An interface has too many methods to fire from... intermittent iss

I think I have read just about every response to this error message, except
my issue is a little different than the others. I have a Sony DCR-HC30 which
I used for years with WMM 2.1 connect via firewire with no issue.

Now I ingest footage off my DCR via WMM with no issue, edit and output it
for DVD burning and suddenly the AVI files that I could view yesterday, are
unreadable today with the "An interface has too many methods to fire events
from" error.

Now the only think I have changed over the years is the addition of a 500Gb
HDD for storing and working on more video footage. The drive has occassion
issues staying connected through the USB. I am suspecting that it is either
the drive or the USB connection that is unstable here.

I am lookinf for options and suggestions to resolve my issues. Would
connecting external HDD to the PC via firewire improve anything? Is there
another resolution I am overlooking? Please advise. Thanks.

John
Fri May 09 18:17:44 PDT 2008

Kane wrote:
> I think I have read just about every response to this error message,
> except my issue is a little different than the others. I have a Sony
> DCR-HC30 which I used for years with WMM 2.1 connect via firewire
> with no issue.
>
> Now I ingest footage off my DCR via WMM with no issue, edit and
> output it for DVD burning and suddenly the AVI files that I could
> view yesterday, are unreadable today with the "An interface has too
> many methods to fire events from" error.
>
> Now the only think I have changed over the years is the addition of a
> 500Gb HDD for storing and working on more video footage. The drive
> has occassion issues staying connected through the USB. I am
> suspecting that it is either the drive or the USB connection that is
> unstable here.
>
> I am lookinf for options and suggestions to resolve my issues. Would
> connecting external HDD to the PC via firewire improve anything? Is
> there another resolution I am overlooking? Please advise. Thanks.
=========================================
Are these files archived on the removable hard drive?

If...yes...try copying one of the files to your system drive
and see if there is any improvement when viewing it from there..

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

deborah
Mon May 12 18:43:01 PDT 2008

I'm receiving the same "error" when trying to import a video from a CD. I
have saved the videos on the desktop but I cannot import them to WMM. I need
to do this for a school project and have no time to try again. Any ideas?

"John Inzer" wrote:

> Kane wrote:
> > I think I have read just about every response to this error message,
> > except my issue is a little different than the others. I have a Sony
> > DCR-HC30 which I used for years with WMM 2.1 connect via firewire
> > with no issue.
> >
> > Now I ingest footage off my DCR via WMM with no issue, edit and
> > output it for DVD burning and suddenly the AVI files that I could
> > view yesterday, are unreadable today with the "An interface has too
> > many methods to fire events from" error.
> >
> > Now the only think I have changed over the years is the addition of a
> > 500Gb HDD for storing and working on more video footage. The drive
> > has occassion issues staying connected through the USB. I am
> > suspecting that it is either the drive or the USB connection that is
> > unstable here.
> >
> > I am lookinf for options and suggestions to resolve my issues. Would
> > connecting external HDD to the PC via firewire improve anything? Is
> > there another resolution I am overlooking? Please advise. Thanks.
> =========================================
> Are these files archived on the removable hard drive?
>
> If...yes...try copying one of the files to your system drive
> and see if there is any improvement when viewing it from there..
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

John
Mon May 12 19:04:02 PDT 2008

deborah wrote:
> I'm receiving the same "error" when trying to import a video from a
> CD. I have saved the videos on the desktop but I cannot import them
> to WMM. I need to do this for a school project and have no time to
> try again. Any ideas?
==============================
It's probably a compatibility issue...have
a look at the following articles:

Movie Maker 2 - Importing MPEG Files
http://tinyurl.com/eajjh
or...
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-Video-MPEG2.html

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm

Also:

How do I convert an mpeg to WMV
with Windows Media Encoder?
http://tinyurl.com/2m4gob
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/ConvertMpeg2wmv.html

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

Fred
Fri Jun 13 11:30:01 PDT 2008

If you have any other software like Nero that will do the same job, unstall
it. You should have only one software to create movies and burn them on a
DVD. Try it.

Fred

"Kane" wrote:

> I think I have read just about every response to this error message, except
> my issue is a little different than the others. I have a Sony DCR-HC30 which
> I used for years with WMM 2.1 connect via firewire with no issue.
>
> Now I ingest footage off my DCR via WMM with no issue, edit and output it
> for DVD burning and suddenly the AVI files that I could view yesterday, are
> unreadable today with the "An interface has too many methods to fire events
> from" error.
>
> Now the only think I have changed over the years is the addition of a 500Gb
> HDD for storing and working on more video footage. The drive has occassion
> issues staying connected through the USB. I am suspecting that it is either
> the drive or the USB connection that is unstable here.
>
> I am lookinf for options and suggestions to resolve my issues. Would
> connecting external HDD to the PC via firewire improve anything? Is there
> another resolution I am overlooking? Please advise. Thanks.
>

PapaJohn
Fri Jun 13 12:41:37 PDT 2008

That error message "An interface has too many methods to fire events from"
sure rings a bell, as it's by far the leading query when visitors to my
website search for something.

I just finished tweaking the page about importing MPEG files to be sure it's
addressed early and directly.... my experience with Movie Maker is that it's
the routine error when trying to use MPEG2 files in a project, and the
resolution is to convert them to other files that work.

--
website references are to www.papajohn.org

PapaJohn (MVP)


"Fred" <Fred@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:160E64AB-70A5-472B-8B91-3210FFD25D57@microsoft.com...
> If you have any other software like Nero that will do the same job,
> unstall
> it. You should have only one software to create movies and burn them on a
> DVD. Try it.
>
> Fred
>
> "Kane" wrote:
>
>> I think I have read just about every response to this error message,
>> except
>> my issue is a little different than the others. I have a Sony DCR-HC30
>> which
>> I used for years with WMM 2.1 connect via firewire with no issue.
>>
>> Now I ingest footage off my DCR via WMM with no issue, edit and output it
>> for DVD burning and suddenly the AVI files that I could view yesterday,
>> are
>> unreadable today with the "An interface has too many methods to fire
>> events
>> from" error.
>>
>> Now the only think I have changed over the years is the addition of a
>> 500Gb
>> HDD for storing and working on more video footage. The drive has
>> occassion
>> issues staying connected through the USB. I am suspecting that it is
>> either
>> the drive or the USB connection that is unstable here.
>>
>> I am lookinf for options and suggestions to resolve my issues. Would
>> connecting external HDD to the PC via firewire improve anything? Is
>> there
>> another resolution I am overlooking? Please advise. Thanks.
>>