DV editing and Firewire foolishness

[suspectbanana]

Okay, finally got my spanking new computer up and running and in, what I thought was, a stable setup. Here are the specs:

AMD 1.4ghz
ABIT KG7 non-raid
Crucial PC2100 DDR 256x2
WD 800BB 80gig HDD
Gainward Geforce 2 Pro
Sound Blaster MP3 5.1
USR 56k Fax pci
Pinnacle Studio DV Firewire pci

My camcorder is:
JVC GR-DVL915 camcorder

Okay, I install Premiere 6, power up the camcorder, plug in the firewire and plug it into the firewire port. The Windows hardware thingie pops up and starts to install the drivers for the firewire connection, which goes smoothly. When it comes time to install the driver for the DV cam, that's when things go screwy. I installed the drivers off the pinnacle studio dv disc that came in the package. It loads the drivers off the cd then asks for the windows cd. I put it in and halfway through, it chokes on a file called stream.sys or something like that. I get a blue screen and a error message. I press a button to resume and the screen freezes. I reboot, only to find out that my registry's been trashed. I have to reinstall Windows over just to restore it.
So, after that initial foolishness, I get the courage to try it again. This time, I close all applications and try it again. This time, Windows chokes on the same file at the same time. I reboot and the registry is trashed again except this time the Registry checker reverts to an older copy.
After both instances, Premiere fails to recognize my DV cam, the DV Cam driver under the Control Panel/System menu is not there and I'm feeling like a jackass. So, what am I doing wrong?
I've installed the 1394 controller as a Texas Instrument OCHI compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller. Windows tells me that this isn't the right driver but my Pinnacle manual says this is correct. I had the same problem when the host controller was installed as a vanilla OCHI compliant host.
JVC's website is horrendous and I'm not going to get any help there. Premiere doesn't seem to list my DV Cam model in it's supported devices. I need a few things to happen:
1) Get Windows to recognize my DV cam interface and not have it choke up and/or thrash the registry during the driver installation
2) Get Premiere to recognize my DV cam and allow me to capture the video from dv cam to HDD and vice versa
3) Somehow stop myself from physically hurting my computer

Any help is, as always, appreciated!!! You'll even get a thank you in my documentary that I'm desperately trying to edit!!!

 

[bacillus]

what OS are you using, ME?
post a full list of your irqs! 🙂

 

[suspectbanana]

I'm using Win 98 with all updates. SE/SE 2, I dunno. If by IRQ's you mean Interrup Requests, here they are according to control panel/system as of now. The 1394 DV camcorder driver is no longer listed in my hardware profiles so...:

Texas Instruments OCHI compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller: IRQ 12
NVIDIA Geforce 2 GTS/Geforce 2 Pro : IRQ 11
Standard Floppy Disk Controller: IRQ 6
Primary IDE controller (dual fifo): IRQ 4
Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo): IRQ 15
VIA Bus Maser PCI IDE controller: IRQ 14 + 15 (greedy, greedy)
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard: IRQ 1
USR 56K PCI Faxmodem: IRQ 12
COM 1: IRQ 4
COM 2: IRQ 3
LPT 1: IRQ 7
Creative SB! Live Series: IRQ 10
Numeric Data Processor: IRQ 13
Programmable Interrupt controller: IRQ 2
SCI IRQ used by ACPI bus: IRQ 5
System CMOS/real time clock: IRQ 8
System Timer: IRQ 0
VIA VT83C572/VT82C586 PCI
to USB Universal Host Controller: IRQ 10
(there are two identical listings of the last one)

Whew. I hope this is what you needed bacillus. If it wasn't then I'm a knucklehead and I apologize. LMK what you need to know and I'll gladly get the info. Thanks.

 

[Rellik]

Ok, a couple of things:

1. The PCI modem is on the same irq then the capture card. Not good. Pinnacle cards are ESPECIALLY picky about this.

2. Win 98 is certainly not a good DV editing system. It can be done,
but w2k is much better. (Do not try ME as it interferes with other videosoftware)

3. Check the pinnacle forums. the guys there are pretty helpful.

4. The pinnacle card you have is a rather uncomplicated one that
should work ok. I have 2 friends with DV setups and one of them has
your card. It is a Intel/w2k setup though.

5. PCI modem cards are known for bad performance and irq conflicts.
can´t you buy a normal modem(external box)

6. Physically hurting your PC won´t help (apart from letting of some aggression) so.... please don´t hurt it.. 🙂

7. stay calm and do the following. deinstall the editing software and all dv stuff. pull the card. try to reassign the modem card to different irq. install editing software(yes, before install of dv card) install card(try different slot then before) install drivers and software. if there are no errors, connect camera when PC is OFF. power up camera and pc. try capture.

When capturing, it is best to use 2 Harddisks, one system and one just for capture. If only 1 HD is present, use different partitions.

 

[SilentRunning]

I don't know if this is what happened with you card but here is some info on another card:

ISSUE: When installing the Margi card from the Portable Restoration CD version 3.3, the installation program will produce the following error at 92% of the install:
"Cannot Find File Stream.Sys"

OPERATING SYSTEMS AFFECTED: Windows 98se

RESOLUTION: When the error is produced, redirect the install program to find the file in the following location:
C:\Windows\System32\Drivers

Then finish the installation appropriately.

 

[suspectbanana]

Okay, Relik's advice sounds on the money so I will reinstall the Pinnacle onto another slot. If that stupid Stream.sys error pops up again, then SilentRunning, your advice is being followed. Thanks and I'll update once it's done. Hopefully, this will end the nightmare...