Movie Maker not Reading my Camera

i'm using a canon ZR50mc camcorder and a dell running XP. i've installed a
fire wire card and have sucessfully used it to capture video from my camera.
within the last couple days, something changed and now the computer does one
of two things. it either does not recognize the device at all or it does for
a couple minutes and then goes back to not recognizing it. this problem
first happened about two or three months ago. everything was fine.... the
computer and camera were talking, then one day i get error message saying
that no device is connected. it connects and shows the camera and then five
minutes later, the connection dissapears. so i quit for a couple weeks out
of frustration and buy another fire wire. after replacing the fire wire i am
able to connect again with no problems. that lasts for a couple weeks and
just recently i'm back to the same problems. it seems to coincide with my
installing updates. any help will be greatly appreciated.

Graham
Wed Dec 29 13:18:21 CST 2004

If it's updates which are causing it then the camera wouldn't work for a few
minutes and then give up. My guess would be a poor connection somewhere, so
start by trying another cable, get a good quality one as 4 pin connections
are not the best. The try your cam on another pc that you know works with a
cam, and then a cam that is known to work on your pc.

--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com


"maric_57" <maric57@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1451B603-31FB-44DF-BAB4-40C5D3E5773F@microsoft.com...
> i'm using a canon ZR50mc camcorder and a dell running XP. i've installed
a
> fire wire card and have sucessfully used it to capture video from my
camera.
> within the last couple days, something changed and now the computer does
one
> of two things. it either does not recognize the device at all or it does
for
> a couple minutes and then goes back to not recognizing it. this problem
> first happened about two or three months ago. everything was fine.... the
> computer and camera were talking, then one day i get error message saying
> that no device is connected. it connects and shows the camera and then
five
> minutes later, the connection dissapears. so i quit for a couple weeks
out
> of frustration and buy another fire wire. after replacing the fire wire i
am
> able to connect again with no problems. that lasts for a couple weeks and
> just recently i'm back to the same problems. it seems to coincide with my
> installing updates. any help will be greatly appreciated.

maric57
Wed Dec 29 15:45:02 CST 2004

it started working again after I completed an update to Microsoft Media
Player, why, I don't know...

"Graham Hughes" wrote:

> If it's updates which are causing it then the camera wouldn't work for a few
> minutes and then give up. My guess would be a poor connection somewhere, so
> start by trying another cable, get a good quality one as 4 pin connections
> are not the best. The try your cam on another pc that you know works with a
> cam, and then a cam that is known to work on your pc.
>
> --
> Graham Hughes
> MVP Digital Media
> www.dvds2treasure.com
> www.simplydv.com
>
>
> "maric_57" <maric57@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1451B603-31FB-44DF-BAB4-40C5D3E5773F@microsoft.com...
> > i'm using a canon ZR50mc camcorder and a dell running XP. i've installed
> a
> > fire wire card and have sucessfully used it to capture video from my
> camera.
> > within the last couple days, something changed and now the computer does
> one
> > of two things. it either does not recognize the device at all or it does
> for
> > a couple minutes and then goes back to not recognizing it. this problem
> > first happened about two or three months ago. everything was fine.... the
> > computer and camera were talking, then one day i get error message saying
> > that no device is connected. it connects and shows the camera and then
> five
> > minutes later, the connection dissapears. so i quit for a couple weeks
> out
> > of frustration and buy another fire wire. after replacing the fire wire i
> am
> > able to connect again with no problems. that lasts for a couple weeks and
> > just recently i'm back to the same problems. it seems to coincide with my
> > installing updates. any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>

Graham
Wed Dec 29 17:04:45 CST 2004

Movie Maker and WMP are integral to Windows, so these need to be complete to
allow full use of each other.

--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com


"maric_57" <maric57@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C3EF193A-112C-4A7B-BDE8-819C77781EB7@microsoft.com...
> it started working again after I completed an update to Microsoft Media
> Player, why, I don't know...
>
> "Graham Hughes" wrote:
>
> > If it's updates which are causing it then the camera wouldn't work for a
few
> > minutes and then give up. My guess would be a poor connection somewhere,
so
> > start by trying another cable, get a good quality one as 4 pin
connections
> > are not the best. The try your cam on another pc that you know works
with a
> > cam, and then a cam that is known to work on your pc.
> >
> > --
> > Graham Hughes
> > MVP Digital Media
> > www.dvds2treasure.com
> > www.simplydv.com
> >
> >
> > "maric_57" <maric57@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:1451B603-31FB-44DF-BAB4-40C5D3E5773F@microsoft.com...
> > > i'm using a canon ZR50mc camcorder and a dell running XP. i've
installed
> > a
> > > fire wire card and have sucessfully used it to capture video from my
> > camera.
> > > within the last couple days, something changed and now the computer
does
> > one
> > > of two things. it either does not recognize the device at all or it
does
> > for
> > > a couple minutes and then goes back to not recognizing it. this
problem
> > > first happened about two or three months ago. everything was fine....
the
> > > computer and camera were talking, then one day i get error message
saying
> > > that no device is connected. it connects and shows the camera and
then
> > five
> > > minutes later, the connection dissapears. so i quit for a couple
weeks
> > out
> > > of frustration and buy another fire wire. after replacing the fire
wire i
> > am
> > > able to connect again with no problems. that lasts for a couple weeks
and
> > > just recently i'm back to the same problems. it seems to coincide
with my
> > > installing updates. any help will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
> >