[Jeremy Waters]

I am using the video capture usb to connect my canon gl2 to my comp with windows vista. i'm trying to capture my video, i can see the video on the capture screen, but when i push capture then stop, unkknown error pops up, and none of my footage was captured. I have tried the S-video and the av cables, not plugged in at the same time like the lady with the same issue. I know that the canon gl2 is not supported by vista, but canon said it could be connected with a 3rd party connecter. i was hoping that the video capture usb could be that 3rd party, and it seems that it would but it won't capture. any help?

[myguggi]

I am using the video capture usb to connect my canon gl2 to my comp with windows vista. i'm trying to capture my video, i can see the video on the capture screen, but when i push capture then stop, unkknown error pops up, and none of my footage was captured. I have tried the S-video and the av cables, not plugged in at the same time like the lady with the same issue. I know that the canon gl2 is not supported by vista, but canon said it could be connected with a 3rd party connecter. i was hoping that the video capture usb could be that 3rd party, and it seems that it would but it won't capture. any help?

You have a min DV camcorder, you should be using a Firewire connection to capture

[Jeremy Waters]

You have a min DV camcorder, you should be using a Firewire connection to capture

You'll have to excuse me being a rookie, the firewire, is that the DV cable?

[Jim_Hardin]

You'll have to excuse me being a rookie, the firewire, is that the DV cable?

Yes… Many names.

Firewire
ILink
1394
DV

And probably a couple more I haven’t seen yet.

You should start by looking in your camcorder manual.

A $3000 camcorder is a bit much for a 'rookie' wouldn't you say???

[Jeremy Waters]

I am using a canon gl2 and trying to capture the video onto videowave but my audio is about a half second ahead of the video. its really frustrating when the words don't match the mouth. any help?

[Jim_Hardin]

Info seems to be One Way with you???

How are you capturing?

What are your PC specs?

[Jeremy Waters]

Info seems to be One Way with you???

How are you capturing? capturing via firewire

What are your PC specs?

acer
aspire x1200
dual core processor 2.20GHz
3.00 GB RAM
32-bit operating system

[myguggi]

acer
aspire x1200
dual core processor 2.20GHz
3.00 GB RAM
32-bit operating system

That is only a partial answer ... how are you capturing? Have you used the firewire?

[Jeremy Waters]

i put my answer to that question at the end of his, it said how are you capturing, i put via firewire.

[myguggi]

i put my answer to that question at the end of his, it said how are you capturing, i put via firewire.

Sorry, I missed that It's best not to put answers inside a quote, most people don't read the quotes since the response usually comes after the quote.

So what happened when you tried capturing with Firewire? To what format are you capturing, avi or mpeg2?

[Jim_Hardin]

Ouch - missed that myself!

I have to admit I have always had a ‘lust’ for that Canon GL2… Three ¼” CCD’s???

I cannot imagine what your video quality looks like compared to the Single 1/16” CCD in my humble ZR800

Audio Sync can be elusive! Firewire to AVI is your best bet, but sometimes the PC has trouble putting it away if the HDD can’t keep up!

You will want to make sure you have plenty of free HDD space and that your HDD is freshly defraged (NOW).

In years past, when HDD space was less, I used to have Defrag and immediately Capture! Then edit, set up my interface, defrag and immediately Burn!

But to be honest, sometimes the bottleneck is in the software…

One quick test would be to use Windows Movie Maker to run a test capture with. How does it sound?

An excellent freebee capture program is WinDV! Perfect in your case because it only works with Firewire. – WinDV

Give those 2 tests a try and let us know.

[Jeremy Waters]

Sorry, I missed that It's best not to put answers inside a quote, most people don't read the quotes since the response usually comes after the quote.

So what happened when you tried capturing with Firewire? To what format are you capturing, avi or mpeg2?

Windows movie maker sound is good. It all matches up. I ended up doing that and transfering over to roxio. The quality on the gl2 is great. The reason i have it being a rookie is that i was kind of thrown into a tv show. I needed a good camera, and software that i could put together what i thought so i could send that along with the raw footage to be edited professionaly.