Re: Movie Maker lost the abiliy to capture in DV-AVI from a camcor

Ok, movie maker is not designed to work with USB, it is designed to work
with firewire.
Panasonic produce what is knwn as a USB2 video driver, which gives you the
ability to capture dv.avi files from a mini dv camcorder using usb2. If the
cam is a panasonic mini dv try re-installing the drivers from the supplied
cd.
MM is still not designed to pick up on this driver, but luckliy your son
appears to have a system which has so it may again, or his luck may have run
out and you never see it again.


Why isn't firewire an option?
What cam do you have?


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Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com


"John Z" <JohnZ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Graham,

I probably lost a longer post, but it may appear. My apologies if this is
a
repeat.

In short, USB can work. My son in-law has produced excellent quality DVDs
using Movie Maker to capture and edit video from his camcorder. Neither
the
computer nor the camcorder have firewire.

I suspect some software change and will continue looking.

I have not tried reinstalling camera software or Movie Maker. I don't see
how to reinstall Movie Maker either. Do you know how?

I'm open to suggestions, but firewire is not a viable option on his
system.

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John Zweighaft


"Graham Hughes" wrote:

Your problem is the USB connection.

You need to connect via firewire.

What cam do you have?

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Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com


"John Z" <JohnZ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks. That's a good trouble shooting suggestion. I did notice the
WMV
option was available. I started capture in at least one other format,
it
might have been WMV, but aborted before completion. I should have
completed
a capture in any other format. I'll try a short WMV clip and reply
with
results.

It may be a day or two until I try. I'm helping my son in-law. He
prefers
the AVI format for creating good DVDs of my grandson. I really want to
get
AVI capture back. If I fail I might look for another video editing
program
for him.

Note that the camera uses a USB connection. Movie Maker recognizes (at
least partially) that the camera is connected, but would not let me set
capture parameters and forced 320x240 and 15 frames per second.


--
John Zweighaft


"John Z" wrote:

Windows Movie Maker has lost the ability to capture video from a DV
camcorder
in DV-AVI format. The DV-AVI selection is now grayed out and not
available.
It worked when last used about 1 month ago.

Rebooting windows does not help. Windows automatic update is on.
Movie
maker automatic codec download was off. I turned on automatic codec
download
and imported an AVI video file on the computer without fixing the
problem
although from the wait before starting the import I suspect a new
codec
was
loaded.

The operating system version is Windows XP Home Edition Version 5.1
service
pack 2. Movie Maker is version 2.1.

How do I restore the ablilty to capture camera video in DV-AVI format?

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John Zweighaft





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