unknown error!?!!?!!??!?!

When I connect my camcorder to my computer to capture video I try to get it
to capture parts of the video manually. I get an error message that says
only "an unknown error has occurred." I can't do anything else. I have a
cannon zr50mc digital video recorder if that helps. I have no idea where to
go from here since the only error that I get tells me it is an unknown error.
I've got the camera turned on, it's connected via a firewire, I'm really not
sure where to go from here. Please help!

did you record in standard play mode of an hour per tape, or extra long
playing mode? a note on my website says there are issues if using ELP...
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"grman76" <grman76@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:01774243-4E8E-4E2C-BF42-68EAEE2BDA39@microsoft.com...
> When I connect my camcorder to my computer to capture video I try to get
> it
> to capture parts of the video manually. I get an error message that says
> only "an unknown error has occurred." I can't do anything else. I have a
> cannon zr50mc digital video recorder if that helps. I have no idea where
> to
> go from here since the only error that I get tells me it is an unknown
> error.
> I've got the camera turned on, it's connected via a firewire, I'm really
> not
> sure where to go from here. Please help!

That appears to be what the problem was. I switched to SP and I can get past
the spot that the error message came up, but the preview screen is black and
I still can't get any video. How can I get this video?

"PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:

> did you record in standard play mode of an hour per tape, or extra long
> playing mode? a note on my website says there are issues if using ELP...
> --
> 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
>
>
> "grman76" <grman76@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:01774243-4E8E-4E2C-BF42-68EAEE2BDA39@microsoft.com...
> > When I connect my camcorder to my computer to capture video I try to get
> > it
> > to capture parts of the video manually. I get an error message that says
> > only "an unknown error has occurred." I can't do anything else. I have a
> > cannon zr50mc digital video recorder if that helps. I have no idea where
> > to
> > go from here since the only error that I get tells me it is an unknown
> > error.
> > I've got the camera turned on, it's connected via a firewire, I'm really
> > not
> > sure where to go from here. Please help!
>
>
>

capture with the software that came with the camcorder and convert as
needed.... or dub it from that camcorder to another one playing at standard
speed.
--
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


"grman76" <grman76@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:541C2EDF-0639-4F9F-9666-E5A23A5EF790@microsoft.com...
> That appears to be what the problem was. I switched to SP and I can get
> past
> the spot that the error message came up, but the preview screen is black
> and
> I still can't get any video. How can I get this video?
>
> "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
>
>> did you record in standard play mode of an hour per tape, or extra long
>> playing mode? a note on my website says there are issues if using ELP...
>> --
>> 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
>>
>>
>> "grman76" <grman76@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:01774243-4E8E-4E2C-BF42-68EAEE2BDA39@microsoft.com...
>> > When I connect my camcorder to my computer to capture video I try to
>> > get
>> > it
>> > to capture parts of the video manually. I get an error message that
>> > says
>> > only "an unknown error has occurred." I can't do anything else. I
>> > have a
>> > cannon zr50mc digital video recorder if that helps. I have no idea
>> > where
>> > to
>> > go from here since the only error that I get tells me it is an unknown
>> > error.
>> > I've got the camera turned on, it's connected via a firewire, I'm
>> > really
>> > not
>> > sure where to go from here. Please help!
>>
>>
>>