dvd movie factory 2 se error message

[towncarblue]

i recently bought a avermedia dvd maker pro pci. when i connected the pci card to a vcr and started up (ulead) dvd movie factory 2 SE .

when i went to capture a error message popped up .

"no initialization
capture failed
the created file is currupt and unusable
it will be automatically deleted"


HOW DO I FIX THIS???

[reboot]

Is your card supported by Ulead DVD MF2SE?
Have you tried reinstalling the program?
Do you have any other capture software that may be using the card?

[towncarblue]

i assume the program does support it because it came with the pci video capture card.

this is my first videocard , there is no other capture software on this PC

[towncarblue]

im looking to transfer VHS to mpeg or avi.
and im looking to transfer VHS to DVD.

is there a better program that does this ? if so let me know .

[budz]

I had the same error msg when I first began capturing with my canopus advc-100. I used Ulead movie maker which was the easiest to learn at the time since I was a newbie to capturing. I got suggestions to use SCENALYZER to use for my capture software and I've never looked back or used Ulead movie maker again. SCENALYZER is great and easy to use.

[reboot]

I would just reinstall the whole thing.
Have you been to the ulead site and got all the updates for Ulead DVDMF2SE?
There's about 4 on the page, solving a few issues.
Maybe this is one of them.

On another note, I wouldn't use Ulead either. Scenalyzer Live is only $39, and a very good app for the price, however your card isnt' supported.

A video capture card that uses DV compression, e.g. OHCI 1394-cards, RT2000, DV200/300/500 or PRO-One (Playback-functionatity currently not supported with Pinnacle Drivers and Canopus DV Storm)

What that all means is, you can't use it.
Try WinDVR, WinVDR, Mainconcept DVR, or any of the other ones in the Tools list, under CAPTURE.

[towncarblue]

i tried windvr v3 trialware. i like the results but.....
1. what program do i use to shrink the mpeg that windvr give me.

2. what i wanna do next is capture cable tv so that i can record music video's into a dvd (for personal use) . what is the best program for this??

[reboot]

Any capture program you want. Look to the left, the link called "Capture", under "How To".
There's a list of over 30 different programs you can try. Each one allows different quality settings, and bitrate, etc.
Try WinVDR, VirtualVCR, or whatever.