vidcap60.exe and Windows 7 at DVinfo.net

Jeremiah Rickert · February 11th, 2011, 12:48 AM

I almost had a situation today where I needed to capture a video in a hurry, but Vegas 10 wouldn't capture for some reason. I would click capture video and it would do nothing at all (not even an error message). When I browsed into the Sony folder and ran Vidcap60.exe manually I actually did get an error message, but it was pretty non specific.

Luckily I decided to right click on vidcap60.exe and select "troubleshoot compatibility" and sure enough it told me that it needed to be run in Windows XP SP2 mode to capture. I was able to run it finally and capture the video.

I am glad I figured it out, but I'm also a bit dismayed that Sony would ship this thing with a version of vidcap that Windows 7 won't run. I typically work with HDV so I use hdvsplit, but this particular job was a DV job and it almost went south.

Leslie Wand · February 11th, 2011, 01:50 AM

both work here on 7/64bit....

Jeremiah Rickert · February 11th, 2011, 02:36 AM

Yeah, I'm using Ultimate 64bit too. Strange.

Leslie Wand · February 11th, 2011, 03:10 AM

i'm pro - not sure if that makes any difference anyway?

you do run as admin right? (be surprised if you didn't).

Jeremiah Rickert · February 11th, 2011, 03:33 AM

Yup...admin. I wonder if there's a setting to always have it analyze compatibility and run a program. At first I thought it was a 64bit/32bit thing.

Leslie Wand · February 11th, 2011, 05:01 AM

think you'll find the ability to set compatibility under the shortcut properties.

Edward Troxel · February 11th, 2011, 09:22 AM

When we first got a Win 7 machine, we tried to capture DV and could not get it to work. After some searching on the internet, we finally found the solution which required us to revert to a legacy firewire driver. After doing that, everything worked great.

February 11th, 2011, 12:48 AM	#1
Jeremiah Rickert Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Newberg, Oregon Posts: 494	vidcap60.exe and Windows 7 I almost had a situation today where I needed to capture a video in a hurry, but Vegas 10 wouldn't capture for some reason. I would click capture video and it would do nothing at all (not even an error message). When I browsed into the Sony folder and ran Vidcap60.exe manually I actually did get an error message, but it was pretty non specific. Luckily I decided to right click on vidcap60.exe and select "troubleshoot compatibility" and sure enough it told me that it needed to be run in Windows XP SP2 mode to capture. I was able to run it finally and capture the video. I am glad I figured it out, but I'm also a bit dismayed that Sony would ship this thing with a version of vidcap that Windows 7 won't run. I typically work with HDV so I use hdvsplit, but this particular job was a DV job and it almost went south.

February 11th, 2011, 01:50 AM	#2
Leslie Wand Trustee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: upper hunter, australia Posts: 1,410	both work here on 7/64bit.... __________________ www.lesliewand.com.au

February 11th, 2011, 03:10 AM	#4
Leslie Wand Trustee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: upper hunter, australia Posts: 1,410	i'm pro - not sure if that makes any difference anyway? you do run as admin right? (be surprised if you didn't). __________________ www.lesliewand.com.au

February 11th, 2011, 05:01 AM	#6
Leslie Wand Trustee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: upper hunter, australia Posts: 1,410	think you'll find the ability to set compatibility under the shortcut properties. __________________ www.lesliewand.com.au

February 11th, 2011, 09:22 AM	#7
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	When we first got a Win 7 machine, we tried to capture DV and could not get it to work. After some searching on the internet, we finally found the solution which required us to revert to a legacy firewire driver. After doing that, everything worked great. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

February 11th, 2011, 02:36 AM	#3
Jeremiah Rickert Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Newberg, Oregon Posts: 494	Yeah, I'm using Ultimate 64bit too. Strange.

February 11th, 2011, 03:33 AM	#5
Jeremiah Rickert Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Newberg, Oregon Posts: 494	Yup...admin. I wonder if there's a setting to always have it analyze compatibility and run a program. At first I thought it was a 64bit/32bit thing.