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!!!!

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
news:C6F529EC-637D-423E-831B-EF7B8EDC1A88@microsoft.com...
> 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!!!!

I have the Dazzle80 and use it with my Hi8 Sony analog connection without any
problems.

"Wojo" wrote:

> 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
> --
> Wojo's Web:
> http://www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/Wojos_web/
> Also Please visit.....
> http://www.remember-christopher.dost...m/christopher/
>
> "stadiumopnturf" <stadiumopnturf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C6F529EC-637D-423E-831B-EF7B8EDC1A88@microsoft.com...
> > 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!!!!
>
>
>

Exactly as most people have reported which is why I always recommend it.

"jeffbegin" <jeffbegin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:853CC6D3-239F-4239-A3AC-958505418025@microsoft.com...
>I have the Dazzle80 and use it with my Hi8 Sony analog connection without
>any
> problems.
>
> "Wojo" wrote:
>
>> 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
>> --
>> Wojo's Web:
>> http://www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/Wojos_web/
>> Also Please visit.....
>> http://www.remember-christopher.dost...m/christopher/
>>
>> "stadiumopnturf" <stadiumopnturf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:C6F529EC-637D-423E-831B-EF7B8EDC1A88@microsoft.com...
>> > 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!!!!
>>
>>
>>