Re: Blue Screen, no movie!? by CluelessJulie
CluelessJulie
Thu Jan 12 23:18:02 CST 2006
Hi Wojo and thanks for trying to help me. The firewire worked perfect but it
was my camera that ended up being the ultimate problem. It didn't work w/
Hi8 tapes which is what all my old tapes are. After going back and forth
about buying a dazzle 80 or 90 and trying everything Papa John and Blaine
suggested at the other Movie Maker site, I ended up returning my camcorder
and getting the TRV480 Sony Handycam that does everything I need. So thank
you for your input, but I can finally move on..... to my next problem! I
let you know when I get there!
Thanks again!
Julie
"Wojo" wrote:
> If you have that device installed then it means you have a firewire port on
> your computer.
> Now you need to purchase an IEEE1394 firewire cable to connect from your
> camera to your computer instead of the USB connection I presume you are
> using now.
> Another question though since some of what you said is a bit confusing.
> If you rewind the tape in the camera and play it with the camera do you see
> the video you shot ON the camera?
> -Wojo
>
> "Clueless Julie" <CluelessJulie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CFD974C4-D363-4978-9D6C-640AAF640BCA@microsoft.com...
> > ALSO....
> > I have spent hours trying to figure this out and I found something that
> > said
> > this about firewire, I copied and pasted it...
> >
> > If you are not sure if your machine has firewire installed, - open Device
> > Manager, - check for "IEEE 1394 Bus Host Controller" - (usually just below
> > the "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers" entry) - if you open that entry, it should
> > read "OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller" or words to that effect.
> > There should be no yellow exclamation marks against this entry, if there
> > is,
> > it usually means that the drivers are not installed.
> >
> > Well I do have that. Does that mean I already have a firewire? Why is
> > there no video once captured?
> >
> > "Clueless Julie" wrote:
> >
> >> I have a funny feeling the answer to this question will have to do with
> >> that
> >> thing you call a firewire. I am assuming I don't have one. (I have no
> >> idea
> >> what it is.) But I will go on to be sure anyway...
> >> I record a video on my sony digital handycam. When I try to use MM2.1,
> >> I
> >> click capture movie. The timer on the computer screen is going, but my
> >> camera doesn't seem to be. I stop the capture and save the movie. But
> >> there
> >> is nothing but a blue screen. No video/movie or sound. However, when I
> >> keep
> >> my camera in record mode, you can see on the computer what my camera
> >> sees.
> >> You know, live video, not recorded. So my question is, why, after I go
> >> through the capture process, is there no movie? I can click play and
> >> everything, but all there is is a blue screen.
> >>
> >> I have tried using the software that came with the camera, Picture
> >> Package
> >> 1.5, but it is not compatable with my philips DVD+-RW. That claims there
> >> is
> >> no cd in the drive when in fact there is. Can anyone of you fabulous
> >> computer smarties help me out?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >> Julie
>
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