Hi Guys and Girls

I have bought a Sony EVI D100p and I'm having a few techinical issues.....Can someone help me please????

I have got a USB capture card so I can use it with my laptop and a S Video lead.

I have downloaded the demo software from sony but when I try it it doesn't seem to work????

I dont have any installation disk for the EVI and I'm totally stuck!!

I would appreciate any advice and guidence you can give me.

Thanks

Allana Quote

hi Allana,

okay you don't need to install any software for the sony camera so remove any software you installed for it, unless you want to control the zoom and pan with software too. Not sure if the vsmedia system still has camera control for customers in private these days. If they can confirm they still have that feature keep the sony serial port drivers on the system.


Also you never said which operating system you are using or which capture card you finally purchased . That sort of information is needed for such help dear, but this is for any operating system here and the Dazzle DVD recorder so if any bit does not apply use the software that came with the video capture card on CD if it's not the Dazzle model.

Okay please follow these steps correctly.

1- Update windows to make sure it is running the latest updates.

http://www.update.microsoft.com/



2- update DirectX by visiting this site.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2DA43D38-DB71-4C1B-BC6A-9B6652CD92 A3&displaylang=en

Download the file there and run it to update DirectX.


3- Go to control panel and to the add/remove programs and remove any software related to your old camera if it is a built in webcam on the laptop you DO NOT need to do this part leave it as it is. If it is an external camera you have right now, unplug the camera from the computer and remove any software on the system related to it in the add/remove programs area.

4- Restart the pc after you have done the above.


5-Install the dazzle capture card drivers that come on the cd or better go to

http://cdn.pinnaclesys.com/SupportFiles/Hardware_Installer/readmeHW10.htm


and install the latest version they have at their website.

Dazzle* DVC100 (DVD Recorder) USB2 Windows XP 14.0.0.162 Windows Vista / Windows 7 (32bit) 14.0.0.162 (32 bit) Windows Vista / Windows 7 (64bit) 14.0.0.166 (64 bits)*

Dazzle* DVC101 (DVD Recorder) USB2 Windows XP 14.0.0.162 Windows Vista / Windows 7 (32bit) 14.0.0.162 (32 bit) Windows Vista / Windows 7 (64bit) 14.0.0.166 (64 bits)*



Make sure you find out which of the dazzle DVD recorders you have, there is 2 models , DVC 100 and DVC 101 and install the right one for your operating system. Check the box or the sticker on the underside of the dazzle which model it is.



6- Plug the Dazzle capture card into a free USB port on the laptop.



7- Restart pc when it stops detecting new hardware.



8- Connect the S-video cable to the Dazzle S-video connector and connect the other end of the cable to the back of the camera's S-video connector.


9- Power up the camera with the supplied power supply and switch it on, make sure to read the manual here if you need to tell the camera to use the S-video out on it, may need to press a button on the remote here (may not have to do anything and it does it automatically too)..



10- Check if there is an update to the performer application from the site or click update if there is a section on the performer application to do this (maybe under the help section).


11- Setup the performer application to use the Dazzle as the video device in the settings. Remember the video device will show up as the Dazzle video device NOT the Sony camera because in reality the camera is not connected to the computer as a device. Select the Dazzle as the video device and then try testing it on the preview window that you see yourself on when broadcasting. If it shows black video read the Dazzle manual how to set the dazzle to use S-video as the input and set it to PAL video this is what we use in the UK and what the Sony camera uses.



12. Also you can test the camera here too on the sites cam2cam tester. Make sure again in the Flash cam2cam site tester to select the correct camera device the Dazzle (by clicking the little webcam tab there and a drop down menu will show all video devices) and then you can click the camera picture in the webcam area to test the camera, you should see what the sony camera sees). Remember to have the camera on here. Also click allow flirt4free to access the camera on the privacy tab, then you will see on the large video test what the camera sees again.


http://www.flirt4free.com/help-popups/cam2cam.php




Any problems shout again.



Regards

Nabil
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Hi Allana...i will gladly help u with that...email me and i will tell u exactly what to do to make it work

kisses

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its very easy ..just get the EASYCAP cables,instal the driver,but before u do that desable toe antivirus..and it will work Quote

Allana the microphone I mentioned is the "Logitech USB Desktop Microphone"

You can read the logitech page here about it.

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/webcam_communications/microphones/devices/221&cl=us,en



To order it use Ebuyer they are people I use a lot and very good and good prices too.

the link bellow is for the ebuyer page with the microphone.


http://www.ebuyer.com/product/54130


I normally order by phone with them on this number in UK 0872 111 22 22. When ordering give them your details and the product code is quickfind code: 54130. That will make life easy for them to find it when ordering by phone.

They have next day delivery too if you need that.


The reason I say go USB is i'm not sure if the mic in your laptop is bad or the sound card that is causing that wind tunnel sound, With USB mics you don't even need a sound card to worry about . Also no drivers needed for this mic you just plug in and should work and all you need to do is select the USB logitech mic in the performer application sound settings and with the flash settings as I showed you.



Regards

Nabil
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Also to add after you get the mic working I will write you up a little page regarding how to make it all run better, regarding adjusting the performer application to the speed of your internet to get the best video/audio quality out of it. We will do all that once you get the new mic working, so not to confuse you Quote

Also to add after you get the mic working I will write you up a little page regarding how to make it all run better, regarding adjusting the performer application to the speed of your internet to get the best video/audio quality out of it. We will do all that once you get the new mic working, so not to confuse you



hey ya.

thank you, having another problem now, keeps freezing about every 10 minutes.. it comes up usb device not reconized, i log out and sign in, and its ok for 10 minutes... and it goes again.

why am i having so many problems? Quote

hey ya.

thank you, having another problem now, keeps freezing about every 10 minutes.. it comes up usb device not reconized, i log out and sign in, and its ok for 10 minutes... and it goes again.

why am i having so many problems?



Allana can you tell me which laptop you have there and what operating system you are using please.



It could be a matter of unplugging the capture card from that usb port its in to another one , sometimes if there is not enough power given from the laptop to the usb device it can do this problem. Try another USB port on the laptop 1st and see if that helps. If not you may need to check you have the latest drivers for the capture card from their website, which I listed in the 1st post on here. If that does not help come back to me here. It could mean you need to buy a powered USB hub or you have a bad installation of windows there with bad USB drivers or chipset drivers. It all gets very technical but try the easy stuff 1st like changing the port the USB capture card is plugged into. This is why I asked from 1st post what laptop is it and what operating system, also I heard you say in your room you had to reinstall the laptop, did you use the CD that came with the laptop to do that ? and did you go to the laptop makers site to update all the laptop drivers ? If someone reinstalled it from a windows disk that was not designed for the laptop you will need to go to the laptop makers site and for sure install their drivers and chipset drivers to make a laptop behave.

Need more information dear this USB device not reconized error will come up for many reasons and the main reasons is a bad install of windows and the bad chipset and usb drivers that make the laptop work correctly with windows usb devices.


So what I need is ..


1- make and model number of laptop.

2- Windows version you are using.

3- Have you installed all the drivers for the laptop to work correctly and made sure to have the latest drivers for the laptop and the usb capture card. ?

4- does the laptops manual mention at any point if the USB ports on that laptop are not powered or have a limit to what power they can give out ? because if they do all you need to do is buy a powered USB HUB then to fix this error.


When you give me the model number and make I can give you a link to the laptop makers site that will list all the drivers you need for the laptop to work correctly with Windows and any device connected to it.

Regards

Nabil Quote

Also what you can try is remove all plugged in usb devices from the laptop and then shut it off and then restart the system again without the capture card plugged in, when windows fully starts plug the capture card back in it may help windows find it again correctly.


Some people claim turning off the laptop, removing the battery and power suppply,any usb devices unplugged too and waiting 5 minutes, then try putting the battery back in the laptop and power supply, restart the system and then plug in the usb devices (capture card).. seems windows VISTA has this fault in finding USB devices sometimes. Vista the ...


Sounds like voodoo black magic to me this stuff with powering down and removing the battery, but worth a try too, if some claim it works as you will read from these links.




http://www.spillingcoffee.com/2008/07/30/fixing-that-usb-device-not-recognized-error -in-windows-vista/


http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/usb-device-not-recognized/


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Bumping this up for Marilyn Martini who has a problem with her cam/
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