I have a Dell 9300 (inspiron) with their external tv tuner, and media center.
I get the video from my sat no problem through the system, but want to
capture some video through this device.
I get the error many others have noted: "Video Device is currently in use,
yada yada"

Will not movie maker do this for me? I figured it was simply another
device. BTW: there are no firewire ports on the Dell external TV tuner. It
is USB only.
--
skiph

the video coming into the tuner needs to be captured as a recorded TV file
and then converted into something Movie Maker can use.

see the Import Movie Source Files > Video > Recorded TV page of my website..
--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
MM2 Tips and Tricks: http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
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"Skiph" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newsD2F7CE8-9729-4C0E-9006-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a Dell 9300 (inspiron) with their external tv tuner, and media
>center.
> I get the video from my sat no problem through the system, but want to
> capture some video through this device.
> I get the error many others have noted: "Video Device is currently in use,
> yada yada"
>
> Will not movie maker do this for me? I figured it was simply another
> device. BTW: there are no firewire ports on the Dell external TV tuner.
> It
> is USB only.
> --
> skiph

Windows media center will capture it, but I have no way to open that file in
movie maker, as windows/microsoft does not show you where it is stored and I
don't know the file type either...?
--
skiph


"PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:

> the video coming into the tuner needs to be captured as a recorded TV file
> and then converted into something Movie Maker can use.
>
> see the Import Movie Source Files > Video > Recorded TV page of my website..
> --
> PapaJohn
>
> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
> MM2 Tips and Tricks: http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
> Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
>
>
> "Skiph" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> newsD2F7CE8-9729-4C0E-9006-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have a Dell 9300 (inspiron) with their external tv tuner, and media
> >center.
> > I get the video from my sat no problem through the system, but want to
> > capture some video through this device.
> > I get the error many others have noted: "Video Device is currently in use,
> > yada yada"
> >
> > Will not movie maker do this for me? I figured it was simply another
> > device. BTW: there are no firewire ports on the Dell external TV tuner.
> > It
> > is USB only.
> > --
> > skiph
>
>
>

"Skiph" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newsD2F7CE8-9729-4C0E-9006-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a Dell 9300 (inspiron) with their external tv tuner, and media
>center.
> I get the video from my sat no problem through the system, but want to
> capture some video through this device.
> I get the error many others have noted: "Video Device is currently in use,
> yada yada"
>
> Will not movie maker do this for me? I figured it was simply another
> device. BTW: there are no firewire ports on the Dell external TV tuner.
> It
> is USB only.
> --
> skiph

Hi
I'm not familiar with that specific external USB TV tuner.
Usually external USB tv tuners will have their own on-board
hardware encoders etc, and will produce an Mpeg2 file -
which will not be compatible with WMM.
And again, *usually*, such USB hardware (I know hauppauge
and Avermedia do) will be supplied with their own basic
capture software, and a basic version of an Mpeg editing
app, such as Ulead or Roxio? (which you can use to create
a WMM compatible WMV or AVI)
With the external USB tuners (DVB) that I've experiance of
they produce a codec dependent Mpeg2 file.

I always duck the issue with Dell products, and always
guide the enquirer to:

Dell support site
http://support.dell.com/support/inde...=us&l=en&s=gen

This is "user forums" (The tales of woe!!!)
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums

my website page tells you where it's stored... and the file type.
--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
MM2 Tips and Tricks: http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx


"Skiph" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E992EB01-ACF9-441E-8FF3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Windows media center will capture it, but I have no way to open that file
> in
> movie maker, as windows/microsoft does not show you where it is stored and
> I
> don't know the file type either...?
> --
> skiph
>
>
> "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
>
>> the video coming into the tuner needs to be captured as a recorded TV
>> file
>> and then converted into something Movie Maker can use.
>>
>> see the Import Movie Source Files > Video > Recorded TV page of my
>> website..
>> --
>> PapaJohn
>>
>> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
>> MM2 Tips and Tricks:
>> http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
>> Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
>>
>>
>> "Skiph" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> newsD2F7CE8-9729-4C0E-9006-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I have a Dell 9300 (inspiron) with their external tv tuner, and media
>> >center.
>> > I get the video from my sat no problem through the system, but want to
>> > capture some video through this device.
>> > I get the error many others have noted: "Video Device is currently in
>> > use,
>> > yada yada"
>> >
>> > Will not movie maker do this for me? I figured it was simply another
>> > device. BTW: there are no firewire ports on the Dell external TV
>> > tuner.
>> > It
>> > is USB only.
>> > --
>> > skiph
>>
>>
>>

got it. many thanks. The util prog is just what is needed, and I know enough
to be dangerous.
leave it to BillG and his crew to develop a new file extention to hide
things...
-S
--
skiph


"PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:

> the video coming into the tuner needs to be captured as a recorded TV file
> and then converted into something Movie Maker can use.
>
> see the Import Movie Source Files > Video > Recorded TV page of my website..
> --
> PapaJohn
>
> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
> MM2 Tips and Tricks: http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
> Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
>
>
> "Skiph" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> newsD2F7CE8-9729-4C0E-9006-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have a Dell 9300 (inspiron) with their external tv tuner, and media
> >center.
> > I get the video from my sat no problem through the system, but want to
> > capture some video through this device.
> > I get the error many others have noted: "Video Device is currently in use,
> > yada yada"
> >
> > Will not movie maker do this for me? I figured it was simply another
> > device. BTW: there are no firewire ports on the Dell external TV tuner.
> > It
> > is USB only.
> > --
> > skiph
>
>
>