capturing video

I have a Nikon digital camera with video capability. I connect the camera
directly to my USB port, but when I click on "Capture Video" in moviemaker, I
get a message saying there is not capture device found.

Any ideas? Thanks (again)
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jv

NoNoBadDog!
Tue Nov 01 12:03:56 CST 2005

Your camera is not supported. Use the software that came with the camera to
d/l the video to your computer.

Bobby

"jv" <jv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0E9519BC-8156-4A48-8CAD-B76308DD2409@microsoft.com...
>I have a Nikon digital camera with video capability. I connect the camera
> directly to my USB port, but when I click on "Capture Video" in
> moviemaker, I
> get a message saying there is not capture device found.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks (again)
> --
> jv

John
Tue Nov 01 19:06:57 CST 2005

jv wrote:
> I have a Nikon digital camera with video capability. I
> connect the camera directly to my USB port, but when I
> click on "Capture Video" in moviemaker, I get a message
> saying there is not capture device found.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks (again)
=================================
I think you'll find that your Nikon creates
video files in the .mov format. These files
are not compatible with Movie Maker.

You'll have to download the files to your
hard drive and convert them to a supported
format.

(.asf, .avi, .m1v, .mp2, .mp2v, .mpe,
.mpeg, .mpg, .mpv2, .wm, and .wmv )

.avi would be a good choice.

Here's some info on converting:
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-Video-MOV.html

Additional possibilities:

convert mov to avi
http://tinyurl.com/9hayc

MOV Converter
http://www.alloksoft.com/mov.htm

RAD Video Tools
http://www.radgametools.com/smkdown.htm

MovieXone
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/moviexone.html


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Suzanne
Sat Mar 17 20:24:00 CDT 2007

Hi, my video camera produces asf but when I import them into Movie Maker they
don't display in the preview pane. Do you have any thought as to why this is
so? Hope you can help out. Cheers, Suzanne
--
Make every day count!


"NoNoBadDog!" wrote:

> Your camera is not supported. Use the software that came with the camera to
> d/l the video to your computer.
>
> Bobby
>
> "jv" <jv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0E9519BC-8156-4A48-8CAD-B76308DD2409@microsoft.com...
> >I have a Nikon digital camera with video capability. I connect the camera
> > directly to my USB port, but when I click on "Capture Video" in
> > moviemaker, I
> > get a message saying there is not capture device found.
> >
> > Any ideas? Thanks (again)
> > --
> > jv
>
>
>

Suzanne
Sat Mar 17 20:31:05 CDT 2007

Thanks Bobby. I'll give it a go and get back to you.
--
Make every day count!


"Suzanne" wrote:

> Hi, my video camera produces asf but when I import them into Movie Maker they
> don't display in the preview pane. Do you have any thought as to why this is
> so? Hope you can help out. Cheers, Suzanne
> --
> Make every day count!
>
>
> "NoNoBadDog!" wrote:
>
> > Your camera is not supported. Use the software that came with the camera to
> > d/l the video to your computer.
> >
> > Bobby
> >
> > "jv" <jv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:0E9519BC-8156-4A48-8CAD-B76308DD2409@microsoft.com...
> > >I have a Nikon digital camera with video capability. I connect the camera
> > > directly to my USB port, but when I click on "Capture Video" in
> > > moviemaker, I
> > > get a message saying there is not capture device found.
> > >
> > > Any ideas? Thanks (again)
> > > --
> > > jv
> >
> >
> >

Suzanne
Sat Mar 17 20:34:08 CDT 2007

Hi Bobby,

I did use the camera program to initially download to my hard drive. It's
when I then import the clips into MM that I seem to have problems.
Everything goes well until I drag the clip into the storyboard and press
play. I can't see anything. Hope this makes sense. I hope there is a
solution.
--
Make every day count!


"Suzanne" wrote:

> Hi, my video camera produces asf but when I import them into Movie Maker they
> don't display in the preview pane. Do you have any thought as to why this is
> so? Hope you can help out. Cheers, Suzanne
> --
> Make every day count!
>
>
> "NoNoBadDog!" wrote:
>
> > Your camera is not supported. Use the software that came with the camera to
> > d/l the video to your computer.
> >
> > Bobby
> >
> > "jv" <jv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:0E9519BC-8156-4A48-8CAD-B76308DD2409@microsoft.com...
> > >I have a Nikon digital camera with video capability. I connect the camera
> > > directly to my USB port, but when I click on "Capture Video" in
> > > moviemaker, I
> > > get a message saying there is not capture device found.
> > >
> > > Any ideas? Thanks (again)
> > > --
> > > jv
> >
> >
> >

Wojo
Sat Mar 17 21:59:14 CDT 2007

That's because Movie Maker doesn't support ASF files in most cases.
Convert them to AVI and they should work fine.
For conversion information see this website:
http://www.videohelp.com/convert
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-Wojo
MVP - Windows Digital Media
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http://www.wojos-web.co.nr/


"Suzanne" <Suzanne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6456EF44-A10D-454E-911F-9C26B1B2E887@microsoft.com...
> Hi Bobby,
>
> I did use the camera program to initially download to my hard drive. It's
> when I then import the clips into MM that I seem to have problems.
> Everything goes well until I drag the clip into the storyboard and press
> play. I can't see anything. Hope this makes sense. I hope there is a
> solution.
> --
> Make every day count!
>
>
> "Suzanne" wrote:
>
>> Hi, my video camera produces asf but when I import them into Movie Maker
>> they
>> don't display in the preview pane. Do you have any thought as to why this
>> is
>> so? Hope you can help out. Cheers, Suzanne
>> --
>> Make every day count!
>>
>>
>> "NoNoBadDog!" wrote:
>>
>> > Your camera is not supported. Use the software that came with the
>> > camera to
>> > d/l the video to your computer.
>> >
>> > Bobby
>> >
>> > "jv" <jv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:0E9519BC-8156-4A48-8CAD-B76308DD2409@microsoft.com...
>> > >I have a Nikon digital camera with video capability. I connect the
>> > >camera
>> > > directly to my USB port, but when I click on "Capture Video" in
>> > > moviemaker, I
>> > > get a message saying there is not capture device found.
>> > >
>> > > Any ideas? Thanks (again)
>> > > --
>> > > jv
>> >
>> >
>> >