Roxio Video Capture USB

[Paul G.]

when i plug in my sony digital video camera recorder (hi8) i get no signal on the capture window but i do get sound whenever i play something from the camera. i plugged the camera in before i open everything up, but it doesn't work!! i have roxio creator 2009. why won't it work??!! i also have a windows xp home edition computer

Edited June 12, 2009 by Paul G.

[bimicher]

when i plug in my sony digital video camera recorder (hi8) i get no signal on the capture window but i do get sound whenever i play something from the camera. i plugged the camera in before i open everything up, but it doesn't work!! i have roxio creator 2009. why won't it work??!! i also have a windows xp home edition computer

 

With digital camcorders you should be using a Firewire connection for capturing.

[Paul G.]

With digital camcorders you should be using a Firewire connection for capturing.

 

 

do you have a picture of what a firewire connection looks like? and is there any software you need to buy with the firewire connection or do you need to update or change anything on your computer with a firewire connection?

Edited June 12, 2009 by Paul G.

[ggrussell]

What model camcorder? Hi8 is not digital. Although a Sony D8 camcorder can playback Hi8. Here is what my Sony Digital 8mm port looks like. Firewire is the one on the left. Sony calls it iLink. Port on the right is USB.

Edited June 12, 2009 by ggrussell

[Paul G.]

What model camcorder? Hi8 is not digital. Although a Sony D8 camcorder can playback Hi8. Here is what my Sony Digital 8mm port looks like. Firewire is the one on the left. Sony calls it iLink. Port on the right is USB.

 

 

it's a sony digital8 handycam (it also says steady shopt USB streaming on it) and it has a yellow plug in, and A/V and a DV plug in (the DV is the USB plug in) i'm not exactly sure if i'm saying all this right but i hope it helps.

[malatekid]

Check the bottom of the camcorder. Does it show the exact model name of the camcorder?

Edited June 12, 2009 by malatekid

[ggrussell]

a DV plug in (the DV is the USB plug in)

Take a look at the image I posted. Do you have both or just the one on the right?

[Paul G.]

Take a look at the image I posted. Do you have both or just the one on the right?

 

for the picture: i have both of those plus a yellow jack.

 

my camera is a sony digital video camera recorder model no. DCR-TRV480

[malatekid]

How is the camcorder connected to the PC? What is your setup? Details please.

 

If you don't have a Firewire cable

Does your A/V cable (the one that goes in to the yellow port of your camcorder) has the RCA yellow/red (or yellow/white) cables at the other end? Do you have the Roxio USB Capture device?

Edited June 12, 2009 by malatekid

[Paul G.]

How is the camcorder connected to the PC? What is your setup? Details please.

 

If you don't have a Firewire cable

Does your A/V cable (the one that goes in to the yellow port of your camcorder) has the RCA yellow/red (or yellow/white) cables at the other end? Do you have the Roxio USB Capture device?

 

at the other end of the cable it has a yellow and black cable, and yes i have the roxio usb capture device. i just talked to technical support on the phone, and he sent me a list of compatible camcorders with this capture device. i can't find my camcorder on there. does that mean i wasted my money? here's the list

 

 

MY camcorder number is DCR-TRV480

 

Creator 2009 supported capture and import devices

Issue

 

 

List of supported capture devices, cards, and cameras for the Creator 2009 suite of products.

 

 

Resolution

 

 

 

Capture Cards & USB

 

Make Model TV Standards

Adaptec AVC-2000 NTSC

Adaptec AVC-2010 NTSC

Adaptec AVC-2200 NTSC

Adaptec AVC-2210 NTSC

Adaptec AVC-2310 NTSC

Adaptec AVC-2410 NTSC

Adaptec AVC-3610 (Dual TV Tuner) NTSC

Asus 7131 (HP) NTSC & PAL

Asus 7133 (HP) NTSC

Asus 7134 (HP) PAL

Asus Dolphin (HP) PAL

Asus Falcon 2 (HP) NTSC & PAL

Asus Jayhawk (HP) PAL

Asus Tbird (HP) NTSC & PAL

ATI TVTGA1 (Dell) NTSC

ATI TVT1 (Dell) NTSC

ATI TVT2 DT (Dell) NTSC

ATI TVTGA3 (Dell) NTSC

ATI Yuan (HP) NTSC

ATI 8500 NTSC

ATI 9000 NTSC

ATI 9600 NTSC

ATI 9700 NTSC

ATI 9800 NTSC

ATI X800XT NTSC

ATI VE NTSC

ATI TV Wonder Pro NTSC

ATI TV Wonder Elite NTSC

ATI TV Wonder 650 Pro NTSC

ATI TV Wonder 550 Pro NTSC

ATI HDTV Wonder NTSC

ATI Ehome Wonder NTSC

ATI 7500 NTSC

ATI TV Wonder HD 600 NTSC/ATSC

ATI TVW650PCIE SB Edition NTSC/ATSC/ClearQAM

ATI TVW600PCIE SB Edition NTSC/ATSC/ClearQAM

Avermedia ENTNA_038 (Dell) PAL

Avermedia UltraTV 1500 MCE NTSC

Hauppauge PVR 150 (Dell) PAL

Hauppauge Amity 2 (HP) NTSC & PAL

Hauppauge Amity 2 DT (HP) NTSC & PAL

Hauppauge Amity 2 SE (HP) NTSC

Hauppauge Kmax (HP) PAL

Hauppauge PVR-250 (HP) NTSC

Hauppauge Seahawk (HP) PAL

Hauppauge WinTV Go-Plus 878 PCI Board NTSC

Hauppauge WinTV Go-Radio 878 PCI Board NTSC

Hauppauge WinTV Theatre 878 PCI Board NTSC

Hauppauge WinTV-USB 1 NTSC

Hauppauge WinTV-USB 2 NTSC & PAL

Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-USB 2 NTSC

Hauppauge PVR-150 NTSC

Hauppauge PVR-250 NTSC

Hauppauge PVR-500 NTSC & PAL

Hauppauge PVR-350 NTSC

Hauppauge PVR-250 (Viewsonic) NTSC

Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-250 NTSC

Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-500 MCE NTSC

Hauppauge TVT10 (Dell) PAL

Hauppauge TVT9 (Dell) NTSC

Hauppauge TVT10 (Dell) PAL

Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150 NTSC

Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600 NTSC

Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1800 NTSC

Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-350 NTSC

Hauppauge WinTV-USB2 NTSC

Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-USB2 NTSC

Hauppauge WinTV-GO-Plus NTSC

Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600 NTSC

Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1250 MC NTSC/ATSC/QAM

Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1500 MC Kit NTSC/ATSC/QAM

Hewlett Packard DC3000 NTSC

Hewlett Packard DC5000 NTSC

Iomega Quicktouch NTSC

LeadTek WinFast PVR2000 NTSC & PAL

Lumanate/Emuzed Bali USB NTSC

Lumanate/Emuzed Sentosa NTSC

Lumanate/Emuzed Maui III (Viewsonic) NTSC

Lumanate/Emuzed TVT2 USB (Dell) NTSC

Lumanate/Emuzed TVT3 (Dell) NTSC

Lumanate/Emuzed TVT3CR (Dell) NTSC

Lumanate/Emuzed Atlantis (Dell) NTSC

Lumanate/Emuzed Maui (HP) NTSC

Melco MV3SI-PCI NTSC_MJ

Melco PC-MV5/U2 NTSC_MJ

MSI Multimedia Personal Cinema FX5200 (nVidia) NTSC

nVidia P259 (nVidia) NTSC & PAL

nVidia DualTV MCE NTSC

Pinnacle/Dazzle DVC 100 NTSC

Pinnacle/Dazzle DVC 90 NTSC

Pinnacle/Dazzle DVC 80 NTSC

Pinnacle/Dazzle Fusion NTSC

Plextor M402U NTSC

Plextor M402UTV NTSC

PNY Technologies Personal Cinema FX5700 (nVidia) NTSC

Snazzi AVIO NTSC

Snazzi Snazzi III USB 2 NTSC

VisionTek Theater 550 Pro NTSC

Zoran USB Live Pro NTSC

 

 

Camcorders

 

Make Model TV Standards

Canon (High Definition) HV10 NTSC

Canon (High Definition) HV20 NTSC

Canon (DVD) DC20 NTSC

Canon (DVD) DC22 NTSC

Canon (DVD) DC22 PAL

Canon Elura 80 NTSC

Canon MV 750i PAL

Canon MV 20i NTSC

Canon ZR85A NTSC

Canon ZR300 NTSC

Canon ZR60 NTSC

Canon ZR20 NTSC

Canon MX350i NTSC

Canon MVX430 PAL

Canon MD225 PAL

JVC (High Definition) GR-HD1U NTSC

JVC GR-DVM75U NTSC

JVC GR-DVL820A PAL

JVC GR-DF450U NTSC

JVC GR-D27U NTSC

Panasonic GS200 NTSC

Panasonic NV-GS188 PAL

Panasonic NV-GS238 PAL

Panasonic NV-GS17 EG-S PAL

Panasonic NV-GS25 PAL

Panasonic MV-GS5K NTSC

Panasonic PV-DV201D NTSC

Panasonic PV-GS70 NTSC

Panasonic PV-GS65 NTSC

Sharp ViewcamZ VL-Z5 NTSC

Sony (High Definition) HDR-FX1 NTSC

Sony (High Definition) HDR-FX1E PAL

Sony (High Definition) HDR-HC1 NTSC

Sony (High Definition) HDR-HC1E PAL

Sony (High Definition) HDR-HC3E PAL

Sony (High Definition) HDR-HC5 NTSC

Sony (High Definition) HDR-HC5E PAL

Sony (DVD) DCR-DVD203 NTSC

Sony (DVD) DCR-DVD300 NTSC

Sony (DVD) DCR-DVD505 NTSC

Sony DCR-HC40E PAL

Sony DCR-TRV19 NTSC

Sony DCR-PC110E PAL

Sony DCR-PC330 NTSC

Sony DCR-PC350E PAL

Sony DCR-HC46E PAL

Sony DCR-HC96E PAL

Sony DCR-SR42E PAL

 

 

AVCHD Camcorders

 

Make Model and TV Standard Device Type

Panasonic Panasonic HDC-SX5P NTSC Hi-Def DVD Camcorder

Panasonic Panasonic HD-HS9P NTSC Hi-Def HDD Camcorder

Panasonic Panasonic HDC-SD5GK PAL Hi-Def Memory Stick Camcorders

Canon Canon HG10 NTSC Hi-Def HDD Camcorder

Canon Canon HR10 NTSC Hi-Def DVD Camcorder

Sony Sony HDR-CX7E PAL Hi-Def Memory Stick Camcorders

Sony Sony HDR-SR1 NTSC Hi-Def HDD Camcorder

Sony Sony HDR-UX5 NTSC Hi-Def DVD Camcorder

Sony Sony HDR-UX7 NTSC Hi-Def DVD Camcorder

Sony Sony HDR-UX7E PAL Hi-Def DVD Camcorder

Sony Sony HDR-SR8E PAL Hi-Def HDD Camcorder

 

 

Still Cameras

 

Make Model

Canon Powershot A95

Canon Powershot S80

Canon Powershot A570i

Casio EX-2750

Casio EX-P600

Casio EX-Z600

Fujifilm FinePix E900

Fujifilm FinePix F10

Fujifilm FinePix S5100

Fujifilm FinePix Z100fd

HP Photosmart R707

Kodak EasyShare CX7530

Kodak EasyShare C875

Kodak EasyShare CX7330

Konica/Minolta DiMage X60

Nikon Coolpix 5900

Nikon Coolpix 7600

Nikon Coolpix 8700

Nikon Coolpix S10

Nikon D60

Nikon Powershot A520

Olympus D-390

Olympus D-595

Olympus Stylus 740

Pentax Optio WP

Samsung NV10

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T1

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T70

Panasonic FX30

 

 

Scanners

 

Make Model

Benq 5000S

Canon Lide 30

Canon Lide 60

Canon Lide 90

Canon CanoScan 4400F

Epson Perfection 3170

Epson Perfection 3490

Epson Perfection V350

Epson Perfection V200

HP OfficeJet 4215

HP Photosmart 3210xi All-In-One

HP Scanjet 5550c

HP Scanjet G3010

Microtek ScanMaker 4180

Microtek ScanMaker 6800

Microtek ScanMaker S430

Uniscan A686

Visioneer OneTouch 8920

Visioneer OneTouch 7300

 

 

Webcams

 

Make Model

Creative Live Cam Optia AF

Logitech QuickCam Ultra Vision

Logitech QuickCam Notebooks Deluxe

Logitech QuickCam Chat

Logitech QuickCam Messenger

Logitech QuickCam 4000 (HP)

Logitech V-UAM37

Logitech Notebook Pro (V-UJ15)

Logitech Orbit

Microsoft LifeCam VX-1000

Microsoft LifeCam VX-3000

Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000

Microsoft LifeCam NX-1000

Creative Live Webcam Live Ultra

Creative Live Webcam Notebook

Logitech Quickcam for Notebooks Pro

Logitech Orbit MP

Philips SPC-900NC

Delux DLV-B32S

ViewSonic W2402-31000

Teclast TL-T838-NDE2S

Edited June 12, 2009 by Paul G.

[malatekid]

Connect the A/V yellow plug to the yellow plug of the Roxio Capture device, and the A/V black plug to either red or white plug of the Roxio Capture device. Plug in the Roxio Capture device to the PC USB port (some members advise to use the USB port of the back of the PC). Turn on the camcorder and put the setting to playback the video. Once the Roxio Media Import program comes up, choose the USB 2861, and the Composite video as the input. Press the Play button of the camcorder. Do you see the video as well as hear the audio of the camcorder on the PC?

Edited June 12, 2009 by malatekid

[Paul G.]

Connect the A/V yellow plug to the yellow plug of the Roxio Capture device, and the A/V black plug to either red or white plug of the Roxio Capture device. Plug in the Roxio Capture device to the PC USB port (some members advise to use the USB port of the back of the PC). Turn on the camcorder and put the setting to playback the video. Once the Roxio Media Import program comes up, choose the USB 2861, and the Composite video as the input. Press the Play button of the camcorder. Do you see the video as well as hear the audio of the camcorder on the PC?

 

 

it did not work when i did that. what should the capture settings be on? all there is is audio from the camcorder and the screen is black and sometime fuzzy.

[bimicher]

at the other end of the cable it has a yellow and black cable, and yes i have the roxio usb capture device. i just talked to technical support on the phone, and he sent me a list of compatible camcorders with this capture device. i can't find my camcorder on there. does that mean i wasted my money? here's the list

 

 

MY camcorder number is DCR-TRV480

 

 

If your computer has a Firewire connection then use that and forget about capturing via USB.

BTW, don't rely on that list as being accurate, there are hundreds of devices that are not on the list and I am sure they work just fine with C2009. I have a Sony DCR-TRV33 and it works just fine using firewire.

[Paul G.]

If your computer has a Firewire connection then use that and forget about capturing via USB.

BTW, don't rely on that list as being accurate, there are hundreds of devices that are not on the list and I am sure they work just fine with C2009. I have a Sony DCR-TRV33 and it works just fine using firewire.

 

 

but what i want to know is if the firewire connects to the capture device or straight to the computer

[malatekid]

it did not work when i did that. what should the capture settings be on? all there is is audio from the camcorder and the screen is black and sometime fuzzy.

I saw myguggi's post above but just to answer your question in case you end up using the Roxio capture device, here is an image (copied from a post of Jim Harding) on what the setting should be. If you have Firewire port on your PC as well, use the Firewire to capture video as sugested above by ggrussell and myguggi.

 

Edited June 12, 2009 by malatekid

[grandpabruce]

but what i want to know is if the firewire connects to the capture device or straight to the computer

 

It connects directly to your computer, if you have a firewire input. You can check to see if the computer has one, two ways.

 

Either look at the back of your computer, or go to Device Manager, and see if there is an entry for IEEE 1394 Bus Controllers. If there is, the computer has a firewire input, most likely a 6-pin connection, unless your computer is a laptop. If it is a laptop, it more than likely has a 4-pin connection.

[bimicher]

If your computer has a Firewire connection then use that and forget about capturing via USB.

BTW, don't rely on that list as being accurate, there are hundreds of devices that are not on the list and I am sure they work just fine with C2009. I have a Sony DCR-TRV33 and it works just fine using firewire.

 

The Firewire connection goes from the camcorder to your computer. This will only work of course if you have a Firewire connection on your computer.

[ggrussell]

Firewire has been built into most machines for the past few years with a few exceptions. Most manufacturers use the 6 pin port except for Sony which uses the smaller 4 pin firewire like on the camcorder and laptops. I have the DCR-TRV740 and it works fine with C2009. Don't buy a real cheap firewire cable. Even Walmart has a decent Belkin cable at a reasonable price.