had exactly the same problem with an hdv camera, had to use a different program for capturing what camera are you using and how are you connecting it? edit: for troubleshooting try these programs, all of them worked properly on my pc while premiere 2.0 refused to capture and crashed -hdv split (think it captures dv as well) -sony vegas 7 trial -premiere cs3 trial And one more thing, are you using vista? If you are, that might be the cause of your problem. Try disconnecting the camera, uninstaling it, restarting the pc and connecting the camera up again.