It is a problem with the connection. Movie Maker doesn't like analog
connections and S-Video, while much better than an RCA cable, is still an
analog connection. You need to either use the capture software you have,
assuming the S-Video is an S-Video IN and not an S-Video OUT, to capture an
analog signal.
Your other option would be to purchase a digital pass-through device such as
the Dazzle80 to connect the VCR to and capture to Movie Maker.
-Wojo
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"stadiumopnturf" <stadiumopnturf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Good evening everyone...I am trying to rid my house of those things we
> call
> VCR tapes and was going to start doing this last night. However, I cannot
> get Movie Maker to start working. Each time I click "Capture from Video
> Device" I get a message saying "The video device cannot be used at this
> time
> because there has been an error when starting the device." What gives??
> The
> setup I have is a GO Video DVD/VCR combo player (DVD is not recordable, I
> wish it was) connected via S-Video Cable to my Toshiba. Is it a problem
> with
> my computer or the software?? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
> Thanks!!!!