Hey all,

I'm trying to transfer VHS to AVI with a VCR and a Canopus ADVC-100. Everything is hooked up (composite from VCR to ADVC, FireWire from ADVC to computer) but when I turn on the ADVC in Vegas' "Capture Video" Screen, I get the message:

"The device 'Microsoft DV camera and VCR' could not be opened.
Please make sure that it is turned on and is not being used by another application or user."

I know the ADVC-100 is supposed to be compadible with Vegas. The issue has got to be in the computer, because I've also tried to capture with Movie Maker XP (which simply freezes) and another Capture utility, which gives a similar message about the device being used by another application.

The software is recognizing that I've got Firewire hardware plugged in, but there is something amiss with the Microsoft Device that actually does the work inside. I've been scouring the net for information about "Microsoft DV and VCR" but havn't come across anything that helps.

Is there something I can download or tweak within the device manager to fix this? Is there some sort of conflict that I'm not aware of? I've closed everything running in the background. Could a messed up video driver be causing conflicts with the video capture software?

The CPU is fairly new, very fast, with hordes of memory and disk space.

Thanks in advance for any help you have to offer!