Movie Maker stops capturing 15 min into a 1hr miniDV tape

While trying to capture all of a 1hour mini DV tape Movie Maker will only
record the first 15 minutes and while it still syas that it is capturing, the
time & the file size do not continue to increase. A task manager check of
applications shows that the System Idle process is using 98% of the cycles.
And, the cameras time counter is at over 30 minutes while the capture counter
has only reached 15 minutes. This is the first time I have ever tried using
Movie Maker, and I do have an nVidia 6600GT graphics card in my box, with
driver version 7.7.7.7 from July 2005. Also uning a Sony mini DV DCR-HC32
camcorder for playback via firewire. Anyone else have a similar prob? I have
searched this group, papajohns, google and am not able to find any similar
problems/solutions. ~ Thx ~

PapaJohn
Wed Nov 02 22:27:40 CST 2005

are you bumping into the 4 GB file size limit of a FAT32 drive? and needing
to change it to NTFS.

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"meu_mel" <billbobaggins@megamed.com> wrote in message
news:7E2FD96A-1FD5-4DDA-8454-3DDCD8424D6E@microsoft.com...
> While trying to capture all of a 1hour mini DV tape Movie Maker will only
> record the first 15 minutes and while it still syas that it is capturing,
> the
> time & the file size do not continue to increase. A task manager check of
> applications shows that the System Idle process is using 98% of the
> cycles.
> And, the cameras time counter is at over 30 minutes while the capture
> counter
> has only reached 15 minutes. This is the first time I have ever tried
> using
> Movie Maker, and I do have an nVidia 6600GT graphics card in my box, with
> driver version 7.7.7.7 from July 2005. Also uning a Sony mini DV DCR-HC32
> camcorder for playback via firewire. Anyone else have a similar prob? I
> have
> searched this group, papajohns, google and am not able to find any similar
> problems/solutions. ~ Thx ~

billbobaggins
Thu Nov 03 02:21:02 CST 2005

Far from it. The file size was only 125 MB & the 2nd attempt it was 234MB
(Due to selecting a different video quality). I have 5 HD's and while not
ripping to drive C, which 55 GB free, drive E has 88 GB free. All formatted
to NTFS. I'vd played with 8+ GB files from ripping DVD's without a prob. I
have restarted the MM2.1 app, even the computer, run without the preview
window, shut down all other apps, no antivirus installen on the sys, does not
appear to be a conflict with codec's, app works, does not hang or crash, just
will not record past 15 minutes of video, weather manually or "capture entire
tape automatically" is selected.
~ Thx again ~ meu_mel


"PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:

> are you bumping into the 4 GB file size limit of a FAT32 drive? and needing
> to change it to NTFS.
>
> --
> PapaJohn
>
> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
> MM2 Tips and Tricks: http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
> Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
>
>
> "meu_mel" <billbobaggins@megamed.com> wrote in message
> news:7E2FD96A-1FD5-4DDA-8454-3DDCD8424D6E@microsoft.com...
> > While trying to capture all of a 1hour mini DV tape Movie Maker will only
> > record the first 15 minutes and while it still syas that it is capturing,
> > the
> > time & the file size do not continue to increase. A task manager check of
> > applications shows that the System Idle process is using 98% of the
> > cycles.
> > And, the cameras time counter is at over 30 minutes while the capture
> > counter
> > has only reached 15 minutes. This is the first time I have ever tried
> > using
> > Movie Maker, and I do have an nVidia 6600GT graphics card in my box, with
> > driver version 7.7.7.7 from July 2005. Also uning a Sony mini DV DCR-HC32
> > camcorder for playback via firewire. Anyone else have a similar prob? I
> > have
> > searched this group, papajohns, google and am not able to find any similar
> > problems/solutions. ~ Thx ~
>
>
>

PapaJohn
Thu Nov 03 02:31:20 CST 2005

if it's firewire from a digital camcorder, why not DV-AVI and then compress
it after the capture?
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"meu_mel" <billbobaggins@megamed.com> wrote in message
news:19F9B58B-100A-4E01-9F51-B91DD5295946@microsoft.com...
> Far from it. The file size was only 125 MB & the 2nd attempt it was 234MB
> (Due to selecting a different video quality). I have 5 HD's and while not
> ripping to drive C, which 55 GB free, drive E has 88 GB free. All
> formatted
> to NTFS. I'vd played with 8+ GB files from ripping DVD's without a prob. I
> have restarted the MM2.1 app, even the computer, run without the preview
> window, shut down all other apps, no antivirus installen on the sys, does
> not
> appear to be a conflict with codec's, app works, does not hang or crash,
> just
> will not record past 15 minutes of video, weather manually or "capture
> entire
> tape automatically" is selected.
> ~ Thx again ~ meu_mel
>
>
> "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
>
>> are you bumping into the 4 GB file size limit of a FAT32 drive? and
>> needing
>> to change it to NTFS.
>>
>> --
>> PapaJohn
>>
>> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
>> MM2 Tips and Tricks:
>> http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
>> Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
>>
>>
>> "meu_mel" <billbobaggins@megamed.com> wrote in message
>> news:7E2FD96A-1FD5-4DDA-8454-3DDCD8424D6E@microsoft.com...
>> > While trying to capture all of a 1hour mini DV tape Movie Maker will
>> > only
>> > record the first 15 minutes and while it still syas that it is
>> > capturing,
>> > the
>> > time & the file size do not continue to increase. A task manager check
>> > of
>> > applications shows that the System Idle process is using 98% of the
>> > cycles.
>> > And, the cameras time counter is at over 30 minutes while the capture
>> > counter
>> > has only reached 15 minutes. This is the first time I have ever tried
>> > using
>> > Movie Maker, and I do have an nVidia 6600GT graphics card in my box,
>> > with
>> > driver version 7.7.7.7 from July 2005. Also uning a Sony mini DV
>> > DCR-HC32
>> > camcorder for playback via firewire. Anyone else have a similar prob? I
>> > have
>> > searched this group, papajohns, google and am not able to find any
>> > similar
>> > problems/solutions. ~ Thx ~
>>
>>
>>