Unable to switch to capture mode

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Unable to switch to capture mode

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--> Videostudio 10
--> Fujifilm finepix S5000
I make a connection via USB2.0, I followed the instructions in the manual to connect a USB camera, he's listed in the hardware-list, the camera appears in the dropdown list and still, I keep getting the error: Unable to switch to capture mode.Check if your video capture driver is working properly... And then Dr Watson appears.
With Microsoft Windows Movie Maker I have no problems to capture. What's the problem with VideoStudio ???
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The first problem is:

Please click here --> Image so that we can then view your system specifications.

For the benefit of others who may be able to assist the following is taken from a review of your camera.
Steves digicams wrote:The camera can also capture QVGA digital video at 30 frames per second, with sound, to create movies that can be replayed for friends and family at later dates. Movies can be burned onto CD-ROMs using the ImageMixer VCD for FinePix software included with the camera. The FinePix S5000 can record 320 x 240 pixel movies up to the limit of your available memory (26 seconds on a 16MB card).
I am not familiar with the QVGA video format but the following defnition can be found:
Wikipedia wrote:The Quarter Video Graphics Array (also known as Quarter VGA or QVGA) is a popular term for a computer display with 320 ¡Ñ 240 resolution. QVGA displays are most often seen in mobile phones, PDAs and some handheld game consoles. Most often the displays are in a ¡§portrait¡¨ alignment (as opposed to ¡§landscape¡¨) and are referred to as 240 ¡Ñ 320 as the displays are taller than they are wide.
The name is derived from the fact that it offers 1/4 of the 640 ¡Ñ 480 maximum resolution of the original IBM VGA display technology, which became a de facto industry standard in the late 1980s. QVGA implementations are not compatible with, nor directly derived from, standard VGA chipsets or interfaces; the term refers only to the display's resolution and thus the abbreviated term QVGA or Quarter VGA is more appropriate to use.

The QVGA term is also seen in digital video recording equipment as a space-efficient mode, typically in multi-function devices that are also still digital cameras (such as the Fujifilm FinePix S602) or mobile phones (such as the Pantech PH-L4000V, Samsung SGH-D600). Each frame is an image of 320 ¡Ñ 240 pixels. QVGA video is typically 15 or 30 frames per second. QVGA mode refers just to the resolution and is not a video file format.

Prior to Version 7, iTunes distributed television programs in QVGA for watching on the computer or syncing to the fifth-generation iPod, which is capable of playing QVGA resolution videos at 30 frames per second. The service now distributes VGA resolution television programs and movies.

At higher resolutions the "Q" prefix sometimes means "Quad" or four times the display resolution (e.g. QXGA which is 2048 ¡Ñ 1536).
The format would therefore appear to be regarded as from a mobile device.
VideoStudio Help file wrote:To import videos from a mobile device:

1. In Capture Step Options Panel, click Import from Mobile Device.

2. Click the device where you want to import files from in Device.
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