There is a God!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have just spent HOURS with a USB 2.0 DVD Creator trying to get it to work
- the Ulead software that came with it was a piece of crap that I eventually
after several tries got to install & then crashed every time I tried to open
it - just like many of the posts I have found - could not solve the problem
so gave up.
I have spent considerable time combing forums trying to find the solution (I
hate to be beaten!) - was close to giving up when I found this post - did not
solve the problem but set me on the right track, & with a bit (lot) of luck -
i am home!!!
Here's what I did - the problem IS Windows Movie Maker defaulting back to
NSTC.
In WMM Set the format to PAL in "Options" - from memory this is in the Tools
menu - sorry, I am in the middle of capturing video, so cannot access the
menus to check.
The only thing you then have to do was advised courtesy of an email reply
from Belkin:
"In windows movie maker, click on capture from video device and then choose
the device and then there should be a configure button. You will need to
change the video standard to PAL and then it should capture in colour"
Sounds simple enought, but - PROBLEM - you try to do this but you cannot
apply the change & it does not take - so you still have capture but no colour.
Here is where luck stepped in - I decided I had spent too long trying to
make this work so started surfing for alternate capture software.
I came across several possibilites & downloaded them. Just picked randomly
on one & installed it - beginner's luck!! - about time i got a break! When
the software finished installing the program prompted me to install something
else that it needed to run, which I did - don't ask me what it was - i was so
blown away when i got WMM working that it has completely escaped me!
Anyway, I installed the software (& the other required file), opened the
software (which was a trial version) & attempted to capture - same problem -
sound but no colour - then I recalled about changing to PAL, so went into the
setup, changed the video to PAL - & bingo, all OK.
I then (for some reason - madness maybe) went back into WMM, configured for
PAL as advised, & double bingo - it works!!! - as soon as I clicked on PAL I
could see colour video in the preview screen. Actually, I think what made me
go back into WMM was that SuperVideoCapture looks & feels VERY similar to WMM
..
I have since uninstalled the trial software program, & am capturing in WMM
with no problems - & in colour.
The last piece of the puzzle (after the pain I have gone thru I couldn't
bring you this far & not give you the final piece of the puzzle) - the
software was SuperVideoCapture & the trial version can be downloaded at
download.com - hope this gets around & ends the many headaches that people
are having with getting the belkin hardware to work



"Keith" wrote:

> Hi, I had exactly the same problem with my Belkin USB2 DVD Creator, Belkin
> did get back to me with a fix and it worked fine. But since I fixed it I
> have reinstalled my computer so I am back to the same problem. I also can't
> find the email from Belkin telling me how to fix it :-(
>
> From memory the problem is with the software defaulting to NTSC, you have to
> change to PAL somewere other than in Movie Maker, this way the setting does
> not default back to NTSC, but I have forgotten where to change it. Does
> anyone have any ideas?
>
> "bekqua" wrote:
>
> > I tried all the settings and still couldnt get it to work...I even tried
> > contacting the belkin support and it didnt help. I ended up switching to a
> > new product that was actually cheaper called Avermedia video creater. It uses
> > a pci slot and works so much better....
> > Maybe you could try contacting belkin support and see if they can help you...
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > "rojkind" wrote:
> >
> > > Hello:
> > > I was wondering if you ever figured out how to solve this problem. I just
> > > bought the same belkin product and I am having the exact same problem, video
> > > comes out in black and white.
> > > Any hope?
> > >
> > > "bekqua" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am trying to capture analogue video from my vcr via a device from Belkin
> > > > called Hi-Speed USB 2.0 dvd creator. As far as I can tell all cords etc are
> > > > connected correctly as I am able to capture video and audio fine, but it is
> > > > coming out both in preview and when I edit it in black and white. I'm
> > > > assuming its something in the settings and I've gone through everything I can
> > > > think of. Can anyone help me out here, I'd be very grateful! It's very
> > > > frustrating as I'm so close its just in black and white. Thank you and kind
> > > > regards.
> > > >