Welcome to the forums,
First VS8 is considered a
Phased out version. Ulead, now Corel no longer provides support for Phased out versions. The current version is VS11/VS11+.
Secondly the version included with your camcorder is most likely an
SE version, which is a freebie. Most of the time, the SE versions are missing several features that are included with the full versions. SE versions are bundled with hardware, and may have altered by the hardware manufacturer that included it in their package.
Are you trying to capture via Firewire (IEEE-1394), USB, or some other capture device?
Please View This Post by Heinz-oz concerning capture problems. It deals with VS7, which is similar to VS8.
Included in Steve's tutorial
From Camcorder to DVD is some helpful information about capturing from a camcorder.
I'm really not interested in hearing something like "get an update
Do you understand what an "update or patch" is? These are fixes to a program. If you're not interested in getting updates, then you must not want the program to work properly. If not then I will not suggest getting one. I will tell you that VS8 was a problematic version, and did have several patches (updates) released.
Please NOTE Updates and patches
DO NOT install or work with SE, VE or TBYB (free bundled or Trial) versions, so you need not worry about that..
