It used to work perfect. Now I can't capture.

[lgh529]

I had some failure of some kind and I can't seem to fix it. I'm using a Canopus ADVC-50 caputure device and that feeds a firewire card. I mostly capture with Scenealyzer, but the failure is universal for all capture programs.

I'm running a P4 1.6GHz w/ 256MB RAM and I burn using Pioneer DVR-A05.

Two things on my computer changed in between the time that capturing worked and failed. First, I installed NMapWin (port scanning software) to do some security work on my mail server. Second, I ran Norton WinDoctor from the CD. I have since uninstalled NMapWin, but the changes made by Norton can't be undone.

Various capture programs react differently. DVD Workshop says that the file is corrupt and asks if I want to delete it. Vegas Video says that its actively capturing, but when you stop, it says that it has captured 0 frames. Scenealyzer captures, but the image looks like the one below, and it only captures 2 or 3 frames before writing to a new file.

I have replaced both the ADVC-50 and the firewire card.

Anyone recognize this type of image?

Thanks in advance.

[txpharoah]

Did you reinstall the cap programs? And then reboot?

[lgh529]

Sorry, the image didn't upload correctly. Go to:

http://www.lonnhunter.com/scene0002.jpg

Image is about 135KB

Thanks again.

[lgh529]

Yes, I reinstalled two of the three capture applications I use, I didn't reinstall Scenealyzer because it doesn't get installed in the first place; it just runs without being installed.

[txpharoah]

Sorry, the image didn't upload correctly. Go to:

http://www.lonnhunter.com/scene0002.jpg

Image is about 135KB

Thanks again.

That's pretty.
Are you sure the device still works?
You should try it on anothers system since its external.

[lgh529]

Just a follow up.

I formatted my c drive and re-installed everything. Now things are working correctly. My conclusion is that Norton Systemworks screwed something up that I could never identify. If anyone has this program, make sure you enable the undo when you run Win Doctor.