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 06:09 GMTHi,I have a JVC GR-D290 and captured video. When i try to download the content from DV Tape to Laptop by using the software provided by JVC 'Cyberlink Power Director 3' am not able to do that by using Via USB.As per the Manual,we hv to keep in 'MEMORY'.It is showing only the photos captured in SD Card.Pls suggest me how can i download the video and what are all the steps to download or any additional things required.Pls suggest me on this.Thanks.Mallik.

Posted on Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 12:32 GMTHi experts,I understand the capture of movie file from Camcorder to PC is a huge file (15 GB for 60 min vedio) and after the conversion by Ulead the file size reduced a lot. But I would like to know if I go for DCR - DVD 403 model instead of DCR HC 90, then will it be better?? I mean I wont have that big file after transferring the data.I am planning to go for 3M pixel camcorder. Either DVD403 or HC90. I have iLink in my VAIO laptop.

Next why the capture file is so big!!! After compression will the quality degrade?? One of my friend told after compression quality becomes bad. Is it so??Anyone has experience of these two camcorders and if so then which one is better?Thanks in advance.bestPravin. Posted on Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 17:16 GMTAJEI have Sony Handycam Digital8 DCR-TRV330 and cannot locate the manual. Ebay purchase. I don't have IEEE 1394 cable and don't have a 4-pin or 6-pin card in my computer.

Is this just called a FIREWIRE card? And what software are you using? I only have CD burner, could I use Roxio Media Creator 7? I was also considering converting video to WAV format and either burning to CD or just emailing to family.

Is that possible? I AM APPEALING TO ANYONE WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE. The manual will be my next purchase.Thanks. Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 22:57 GMTHello Guys,I have a Panasonic NV-GS11 Video camera. I have been to transfer videos from the tape to my computer.

I bought a firewire as well as the cable with the IEEE standard for firewire. Whenever I connect the Cam to the firewire port, it identifies the DV cable but does not download the videos. I thought having media softwares like Pinnacle Studio or Ulead would resolve this problem of maybe missing drivers but it did not. Please I need help with the appropriate drivers or guide on what to do. Thanks email.

Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 11:59 GMTDear Berny,Thanks for your info. After listening from you I looked at JVC. I had an idea about HD type camcorder before i.e GZ-MG30, which had 0.680 M CCD. But surprisingly I found GZ-MG70 after your advice which sounds quite ok.

It has 2 M CCD and video must be better than MG 30.I too also read the review in camcorderinfo.comI found its not very impressive. Can I ask one thing more? Can this JVC product be compared with SONY 403 or HC 90 model?? Only thing I hate in Sony mini DV is its huge data and convertion to MPEG.

By converting from DV to mpeg some clarity is going.Let me see this JVC one in market and I shall post my experience after watching its performance.Thanks once again.best wishesPravin. Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 21:39 GMTI don't blame you for not being impressed. However, I do not rely my findings based on lab reports. Most of the tests done by that website is based on a laboratory which is not in the least bit the same in the real world.I like the JVC for the convenience it offers. The video I have seen is no less than what any other camcorders have to offer. Now unless you are doing videography for profit or some type of business, you really wouldn't see a whole lot of difference in picture quality. Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2005 - 04:45 GMTThanks to everyone on this forum for helping out people like me out, especially 'jiver'!I just bought a Panasonic PV-GS31 and was totally lost on how to transfer video to the PC.

I figured out how to use it as a webcam, but getting an actual video file was a pain.Thanks to jiver's post, I was able to use Windows Movie Maker (Win XP-Pro SP2) to capture the file. I didn't even know that utility was there! For some reason, Easy Media Creator's 'Capture' application didn't work.This forum is a real service. Posted on Friday, December 23, 2005 - 15:54 GMTI have a Sony DCR-TRV19 NTSC. I am connecting it to an iMac (which I bought in Europe) and importing the movies using iMovie via a Firewire connection.When I do this, I never hear any sound in iMovie. The sound is recorded (I hear it when I use the camera to playback), but I get the impression that the sound isn't being downloaded to the iMAC.

Is this a NTSC problem? Or should I be using a separate cable from the camera to the iMac to transfer the sound?THanks in advance for any help. Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2005 - 11:51 GMTI have a Sony TRV285E handycam and I am using Picture Package software to capture video.

The problem that I am experiencing is, while saving the video from the camcorder to PC, the file size of the video is very, very huge. A 30 minute video is using 30.0 GB of my hard drive space. And probably, this is the reason, why the software does not detect a CD in the drive, does not display any Destination, and does not provide burning speed options. Could anyone please suggest me something.

I havent tried any other video capturing software. But, this will be my last option.

Thank you, all. Posted on Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 21:28 GMTYeah, I have used Windows Movie Maker to capture video. Video clarity is good and the file size is very small, unlike Picture Package. And not to mention, Movie Maker is much easier to use, than Picture Package.However, there is one gliche in Windows Movie Maker, which I experienced. While transferring video, the audo in the video cassette was not transferred. Only the video part was transferred and not the audio part.So, now I am looking at other video capturing software.

This time, I shall try InterVideo Home Theater. I'll get back with the results.Cheers.! Posted on Friday, January 06, 2006 - 11:16 GMThi every1,i am returning after quite a duration. Unlike many sony camcorders, i have trv 330e which doesn't hav usb streamiong,instead it has an option for dv streaming in the vcr mode.i took the cam & cable from my friend. The cable had sort of firewire on one end and usb on the other his cable attached to dv link in his cam. My u lead video studio identified his cam and transfer was sucessful.also when i fixed his cable in my cam(trv 330e), it didn't fix in my dvi port, but it fixed in usb port of my cam.the usb cable only allows to transfer memory stick pics. I m really in a fix.when plugged in usb port of my cam, my pc detects the cam only in memory mode.also can u tell me that which type of firewire cable should i use???

There's a lot of varieties of firewire cable(4-4,4-6,etc.),which format should i use for capturing to create a vcd?????thanx a lot,SiddhantIndia. Posted on Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 12:26 GMTI have a SONY DCR-HC40E. Posted on Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 05:42 GMTHi,I own a DCR-HC40E (a year old).I have repeatedly transfered video to myPC through the i.Link. So everything was workingfine since yesterday.My pc is not recognizing the camera when I connect it through the i.Link but it does when I connect it through USB. Following I present you the tests that I have done:- Two different PCs (VAIO & a desktop)- Two different cables- I do get a signal from each pin of thecamera's i.Link so nothing is broken.Please does anyone have an idea.Boths PC's where XP SP2 but the camera worked previously on both of them.I have tried some of the reccomendations in a previous post but nothing helped.Is there any other way to get my data outof the camera in a quality similar to i.Linklet's say a deck?I will be gratefull for any suggestions,I'm desperate.

Posted on Thursday, April 20, 2006 - 15:37 GMTHi All,I have the sony handycam HC42E from 3-4 months.Thanks for the information you are giving on this forum I am able to convert the dv on harddisk on avi format by the ieee (software ulead videostudio) port to my system. I am able to capture the dv to hard disk in avi format but it taking huge disk space. Also when I am trying to convert it on vcd it is taking long time and stuck up in between.Please tell me a DV for size 62 min, and avi size more than 10 GB how much time it will take.

And is there other way I can create the VCD more quickly.Now I am converting in wmv format and keeping, that also taking a long time.Thanks in advance. Posted on Friday, May 05, 2006 - 22:13 GMTI've had similar problems with locating drivers. For some reason my system checks the wrong folder for drivers so I can't plug and play. If you are having a driver problem you just need to specify the correct location of the driver. In my case (W2K) all drivers are stored in C:WINNTinf.

You may just need to specify that folder when trying to locate the drivers. Hope that helps.I now have a quick question. I've just bought a Sony HC35E. I've not burned anything to DVD yet but I've noticed on transferring the clips to the PC there seems to be quite a drop in quality. I'm using high speed USB 2.0 at the mo but am thinking that firewire is probably the way forward.

Is this right? Is there any reason why a 1 hour long 350mb copy of a TV program looks great but my 500mb 1 minute clip looks no-where near as good?My options for capturing the video are Nero, Ulead videostudio 8 (is the newer version any better?) adobe premiere 6.5. What would people recommend? I'm still dabbling with compression but have been using Blaze Media pro to compress using the Divx codec. Any other recommendations on this front?Cheers for any suggestions you can offer guys. Posted on Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 21:14 GMTHi Guys!I recently bought a refurbished Sony DCR TRV-260 and came to this forum looking for answers to problems similar to those expressed by a multitude of users here:1) Cannot capture video to PC2) Picture Package does not recognize blank CDMy solution:1) Windows Movie Maker is easy to use.

Install the drivers that came with the camcorder. Connect camcorder to live power (not battery). Set to USB streaming mode, click 'Capture video' in MM and follow directions. (Set Audio to USB).

Being USB, the quality will be low but good enough to share video online (I hope to try firewire once I get the cable).I also tried VLC media player but no luck. I can see the video but don't know how to capture it - quite irritating.Video capture by MM is wmv.

Has anyone succeeded in capturing the video from the camcorder in avi like PP does? I know that PP captures the video in avi when it does the 'Burn VCD' thing. It then converts the avi file to mpg and VCD format files. Is it possible to do what PP does (capture in avi) without using PP?2) Reinstall the drivers and Picture Package (PP). PP is a sick software coded with the lowest standards.

It cannot burn to a DVD RW drive even when the drive can burn CDs. PP fails to recognize a DVD writable drive.

This makes it useless on my laptop which has a DVD RW but not a CD RW drive.But recently, my 'Burn VCD' option has stopped working. The process automatically shuts-off 3 seconds after it starts. I have set the option to 'Rewind and start capture', so the tape rewinds and plays for 3 seconds and the camocorder displays 'Completed'. 'Writing' and then stops. Has anybody else with this same problem resolved it?

I am calling Sony with this issue. I am fed up trying.I will also try to capturing using my TV tuner card but I need to buy a converter for the A/V cable. I will report my results here soon.Peace.

Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 03:18 GMTHi again,Just want to share my experience with capturing video on my TRV-260.I tried the IEEE connection (bought from ebay for $7) between my sony and my computer with Windows Movie Maker and it worked great! It also allows me to control the camera playback from WMM. The captured file can be saved in high-quality AVI or any other format.I also tried a A/V input to my cheap video capture-card and that worked great too. I can use it convert the video captured into MPEG2 using the on-board MPEG compressor.Definitely beats messing with Picture Package!Peace.

Posted on Friday, June 30, 2006 - 21:39 GMTHello I have a Sondy Handycam TRV-138 and Pinnacle Studio version 10 500-usb. I connect the A/V cables to the device then the usb to the computer from the device. It says I need to be connected to a 1394 port on my computer which I don't have and I don't think I have a port on my camera for it anyways.I guess my main question is how can I transfer video from my trv-138 hi8 camera to my computer. All I have is composite inputs. Sorry if this is confusing and thanks a ton. Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 17:40 GMTHi gromit and berny and others,i really feel proud that u are helping us a lot regarding the matters of handcam problem.As a beginer, i dont know what a fire wire is. Is it a card?

A Capture card? My cam has a usb port, i-link port, and s-video port.

But my pc doesn't have any port other than usb. USB reducing 75% picture quality and also frame rate. FRom where i can purchase this firewire cable or card. Error 2041 invalid sample description example. Can i-link cable not be connected with general pc other than sony vaio. I want to increase the quality of video. But when i transfer them quality reduces and also the audio doesnt match with video.

Please need help.about the firewire. From where i can purchase. What will i ask to shopkeeper.please help.

Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 05:12 GMThello guysI have been having a major problem with Movie Maker for the past few days. At first it worked really well.

But for the past few days the clips that i try to capture on Movie Maker ( from my handy cam, i have a sony DCR-TRV480E PAL ) are shown really enlarged. Not exactly enlarged. I guess pixelated is the better word.I have also included two pictures, one from the time when Movie Maker worked fine, and the other, since it started showing distorted videos. Could you please help me!The proper pic:- Link removedThe Distorted Pic:- Link removedthe sad part is.

I tried with other video capturing programs. And it still came out like this. Please guys help me. Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 22:58 GMTI need help with my Sony Handycam CCD-TRV608. I need to transfer the footage to my PC, and as previously stated by others this Camcorder doesn't have firewire.

I have a ATI TV Tuner installed on my PC but it only has a yellow jack(Port) for Video In, and I can't get sound. What are my options other than USB, and is it possible to somehow connect firewire to my camcorder? I'm hoping this thread hasn't fazed out and someone will respond.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Posted on Saturday, May 05, 2007 - 03:58 GMTWell I have a SONY HANDYCAM VISION - STEADY SHOT CCD-TRV608 NTSC VIDEO HI8 W/USB STREAMING.Impressed? Don't be.it's just an ok camcorder.I am able to transfer from camcorder to PC using either Windows Movie maker or Muvee Producer (both of which came with Windows XP Media Center)I did this using the supplied USB cable.

Now the videos are saved in.wmv format with WMM and.avi in Muvee. The.wmv are MUCH smaller in file size than the.avi (which are EXTREMELY HUGE!) The quality (or should I say lack of) of each file format are virtually the same, so if you have a choice, choose the.wmv format. Since I'm using the videos for taping a track event, 400m, the videos are not very smooth.

I would suggest you capture it using 320 x 240 (yea, I KNOW it's small) but it will be the clearest during playback.I bought a Firewire to Firewire cable on eBay but when I got it, I quickly discovered the smaller end of the cable (that goes to the camcorder) didn't fit the camcorder. Turns out I have a mini 5 pin connector on the camcorder output and NOT a true firewire connector.

Damn.So, I then noticed I also have a S-Video output connector as well. So I did a little research and 'thought' an S-Video to USB cable would give me a little better resolution. So back to eBay I go and got the cable today BUT neither WMM or Muvee would recognize the camcorder. So I check my Device Manager for anything obvious and all checked out ok.So after 2 new cables, I still can't get any better video. I'm afraid my camcorder might be providing the OLD USB 1.0 standard output @ about 12 Mbps data flow which just ISN'T gonna give you smooth video. I could be wrong bit I thought S-Video gave better data flow for sure than USB 1.0 but I'm not sure. Since I'm running USB 2.0 with XP SP-2, I was hoping to get a better data flow rate using the S-Video output.

I was pretty sure it wouldn't be as good as Firewire but I was hoping for a compromise.I tried searching for an adapter that might be able to convert my mini 5 pin to a 4 pin Firewire so I could use my Firewire to Firewire cable (not even sure it would even work) but I think I got my answer because I couldn't find such an adapter. Oh wellAnybody have any idea why my camcorder isn't being recognized with the S-Video (camcorder) output to the USB (PC input) connection??? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated even though I might not be able to accomplish the task.Thanks cobes.