I am tryin to grab from a webcam on my mac and though the DV cams i 

(miniDV Panasonic NV and canon XL1s )work fine with iMovie, they just 

Also, when i chose the "DV Video" entry in the device list, XL1S appears 

I tried to reboot and clear the PRAM after reading advices in the twiki 

I use max 4.5.7, jitter 1.5.2 and quicktime 7.0.3.

I have already use a Unibrain Fire-I successfully on this machine, but 

I know that driver question may be a pain to look after and don't know 

if anybody can help... will be much appreciated!

I am tryin to grab from a webcam on my mac and though the DV cams i 
tried to use
(miniDV Panasonic NV and canon XL1s )work fine with iMovie, they just 
crash Max
when I click the open message.
Also, when i chose the "DV Video" entry in the device list, XL1S appears 
in the input list which
is the correct nale of the DV cam.
I tried to reboot and clear the PRAM after reading advices in the twiki 
forum.
No result.
I use max 4.5.7, jitter 1.5.2 and quicktime 7.0.3.
I have already use a Unibrain Fire-I successfully on this machine, but 
just can't find one here in Sofia.
I know that driver question may be a pain to look after and don't know 
if i give enough details, but
if anybody can help... will be much appreciated!
vince


dv-cam-crashes-max

I've had no problems with NTSC or PAL DV cameras and Jitter on my 

machine. I assume that you're using a Mac because you referred to iMovie.

I've had no problems with NTSC or PAL DV cameras and Jitter on my 
machine. I assume that you're using a Mac because you referred to iMovie.

the only workaround i found is to connect minidv

thru... fire-i (fire-i is the only camera that works)

I had exactly the same problem with other machine,

but after upgrading fro 3.9 to tiger it disappeared.

unfortunately i`m to lazy to upgrade my main machine

what it says it`s not jitter related problem (it crashes fcp as well)

hope you`ll find solution- if so please let me know,

bad news, it happens to me as well,
the only workaround i found is to connect minidv
thru... fire-i (fire-i is the only camera that works)
I had exactly the same problem with other machine,
but after upgrading fro 3.9 to tiger it disappeared.
unfortunately i`m to lazy to upgrade my main machine

so fire-i is in constant use.
what it says it`s not jitter related problem (it crashes fcp as well)

These DVcam (miniDV Panasonic NV and canon XL1s ) were actually 

These DVcam (miniDV Panasonic NV and canon XL1s ) were actually 
connected with firewire.
System is Tiger 10.4.5
Any idea?
best
Vincent


Clean installation - the only one i can think about,

did you install any additional driver for the webcam?

http://www.ioxperts.com/products/webcamx.html

did you install any additional driver for the webcam?
like those on:
http://www.ioxperts.com/products/webcamx.html
or
http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/

oh, yes i installed ioxperts unibrain one

after removing everything with iox on the beginning

from ~/Library/Components my machine doesn`t crash

oh, yes i installed ioxperts unibrain one
after removing everything with iox on the beginning
from ~/Library/Components my machine doesn`t crash
anymore,

DV cam crashes Max