Julia said:
I am trying to import video from my Sony video recorder to movie
maker. I get through the first few steps and then I get a message
saying there is no tape in the device. The tape is in and rewound.
I tried turning off and starting again, but I still get that message.
Is there anything I can do? Thanks
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Just wondering...are you downloading via your
IEEE1394 FireWire connection?
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Quotes from PapaJohn:
"Movie Maker was designed to work with DV
camcorders connected by firewire. Anything
connected by USB either doesn't work with it,
or is dependent on your system configuration
and installed codecs... a hit and miss situation,
mostly missing."
"The mini-DV models are those that connect by
firewire...they record to little cassette tapes, not
to hard drives, flash drives, or DVDs. There are
fewer such models available as others have taken
over the general public's preferences. But the
general public doesn't do video editing."
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Maybe the following articles will offer some ideas:
Download video from your camera to your computer
http://tinyurl.com/knj9k
or.....
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/getstarted/DLmovies.mspx
Windows Vista -
Import video from a videotape
http://tinyurl.com/yal2b3y
or.....
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Import-video-from-a-videotape
Vista - the Shortest Path from Camcorder to DVD
http://tinyurl.com/p485hd
or...
http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/133/Vista-Shortest-Path-from-Camcorder-to-DVD.aspx
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J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience
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