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Ok I have a very perplexing situation. I have been doing video editing for years but this is a new one for me. I just got a new Windows 7 PC (64 bit) I7-8GB RAM Lenovo system. I just installed Premiere CS5.5 on it and installed a new SIIG firewire card. I have a Sony Mini-DV camercorder that works great and have been exporting with firewire on my previous 3 systems with no problem (last system was Win 7 64bit as well). On this system I attach the camera via firewire cable and Windows instantly recognizes the camera and the general dialog box comes up asking me if I would like to capture video with Adobe Premiere, Cyberlink PowerDirector, or Windows Live Photo Gallery. Both PowerDirector and Windows Photo Gallery I can open and capture video with no problems. However if I open Premiere in anyway (in DV mode) and bring up the capture window while the camera is on I get the message: "Can't activate recorder. Try resetting camera." If I switch the camera off while the capture window is up it then switches to the message "Capture device offline".
So it seems the firewire card, camera are fine, but giving Premiere fits for some reason. Side notes, I also have a Sony FX-1 HD camera which I can connect with the same firewire cable and inside Premiere and it will capture video but will not display it while capturing (I read this is common with High Def video though). I also have disabled the Windows firewall as I read about in other threads. I have tried 2 other firewire cards with the same exact results. The mini-DV camera I'm trying to get Premiere to capture with is a Sony DCR-PC9 and I have used it in my last 3 systems all running Windows and Premiere. This is really frustating.
Any tips and or advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you, Kirk

Not Harm, but...
SD capture http://windv.mourek.cz/ or http://www.scenalyzer.com/main.html or http://www.exsate.com/products/dvcapture/
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