Re: Pinnacle Dazzle Video Creator Platinum vs. Windows Movie Maker

Just an FYI Cyclone, Movie Maker really doesn't like mpg files. It's best
to use DV-AVI or wmv format for better results. There's a wealth of
information on Papajohn's website: www.papajohn.org . If you click on the
(+) next to Analog Video Capture, there's actually a Dazzle topic that you
can click on and read about capturing using your device. Hope this helps.

Newtechie

"cyclone47" <cyclone47@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:05C07BA7-71B6-4A05-BFB6-732D7A05A351@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello again Breadstick

The "test" video that I captured from my VCR into Pinnacle Studio 10 is in
the mpg format. For capturing video the Pinnacle Studio 10 software only
gives me three choices for video format: Mpg-1/2, Mpg-4, and DivX.
Anyway,
the test video I created using Pinnacle Studio 10 is an mpg formated
video.
It plays on my Windows Media Player 11 just fine, so the video itself
seems
to have transferred alright using the Dazzle DVC 170 and Pinnacle Studio
10.
Just don't know why my particular edition of Windows Movie Maker 2
(version
2.1.4026.0) doesn't like it. Thanks again for response. I will keep
trying
to figure this thing out.


"Breadstick" wrote:

Hi cyclone47- When you tried this method of capturing in mm 2 was the
Pinnacle file in the .avi form? Just for the heck of it, why not try it
this
way. Edit out a portion of that avi file, in the Pinnacle window, and
save
that portion to the .mpg (MPEG) choice that Pinnacle gives you -- at
least
mine works that way. Then see if Moviemaker will take it. Can you import
and
work with any other video in Moviemaker? Give System Restore a try if
you
haven't already.

"cyclone47" wrote:

Hello again Breadstick

I tried the method of capturing the video throught the Pinnacle Studio
10
software and then trying to do the edit process in Windows Movie Maker
2.
When I try to do the "import video" step I get another error message
that
tells me " the video could not be imported because an interface has too
many
methods to fire events from". Whatever the heck that means! I would
be
happy if I at least could do that because there are some aspects of
Movie
Maker 2 software that I also like over the Pinnacle Studio 10 software
for
editing. Totally frustrating here. I know I already have the SP2
upgrade on
my PC, but I have gone ahead and ordered a CD from Microsoft with the
dim
assumption that something might not have loaded properly with the
Windows
Movie Maker 2 portion of the SP2 upgrade patch. I am hoping I can
manually
go into that CD and just dowload the Windows Movie Maker 2 portion. I
am
also in email contact with Pinnacle concerning the Dazzle DVC 170
capabilities, but initially they are telling me that Windows Movie
Maker 2
should work. There is a glitch in the system somewhere. Probably a
setting
that needs to be adjusted, etc., etc.. I'm not going to bother
bringing the
so-called Dell techs into this because I'm sure they have no answers.
They
just sell their PC's with Microsoft operating systems and Microsoft
palms off
any technical issues back to the Dell people, even though it's their
operating system. I haven't found a way yet to communicate with the
Microsoft technical people via email. Their technical help sight just
wants
to send you back to Dell. The jerks.

"Breadstick" wrote:

Hi cyclone47- I really understand your frustration. I installed the
software
that came with the Dazzle 80 capture device. The software is called
Pinnacalle Studio 9 Quick Start Version 9.3.2. The Studio 9 program
captures
vcr tapes well. After a project is rendered and saved as an .avi
file, open
it into Moviemaker. The end result is essentially the same as doing
it
directly in MM2 except for the extra step. So if all else fails you
could do
it this way as a workaround--hopefully. Moviemaker is more friendly
for me to
work with.
In the MM2 capure configuration window, the Pinnacalle 80 audio icon
must
show. When it is highlighted the "audio sound bar" blinks,
indicating, to me
at least, that the sound is active. The selection in the dropdown
menu below
must be "Pinnaclle audio". Then if you hold your breath you're off
and
running.
I have MM 2.1. If you have MM 2 it may mean you need 2.1 -- I don't
really
know. Ordering an SP2 Disc from Microsoft (free) would ease the pain
a bit
if it were to be installed. If any of this isn't clear, let me know.
Breadstick
"cyclone47" wrote:

Hi Breadstick

Do you have any Pinnacle capture/ediitng software that came with
your Dazzle
DVC 80 hardware device? Maybe the Pinnacle 10 capture/editing
software that
I loaded with my Dazzle DVC 170 hardware device is creating
confusion with
the Windows Movie Maker 2 software on my PC???

"Breadstick" wrote:

Hi- I forgot to mention that I use the Dazzle device to capture
from a vcr as
well as an analog camcorder.

"cyclone47" wrote:

I recently loaded Pinnacle's Dazzle Video Creator Platinum onto
my PC that
has the Microsoft XP Media Center operating system on it, which
includes
Windows Movie Maker 2. With the Pinnacle/Dazzle hardware and
built-in
software package, I can hook my analog VCR to my PC and do a
direct analog to
digital transfer of VHS tapes onto my PC. Then I can edit with
the software
program that came with Dazzle Video Creator Platinum. I was
hoping I would
also be able to use Movie Maker 2 with the Pinnacle/Dazzle
hardware to
capture and edit video if I chose to. When I try to "capture
video" from my
VCR using Windows Movie Maker 2 then I get an error message
telling me that
"The device is not responding. Close any other application
that is using the
device and try capturing again." I can use the Dazzle software
to transfer
and edit, but Windows Movie Maker 2 has some functions that I
like and I was
hoping it would recognize my VCR via the Pinnacle/Dazzle
hardware hook-up.
My emails to Pinnacle have gotten me nothing but dumb or brush-
off
responses, so I think I have asked them something beyond their
technical
knowledge of their own product. Maybe Windows Movie Maker 2 is
not
technically advanced enough yet to recognize and handle another
analog-digital transfer device? But I guess I want somebody
with a lot more
experience than mine to give me that bad news. Unless I ask,
then I will
never know if there is an answer out there. Thanks for any
responses.


.

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