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I want to burn my VHS home movies to DVD.
As a first step, yesterday, I purchased, from Fryes, a reconditioned:
Pinnacle Studio MovieBox DV (Movie Box DV hardware & Studio 9 software
for $245 US dollars + California sales tax of 8.25%.
a) I correctly wired the 3 VHS VCR RCA outputs to the Pinnacle MovieBoxDV
white-red-yellow composite analog video input port; and I correctly
wired the Pinnacle MovieBox DV output 6-pin-to-4-pin firewire to the
WinXP laptop's firewire input port.
b) I inserted a VHS home video tape & pressed the PLAY button on the VCR
(having tested with a TV that the VCR was outputting the desired movie).
c) Windowx XP automatically started Pinnacle Studio version 9 on my
IBM A31p laptop when I plugged in the 4-pin firewire connection.
Yet, after three hours of testing & reading the manual, absolutely
nothing shows in the Pinnacle Studio version 9 preview pane!
Despite the frustrating error message (see below):
- "Setup->Capture Source" is set to "Capture devices":
Video = MovieBox DV Analog
Audio = MovieBox DV Analog
TV Standard = NTSC
Aspect Ratio = 4.3
Drive C Read Data Rate = 13049 Kbyte/sec
Drive C Write Data Rate = 10935 Kbyte/sec
Capture Format = MPEG preset @ High quality (DVD)
Still I get the (contrarian) frustratingly insipid error message below,
despite the fact I've repeatedly checked all connections, set the
"Diskometer" to "Composite" and "S-Video" back & forth numerous times
(leaving it on "Composite" where it belongs for copying VHS tape to disk).
Still, I get the production stopping Pinnacle Studio version 9 error:
Capture Device Initialization Error:
Pinnacle Studio is trying to initialuze a DV or Digital 8 Camcorder
via a 1394 port.
If you are trying to capture analog video:
1. Click on Setup->Capture Source and select the correct video capture device.
2. Open the left hand panel on the Diskometer (capture controller.) and set
the correctd analog video input port (Composite or S-Video).
If you are trying to capture from a DV or Digital 8 Camcorder:
1. Make sure our camcorder is turned on, is in VTR/VCR/Play mode, and is
connected to the 1394 port on the computer.
Any ideas why Pinnacle Studio 9 insists on seeing a digital device on the
firewire instead of its own MovieBoxDV hardware (supplied with the software)?
Yes, I registered the product & activated the MPEG-2 codec unlock by
obtaining an activation key from the Pinnacle Studios site & entering
it into the form Help->Enter Activation Key.
Since the unit was reconditioned by Fryes, do you think it's busted (I have
only 15 days plus this has software so I don't know if there's a restocking
fee). I'd rather the darn thing just work.
Is anyone successful on an IBM A31p laptop with recording from VHS to the
laptop using Pinnacle Studio version 9 & the Pinnacle MovieBox DV unit?
Have you seen this annoyingly frustrating problem before?
Orak Listalavostok
I want to burn my VHS home movies to DVD.
As a first step, yesterday, I purchased, from Fryes, a reconditioned:
Pinnacle Studio MovieBox DV (Movie Box DV hardware & Studio 9 software
for $245 US dollars + California sales tax of 8.25%.
a) I correctly wired the 3 VHS VCR RCA outputs to the Pinnacle MovieBoxDV
white-red-yellow composite analog video input port; and I correctly
wired the Pinnacle MovieBox DV output 6-pin-to-4-pin firewire to the
WinXP laptop's firewire input port.
b) I inserted a VHS home video tape & pressed the PLAY button on the VCR
(having tested with a TV that the VCR was outputting the desired movie).
c) Windowx XP automatically started Pinnacle Studio version 9 on my
IBM A31p laptop when I plugged in the 4-pin firewire connection.
Yet, after three hours of testing & reading the manual, absolutely
nothing shows in the Pinnacle Studio version 9 preview pane!
Despite the frustrating error message (see below):
- "Setup->Capture Source" is set to "Capture devices":
Video = MovieBox DV Analog
Audio = MovieBox DV Analog
TV Standard = NTSC
Aspect Ratio = 4.3
Drive C Read Data Rate = 13049 Kbyte/sec
Drive C Write Data Rate = 10935 Kbyte/sec
Capture Format = MPEG preset @ High quality (DVD)
Still I get the (contrarian) frustratingly insipid error message below,
despite the fact I've repeatedly checked all connections, set the
"Diskometer" to "Composite" and "S-Video" back & forth numerous times
(leaving it on "Composite" where it belongs for copying VHS tape to disk).
Still, I get the production stopping Pinnacle Studio version 9 error:
Capture Device Initialization Error:
Pinnacle Studio is trying to initialuze a DV or Digital 8 Camcorder
via a 1394 port.
If you are trying to capture analog video:
1. Click on Setup->Capture Source and select the correct video capture device.
2. Open the left hand panel on the Diskometer (capture controller.) and set
the correctd analog video input port (Composite or S-Video).
If you are trying to capture from a DV or Digital 8 Camcorder:
1. Make sure our camcorder is turned on, is in VTR/VCR/Play mode, and is
connected to the 1394 port on the computer.
Any ideas why Pinnacle Studio 9 insists on seeing a digital device on the
firewire instead of its own MovieBoxDV hardware (supplied with the software)?
Yes, I registered the product & activated the MPEG-2 codec unlock by
obtaining an activation key from the Pinnacle Studios site & entering
it into the form Help->Enter Activation Key.
Since the unit was reconditioned by Fryes, do you think it's busted (I have
only 15 days plus this has software so I don't know if there's a restocking
fee). I'd rather the darn thing just work.
Is anyone successful on an IBM A31p laptop with recording from VHS to the
laptop using Pinnacle Studio version 9 & the Pinnacle MovieBox DV unit?
Have you seen this annoyingly frustrating problem before?
Orak Listalavostok