Need help with Premiere 6.5 using IEEE1394 firewire and Canopus ADVC110

Question

I have been using Premiere 6.5 for over 10 years now and had to replace the Pinnacle DV 500 card with a Canopus ADVC 110 and firewire when Windows XP had its Service Pack 2 downloaded. Recently for no apparent reason the Premiere Capture Window is showing Unable to connect to capture driver. I have checked the firewire cable, the ADVC device and the OHCI DV (IEEE1394) device and all appear to be working. Can anyone point me in the right direction for a solution?
Alan

Answer 1

Alan,
The Grass Valley/Canopus ADV-110 should come with a copy of the Edius capture software. That is what I would use for the Captures. Just set it to DV-AVI Type II w/ 48KHz 16-bit PCM/WAV Audio. Then, Import these into Pr 6.5 for editing. The ADV-110 should allow you to capture from any source hooked to it, whether analog, like VHS, or digital, like DVD from a connected set-top player. I use a similar device in this manner.
The only slight drawback is that one has no direct Device Control, as they would from a FW connected miniDV camera. I cue up the source player (VHS or DVD), start Edius, after the settings are done, and hit Record, then click my remote for the device deck to Play. Works perfectly.
Good luck, and hope that this helps. For direct FW Capture in Pr 6.5 you would do that from a miniDV camera. Do not know if Pr 6.5 had full Device Control, or not. PrPro 2.0 was the first Pr version that I used.
Let us know if this works.
Hunt