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by falconeer

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Ok? Here is the problem. I?m running XP Pro (build 2) Media Center and trying to capture a VCR tape using Nero 6.0 Capture Video. The error message is (Failed to initialize the capture device. Please check the device settings)

Nero is no help? their cotton-picking framework for trouble leaves me with a one hour task just to enter the problem ? and guess what ? no response.

Now I know the ?capture device? works as I can start Media Center and record the tape that way. But the problem is that it limits it to the ?time frame? of the program that ?Media Center? thinks it?s recording. e.g. multiple passes. No real hurry as the tapes are only 20 years old. The ?mom? that recorded them has passed. And my friend thought it would be nice to put them on DVD for the rest of the family.

OBTW the video card xlator is a Hauppauge WinTV-PVR PCI II (Encoder-16)

Ohmgod, forgot to thank anyone in advance.

Thanks again ... MGL

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by mjd420nova

This sounds like a driver problem. I encountered the same with my setup, although with a different video capture card. After a number of reloads and alterations in the loading sequence of other hardware and software I'd be running, I finally found a sequence that would allow all the things to play nice together. This was done on first system generation, and once everything was good to go I backed it up and noted the sequence I used. If this was added after the system was generated, you may have some problems getting it all to work right. I might suggest you try another mfgr card that might be more compatible with what you already have.

by falconeer

I presume you are using Nero 6 or so? I can?t even get driver information from the video card company.

Were you using Nero with the same card I mentioned?

Gosh, I used to work for a company called Seltec which was located in Freemont and I think is no longer in business.

With my former employer, B&R Systems and Controls, and Seltec I was able to travel the extremes of the western hemisphere.

Made many friends, some of whom ?hated? America because of the unjust actions American companies had done to them. I have a ?pure? French name no one in America has, yes only me in America, ?excusing ex-wife (although possessing an American Passport) they were usually surprised when I stated. ?I am an American?.

Still, we were friends

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