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Old 11-30-2004, 03:34 AM
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when I try to capture my camera plays my footage but in the lcd screen on the top right it shows a huge blur of lines and stuff that noone would normally see. I end up capturing very slowly, like a millisecond of footage every 20 seconds if it even does that much.

I used a default capturing method that came with Pinnacle studio 8 and i have a huge AVI file, but when i try to open it in Studio 8 or open it in any kind of video player it won't let me...It doesn't recognize the file, any tips???

I've been trying countless things for months, but my goal is to be able just to capture in that default device and edit it in Studio 8...
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I don't get it, i go to edit and click on the little folder and find my 2.9 mb file i open it and it says "unable to open video file blah blah blah..."
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Old 11-30-2004, 09:25 AM
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Are yiu using firewire? Sounds to me like your camcorder is broken.
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Also worth checking that the Tape is not damaged and the firewire cable and card are OK.

Pinnacle is also well know for its lack of reliability. Why don't you try capturing using Windows Movie Maker (assuming you are on XP.) If you sucessfully capture using this method then that proves that your CAM, and cables are OK.

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I am using firewire and I'm pretty sure i know why it won't open in Studio 8, this is why, i don't have the write type of file http://pinnacle.custhelp.com/cgi-bin...cGVuIA**&p_li=

I'm fed up with it now so do you think i should get a new firewire,start caturing through USB, or get new diting software because i do not have WMM...

Thank you guys
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No, that's not the reason as that is to do with files which are imported into Studio.

Sounds very much to me like a camcorder problem. Pinnacle Studio 8 was rife with problems but they were more related to creating DVDs from the timeline. I am not aware of any capturing issues.

Can you capture in Windows Movie Maker (which comes with every windows system and WMM2 is a free download from MS)?

If you are going to spend some money at some point then I would recommend upgrading to Studio 9 Plus which is stable and comes with a lot of nice new features. However, I suspect that this is not the root cause of your problem in this instance
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No, that's not the reason as that is to do with files which are imported into Studio.

Sounds very much to me like a camcorder problem. Pinnacle Studio 8 was rife with problems but they were more related to creating DVDs from the timeline. I am not aware of any capturing issues.

Can you capture in Windows Movie Maker (which comes with every windows system and WMM2 is a free download from MS)?

If you are going to spend some money at some point then I would recommend upgrading to Studio 9 Plus which is stable and comes with a lot of nice new features. However, I suspect that this is not the root cause of your problem in this instance
well im going to D/L windows movie maker and try to capture...Thanks LJR, i'll get back to you
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I've looked, theres not a WMM DL for Win 98
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Try DVIO

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I tried and iit had 0.00 gb as captured, 13 cdropped frames, 1 captured...What shoulsd i do, i dont think i can return the camera
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