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Justin Correia · January 21st, 2008, 11:23 AM

This weekend I just finished shooting a short film on the JVC HD101u as the DOP. The production rented the camera and we shot 720/24p. I spoke to the editor about getting the footage onto a computer later and she said that she didn't think there would be too much of a problem. We shot a few tapes and after passing them off to her she said she couldn't get them on to her computer with the equipment she had, so instead we were left using the camera to capture all the tapes onto the computer. This worked fine for the first day and a half. Half way through the day on Saturday the computer stopped recognizing the camera and we were unable to capture any of the footage.

We tried different firewire cables and different computers so we essentially came to the conclusion that it must be a problem with the camera. The rental house was closed on Sunday so there was nothing we could do and our rental period was over this morning so we no longer have a camera. We have no way of getting the footage on to the computer and I was wondering whether any one had any cost effective ways of getting this footage on to the computer. We're a group of film students so we really have no money to spend and the school isn't being very helpful in trying to get our footage onto their computers. Any suggestions of how we could get this footage on to the computer now would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Burk Webb · January 21st, 2008, 03:01 PM

Renting a JVC BR50 deck would probably be the cheapest and simplest solution, I know some rental houses have them. Explain your problem and tell em' your film students and maybe you can get a deal, also maybe somebody here could help you out - where are you located?

Funny the camera would suddenly stop working.... Hope you guys didn't blow a firewire port. Any firewire cable hot swapping going on?

Oh, and whenever you hear this phrase; "didn't think there would be too much of a problem" ...it's going to be a big problem :)

Good luck

Paolo Ciccone · January 21st, 2008, 03:09 PM

Justin, if you have connected and disconnected the FW cable when either the camera and/or the computer were on there's a possibility that you have fried one of the ports. While the computer's port can be replace, if the machine is a tower, or supplemented, the port on the camera needs to be replaced by JVC's technical support. Always be sure to connects and disconnect *any* cable from the camera when it's turned off.

Justin Correia · January 21st, 2008, 06:56 PM

Thank you Paolo and Burk.

The camera was always off when the firewire cable was connected to the computer and once we turned the camera on the computer automatically detected the camera. I was aware of this problem from reading it on the forum in the past and made sure not to disconnect/connect the camera while on.

I'm located in Toronto and I will pass on the information to the editor to let her know about the deck hopefully rental for one day won't cost us much more than $100 here.

Thanks for the replies.

January 21st, 2008, 11:23 AM	#1
Justin Correia New Boot Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 7	JVC HD101u Footage This weekend I just finished shooting a short film on the JVC HD101u as the DOP. The production rented the camera and we shot 720/24p. I spoke to the editor about getting the footage onto a computer later and she said that she didn't think there would be too much of a problem. We shot a few tapes and after passing them off to her she said she couldn't get them on to her computer with the equipment she had, so instead we were left using the camera to capture all the tapes onto the computer. This worked fine for the first day and a half. Half way through the day on Saturday the computer stopped recognizing the camera and we were unable to capture any of the footage. We tried different firewire cables and different computers so we essentially came to the conclusion that it must be a problem with the camera. The rental house was closed on Sunday so there was nothing we could do and our rental period was over this morning so we no longer have a camera. We have no way of getting the footage on to the computer and I was wondering whether any one had any cost effective ways of getting this footage on to the computer. We're a group of film students so we really have no money to spend and the school isn't being very helpful in trying to get our footage onto their computers. Any suggestions of how we could get this footage on to the computer now would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

January 21st, 2008, 03:09 PM	#3
Paolo Ciccone Trustee Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 1,116	Justin, if you have connected and disconnected the FW cable when either the camera and/or the computer were on there's a possibility that you have fried one of the ports. While the computer's port can be replace, if the machine is a tower, or supplemented, the port on the camera needs to be replaced by JVC's technical support. Always be sure to connects and disconnect any cable from the camera when it's turned off. __________________ Paolo http://www.paolociccone.com Demo Reel

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January 21st, 2008, 03:01 PM	#2
Burk Webb Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 249	Renting a JVC BR50 deck would probably be the cheapest and simplest solution, I know some rental houses have them. Explain your problem and tell em' your film students and maybe you can get a deal, also maybe somebody here could help you out - where are you located? Funny the camera would suddenly stop working.... Hope you guys didn't blow a firewire port. Any firewire cable hot swapping going on? Oh, and whenever you hear this phrase; "didn't think there would be too much of a problem" ...it's going to be a big problem :) Good luck

January 21st, 2008, 06:56 PM	#4
Justin Correia New Boot Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 7	Thank you Paolo and Burk. The camera was always off when the firewire cable was connected to the computer and once we turned the camera on the computer automatically detected the camera. I was aware of this problem from reading it on the forum in the past and made sure not to disconnect/connect the camera while on. I'm located in Toronto and I will pass on the information to the editor to let her know about the deck hopefully rental for one day won't cost us much more than $100 here. Thanks for the replies.