Cant capture video from VCR using Movie Factory 7

[mhb]

I am unable to capture video from my VCR using Movie Factory 7. I have tried going through a video capture device ( Plextor PX-M402U) as well as a pass through my DV video cam (Sony DCR-HC32 connected to to the vcr by composite and to the PC by firewire). When I try to capture I get a Movie Factory error that says the file is corrupt and do I want to delete it. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

M

[Ron P.]

This is a problem that started back when Corel acquired Intervideo, whom had just acquired Ulead. Corel changed the capture plug-in to their own IVI, from the DSW (direct show for Windows). So anyway it has a problem with analog video. What I've been doing is using a free capture program called WInDV. It is for capturing via Firewire, and matters not that the actual source is analog or digital.

[Ken Berry]

Just to expand a bit on Ron's post, since I am another who also uses WinDV out of self defence, the basic idea is that you use WinDV to capture, and then open the captured files in either MF 7 or Video Studio for editing then burning.WinDV as its name implies, only captures DV/AVI and has to be connected via Firewire between the original device and your computer...

[teknisyan]

Hello mhb,

Can you tell me the exact message that you are getting, if possible can you post a screenshot of the error? Also where you able to capture video before without any problem?