Hey, I'm trying to export an 8-minute movie I made back to Mini-DV. I have done it before on my old computer, but I recently got a laptop and Firewire card and am working on that.

Before, all I did was have the rendered file open, go to File>Export Clip>Export to Tape. And so I tried that, but it didn't work. All that happened was the laptop played the video, but the camera just stays blue (it records the blue)...

I have been putting this up on almost every board I can think of and I haven't gotten a response that helped.

Someone help me please!

MuRpHmAn StUdIoS

It hasppened with my old computer. Have you tried flashing the bios? Usually some old computers dont know how to work with DV firewire.
go to the motherboards website and see if theres an update for your computers bios.

if that doesnt work post again.

It's not old, it's a pretty new laptop (inspiron 2650), and it's twice as good as the computer that I used before (when it worked).

I am running Windows XP on it...

It's a dell...
so should I check out theDell website?

Thanks.

MuRpHmAn StUdIoS

(EDiT)
Also, I don't know how to 'flash bios'...and stuff.

But also, I can capture on this perfectly...but it just doesn't seem like it wants to be the computers monitor.

Same here, I was able to capture but not output. The screen on my camera would be blue and once in a while an image would go through but again it would disappear.

Try going to the dell website and the manufacturer. maybe you just need drivers.

Hmm...well what did you mean by my Flash Bios?

I liked the sound of that...sounded...techie-like...and I like that...

MuRpHmAn StUdIoS

well first you go to the manufacturers site and download a small executible program that makes a blank disk into a boot disk, then you restart your computer with it in the Floppy drive. It then flashes your computers bios and updates your computer motherboard in order to work with newer features. Go to the dell site and look for the update. Its better to go online connected to your computer cause somtimes the website can read your computer's bios and see what update in needs. the manufacturers make these updates based on problems people have written to them about.

My laptop isn't internet connected yet...

Should I download it on my computer that I'm on now, and then put the file on disk?
And then put the disk in the laptop?

And what would i look for in the Flash Bios?

MuRpHmAn StUdIoS

Yes if you found the update on the website. Not being a dell user i dont know where stuff is on their website.

Execute the program on your computer and make sure you have a blank floppy in the drive. The program will then make that floppy the bios flash boot disk for your laptop. Take that disk to your laptop and restart your computer. it will flash (update ) your laptop. Good luck!!

Has your camera got DV-IN enabled on it?

NOTE: To all our american bretherin. The European Union in it's great wisdom has decided to class all cameras that can record back from the computer through DV as "Video Recorders", and thus slap about 30% MORE tax on them. Most inexpensive cameras in europe are generally DV-OUT only unless you tweak them.

Yes, it says DV IN, and I know it CAN record back, because I've done it before on another computer (Same camera, different computer)...

Ugh...this is frustrating...

Thanks for your replies thoguh.

MuRpHmAn StUdIoS

Hmmm. I had simillar problems ages ago with a dodgy firewire card in my PC.

Try replacing the firewire card, or transfer your footage to another PC (or Mac) with firewire and use that.

Richard.

I think I'm going to try and take it into Future Shop and have their technicians look at it....

Hope it works out...

I've read SOOO many different message boards and SOOOO many people have had the same problem as me, it's funny. And yet, on all of them, NO ONE helps the person out...

*Sigh*

MuRpHmAn StUdIoS

Too true.

UPDATE: My current PCI firewire card has not only died, but killed my iPod in the process.

This explains why my DV captures were only intermittently working, sortof and the random complete pc reboots.

I'm just glad it fried the iPod (under guarantee) than my XL1 which isn't.

Richard.

I am going to get another card now, instead...maybe that will work...I'm not willing to waste anymore time on that card...

Stupid card...

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