Connecting Sony hdr-hc3 to computer w/ Sony Vegas

I am needing some help getting my vegas to recognize that my camera is connected to the computer. I have tried 2 different cables, vegas 6.0 and 7.0, and 2 different firewire cards and still can not get it to see that it is connected. I had it working last year and then i reinstalled windows and now it wont work. Anyways I was hoping some of you video guys out there may be able to help me.

Thanks in advance,
Jay

Hey man, I'm using vegas 6 with my FX1 and when capturing HDV this is what I do. In my camera on VCR mode I go into the menu> In/out Rec> i.link Conv> Off. This will let you capture in HDV. Then hook your camera to the computer with the firewire cable. And to capture HDV with vegas you have to use the internal capture program. If that isn't setup you can go to Options> Preferences> Video. Then in the video tab make sure the "Use external video capture application" box is unchecked. Then just go up to File> Capture Video. But while capturing HDV in vegas you won't see a preview.

To capture just regular DV go back into the camera and instead of selecting "i.Link Conv" Off, select On(HDV>DV). Hook it to your computer with a firewire. Change your video capture program to the external by changing it in the same place you did for the HDV. Then go to File> Capture Video.

The camera stuff might be a little different since there different models, but hopefully that will work. If it doesn't i'll try an help some more.

Nick

Sweet thanks man. I will try it when I get home.