My camcorder is an Aiptek A-HD+ 1080p SD Card/Hard Drive Hi-Definition camcorder first of all. It has an AV in/out port that lets u play videos ON a TV, or take video FROM the TV (video capture). I'm taking it FROM the TV, and the video is displayed on my camcorder's LCD screen, so technically, it's like a little mini-TV, and u can actually play a video game on the camcorder's LCD lol cuz it's sharing the same quality as the TV.

I use an AV cable that plugs into the AV in/out port on the back of the camcorder, and the yellow, red, and white jacks go into the back of my TV, cuz that's where its AV output ports are. Once everytihng is set up, all u would see is a camcorder sitting on the tripod with an AV cable leading from the camcorder's back, to behind the TV, and the wall charger wire plugged in also, so the camcorder will never lose charge during recording. It's a simple set-up. Just one AV cable is needed.

Now to get to the real problem. I've been having ths problem ever since i got this camcorder. When I am in the middle of recording (by video capture) my video game, sometimes the camcorder will stop recording whenever the screen loads into another. Like for example, in my game, I selected my character, right? Then I pressed "Start" on my controller, and it took me to the Stage Select screen, but the camcorder stopped recording right as the screen was about to change to a different one. I even saw on the LCD the little yellow square that appears (it means it's done recording), and then the LCD reverts out of AV in mode, even tho the AV jack is still connected.

I'm thinking all of this has to do with the signals it's receiving? Cuz one time when I tried it again WITHOUT recording, I made it go to that Stage Selection screen, and I was watching my LCD, and I saw the picture got all screwed up, flickered to black, and then went back to normal again, so I think it all has to do with signals. But then the thing is, it doesn't ALWAYS do it at that Stage Selection screen. I was able to record past that before without it stopping the recording. The camcorder stops recording by itself whenever the screen changes, but at random times. It's very annoying, and I want to have it fixed cuz it ruins my video by making the video have seperate parts, and have abrupt endings, instead of a straight, clean recording line, and the ending is stopped whenever I want it to.

Yea, I could probly just record right after it stops recording, but the thing is it reverts out of AV mode so it doesn't share the TV's picture anymore; it's just recording watever's in front of the lens. That's a problem cuz if it does that while I'm in the middle of important gameplay, I have to take the jack out, and plug it back in, and select "AV in" and then adjust the volume, and I couldn't do all that in the middle of important gameplay, not enough time. So yea. And I can't combine them in Windows Movie Maker either, cuz the camcorder's file format is .mov or .mp4 (H.264), and WMM doesn't support that type, and there doesn't seem to be any other video editing program that can support those file types, so I'm pretty much screwed

I can't convert them to a supportable file type for WMM cuz I've done that before, but WMM crashes whenever I import a .avi video file that was converted from a .mov/.mp4 (H.264) file.

So yea, can anyone plz help me with my dilemma?? Thx much in advance!

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Umm...HELLOOOOOO?????????????????????????? Geeze this site sucks my threads like never get answered, yet I answer other people's -_-...

Comments like that are very unliikely to win you fans, or get you help....

Sounds like a faulty camera.

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Fans? And I'm srry, I just really want to know, and it's been up for like 4 days and no answers...

It isn't faulty dude, cuz everything else works fine. It doesn't stop itself from recording if I'm taping real life footage, it only does for video capture when the screen changes in a video game or does a transition. So it has to do with the signals, or the AV cable, Idk =\

I would suggest that the signal change triggers the unit to stop recording (perhaps a framerate change for example, to something that is out of range). The only solution in my opinion would be to use something more appropriate to the task in hand, or alternatively only start recording once you've started the game proper.

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To be honest with you it looks like a dodgy cheap camera.

P.S. Be patient when you start a thread.

I do record only when the game starts proper. I'm saying in the middle of the game or something if the screen changes then sometimes it makes my camcorder stop recording, and revert out of AV mode. The thing I don't get is, it doesn't always stop recording at the screen it did it to before...so that's y I said it does it randomly.

It's a good cacmorder for $150 tho. The only thing it sucks at is sound pickup, it can't see well in dim light (even if a lamp is on at night), and the problem that I stated at the beginning of the thread. This may be a cheap camcorder, but I really needed to find the cheapest one that had an AV input on it so I could video capture my video games.

Does the camera have an infra red remote control?

If so then perhaps something is interferring with it??? Are the game controllers connected via IR ? That might do it...

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No, my camcorder has nothing to do with infared. U do everything physically to it. U press the record button on the front to record, move the joystick on its back to navigate options and stuff, hit the shutter bottun to take a picture, u do everytihng physically. No infared. And static electricity interference from the rug can't be the problem either cuz I have the camcorder sit on my tiny Gorillapod tripod.

Also, the setup is my camcorder is on the tripod, it has one AV cable going to the back of the TV, and it's also plugged into the wall charger so it can have infinite battery life while I record. Does anythign seem wrong with this set-up that could possible be the problem?

Please someone helpppppppppp it's been like a week now and no answers plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz heeeeeeeeeeelp!!! I'm going insane over here. I'm so stressed out, plz I really need help on this issue!!