mainconcept dv codec doesn't work in VDUB, why?

[supatrupa]

I get crazy error messages:

1. Access Violation in capture routine.
Virtualdub has intercepted a crash condition in one of its routines.

or

2. PANIC: VirtualDub cannot connect to any capture drivers!
I can see a black screen in the VDUB windows as this message comes up.

But, I have WinXP and Mainconcept DV Codec installed and picked as compression. I have a sony firewire DV camera.

why does this not let me capture???

[Heavensent]

did you try "windows moviemaker" ?
it comes with windows xp (start=> programs=>accessories).

as far as i can remember Virtualdub doesnt support importing DV from a camera, but it can handle the dv AFTER you import it to the computer.
can someone confirm that ?

but i think moviemaker will let you import from your camera into the computer and edit the avi file.
and i heard its a good idea to upgrade to moviemaker 2.

after you do that you can encode it to whatever format you want
using an encoder.

[jolo]

Have you looked and posted in the Mainconcept forum and/or e-mailed or called their support staff ?

[chaseru]

did you try "windows moviemaker" ?
it comes with windows xp (start=> programs=>accessories).

as far as i can remember Virtualdub doesnt support importing DV from a camera, but it can handle the dv AFTER you import it to the computer.
can someone confirm that ?

but i think moviemaker will let you import from your camera into the computer and edit the avi file.
and i heard its a good idea to upgrade to moviemaker 2.

after you do that you can encode it to whatever format you want
using an encoder.

This is true. I used DVIO or MS MovieMaker to transfer from minidv to the hard drive, then I can use Virtualdub. BTW for some reason when I upgraded to MS MovieMaker 2.0 I was unable to use the transfered avi file. I'm sure it had to do with the type 1/type 2 issue, but I couldn't capture in the virtualdub readable format even after I reloaded the mainconcept codec.

[Heavensent]

This is true. I used DVIO or MS MovieMaker to transfer from minidv to the hard drive, then I can use Virtualdub. BTW for some reason when I upgraded to MS MovieMaker 2.0 I was unable to use the transfered avi file. I'm sure it had to do with the type 1/type 2 issue, but I couldn't capture in the virtualdub readable format even after I reloaded the mainconcept codec

i didnt know it can cause problems, i just heard that moviemaker 2
has improvments over the original.
might be a good idea to stay with the old version after all.

good point chaseru