Trouble with my Camera

[CandieMoose]

So I pulled out my old Sony EVI-D100 camera. It was not made to be a webcam so it has no settings or software. Below you can see it is creating weird marks around things that are moving and no I do not mean the blur. Click on the image and you will see around my arm there are these weird rectangle shapes. I have used this cam many times before without this problem. Is this a connection problem? Or maybe the camera? Any thoughts or help would be awesome! Thanks =)

 

[Jupiter551]

Looks like it's interlaced - a type of compression used for tv screens, doesn't work on computers. Most cams etc that can do that would have an option to de-interlace. It'll use more bandwidth and look normal. I wonder if you can get software that interfaces with the cam somewhere?

 

[Jupiter551]

https://www.servicesplus.sel.sony.com/sony-software-model-EVID100.aspx

 

[CandieMoose]

Thanks for the help Jup. I downloaded the software, but once I open it it tells me I have to choose a com port? I don't think my computer even has a com port? lol Below is a picture of the box that comes up before the software starts.

 

[tightlockup]

You can get usb serial port adapters and cables.

http://www.usbgear.com/USB-Serial.html

 

[Junesdorm]

Thanks for the help Jup. I downloaded the software, but once I open it it tells me I have to choose a com port? I don't think my computer even has a com port? lol Below is a picture of the box that comes up before the software starts.

Com ports can be real ports, but are usually "virtual". If your cam is already connected then it is probably just looking for the internal communication (COM) port and the IRQ and I/O address - blah, blah, blah. Try picking a com and baud rate and then test it. If that does not work, pick another and repeat.

 

[Jupiter551]

yeah COM ports are an older thing that was around before USB took off, I think port 1 is default, I'd just try selecting 1, then 2 etc - it's just the software's way of trying to locate the camera

 

[CandieMoose]

I tried each combination and still it kept bringing back to this screen. I am using a converter to connect the camera to the computer through a USB port so maybe that is why the computer cannot find the camera. :angry4: I emailed sony support, hopefully they help. I bought this camera a long time ago so who knows. Thanks for all your help!

 

[Jupiter551]

no prob Candie, it SHOULD be fixable, it's just a matter of finding software that's compatible with current windows etc - either sony or a third party software.

Would be a shame if you can't get it to work, it looks like a high quality (and expensive) cam even if it is a bit old. You could certainly hook it up to an older computer.

 

[BullFrogBlues]

The Sony EVI-D100 camera outputs NTSC composite or s-video and it would be interlaced. An interlaced signal contains the two fields of a video frame shot at two different times. If I remember in the past your video used to look squashed to half height straight out of the capture device. This happens when only one field selected by the capture device (guessing). Then you used webcammax to restore the height.

There may be multiple deinterlace settings for your capture device, if so you may be able to select one that deinterlaces better and gives the correct aspect ratio video.

There could be a deinterlace function in webcammax, but it would probably be CPU intensive.

 

[BullFrogBlues]

I tried each combination and still it kept bringing back to this screen. I am using a converter to connect the camera to the computer through a USB port so maybe that is why the computer cannot find the camera. :angry4: I emailed sony support, hopefully they help. I bought this camera a long time ago so who knows. Thanks for all your help!

I don't think that software will help. http://ws.sel.sony.com/PIPWebServices/R ... manual.pdf has all the commands available and nothing to do with interlacing/deinterlacing.

If you did want to connect to your camera to use that software you would need a USB to comport converter and an adaptor cable so you can connect to the "VISCA IN" port on the camera.

 

[Jupiter551]

Check this out http://www.ambery.com/bncscorcatov.html

Converts all analog interlaced video signals into progressive scan types in RGBHV/VGA signals.

 

[BullFrogBlues]

Check this out http://www.ambery.com/bncscorcatov.html

Converts all analog interlaced video signals into progressive scan types in RGBHV/VGA signals.

then you will need a VGA to USB converter so that the cam software can use it.