Can USB Web Cameras be used on Movie Maker under Vista

I have some USB web cameras, and they can work properly on movie maker under
XP SP2, but when I connect it to Vista ( Beta 2 ) , and try to import the
video from movie maker, an error message will occur as below.
"Import Video could not find a compatible Digital Video Device. Verify that
the Digital Video Device is properly connected and turned on."

Is it caused by the movie maker of Vista?

"LoFengChang" <LoFengChang@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have some USB web cameras, and they can work properly on movie maker
>under
> XP SP2, but when I connect it to Vista ( Beta 2 ) , and try to import the
> video from movie maker, an error message will occur as below.
> "Import Video could not find a compatible Digital Video Device. Verify
> that
> the Digital Video Device is properly connected and turned on."
>
> Is it caused by the movie maker of Vista?
>

It is looking for a "Digital Video" device - DV, it won't recognise
any device as such, connected via USB.
Forgive me for adding this subjective view, but are you aware of
exactly the situation you may find yourself in by running any beta
software, let alone Vista? I have to add that, your asking above
question causes me to doubt you are aware of the ramifications
of running beta software?

"decoder" <REMOVE@ANDyahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "LoFengChang" <LoFengChang@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:57792059-6247-4053-AED6-93BA18A974AB@microsoft.com...
>>I have some USB web cameras, and they can work properly on movie maker
>>under
>> XP SP2, but when I connect it to Vista ( Beta 2 ) , and try to import the
>> video from movie maker, an error message will occur as below.
>> "Import Video could not find a compatible Digital Video Device. Verify
>> that
>> the Digital Video Device is properly connected and turned on."
>>
>> Is it caused by the movie maker of Vista?
>>
>
> It is looking for a "Digital Video" device - DV, it won't recognise
> any device as such, connected via USB.
> Forgive me for adding this subjective view, but are you aware of
> exactly the situation you may find yourself in by running any beta
> software, let alone Vista? I have to add that, your asking above
> question causes me to doubt you are aware of the ramifications
> of running beta software?
>

And to add to that Vista requires many of your hardware devices to have new
drivers and there are not all that many out there so you may be out of luck
with this one. I am running a Vista Beta on my test machine and it took me
days just to get up and running with all the drivers etc...

Also there are newsgroups available as well as the Feedback link/program
installed with the Vista Beta that are there specifically for Vista
questions.
--
Wojo
MVP - Windows Digital Media

Wojo's Web: www.wojos-web.co.nr
Also please visit:
www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/christopher

Actually my Web Camera is a USB 2.0 UVC device (USB Video Class), and it uses
OS inbox driver to render the stream. From the help menu of movie maker on
Vista ( beta 2 ), it mentioned " If you has a DV camera that supports
streaming over USB ( also called a USB Video Class [UVC] camera ), you can
connect the video camera to your computer by using a USB 2.0 connection"
After I did some experiments, I found UVC devices cannot work with movie
maker of Vista, and I suppose what Mr. Decoder or Ms. Decoder mentioned is
right; It is looking for a "Digital Video" device - DV, it won't recognise
any device as such, connected via USB. Anyone has furthur suggestions?


"Wojo [MVP]" wrote:

>
> "decoder" <REMOVE@ANDyahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:ejyF7JsnGHA.4668@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >
> > "LoFengChang" <LoFengChang@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:57792059-6247-4053-AED6-93BA18A974AB@microsoft.com...
> >>I have some USB web cameras, and they can work properly on movie maker
> >>under
> >> XP SP2, but when I connect it to Vista ( Beta 2 ) , and try to import the
> >> video from movie maker, an error message will occur as below.
> >> "Import Video could not find a compatible Digital Video Device. Verify
> >> that
> >> the Digital Video Device is properly connected and turned on."
> >>
> >> Is it caused by the movie maker of Vista?
> >>
> >
> > It is looking for a "Digital Video" device - DV, it won't recognise
> > any device as such, connected via USB.
> > Forgive me for adding this subjective view, but are you aware of
> > exactly the situation you may find yourself in by running any beta
> > software, let alone Vista? I have to add that, your asking above
> > question causes me to doubt you are aware of the ramifications
> > of running beta software?
> >
>
> And to add to that Vista requires many of your hardware devices to have new
> drivers and there are not all that many out there so you may be out of luck
> with this one. I am running a Vista Beta on my test machine and it took me
> days just to get up and running with all the drivers etc...
>
> Also there are newsgroups available as well as the Feedback link/program
> installed with the Vista Beta that are there specifically for Vista
> questions.
> --
> Wojo
> MVP - Windows Digital Media
>
> Wojo's Web: www.wojos-web.co.nr
> Also please visit:
> www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/christopher
>
>

Have you tried any other hardware through the USB 2 connection since
installing Vista?
I only ask because it took me a while on my test box to get the USB driver
itself working.
-Wojo

"LoFengChang" <LoFengChang@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0E253CFE-B962-4FD9-8714-3E196FDBDE4B@microsoft.com...
> Actually my Web Camera is a USB 2.0 UVC device (USB Video Class), and it
> uses
> OS inbox driver to render the stream. From the help menu of movie maker on
> Vista ( beta 2 ), it mentioned " If you has a DV camera that supports
> streaming over USB ( also called a USB Video Class [UVC] camera ), you can
> connect the video camera to your computer by using a USB 2.0 connection"
> After I did some experiments, I found UVC devices cannot work with movie
> maker of Vista, and I suppose what Mr. Decoder or Ms. Decoder mentioned is
> right; It is looking for a "Digital Video" device - DV, it won't recognise
> any device as such, connected via USB. Anyone has furthur suggestions?
>
>
> "Wojo [MVP]" wrote:
>
>>
>> "decoder" <REMOVE@ANDyahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:ejyF7JsnGHA.4668@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> >
>> > "LoFengChang" <LoFengChang@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:57792059-6247-4053-AED6-93BA18A974AB@microsoft.com...
>> >>I have some USB web cameras, and they can work properly on movie maker
>> >>under
>> >> XP SP2, but when I connect it to Vista ( Beta 2 ) , and try to import
>> >> the
>> >> video from movie maker, an error message will occur as below.
>> >> "Import Video could not find a compatible Digital Video Device. Verify
>> >> that
>> >> the Digital Video Device is properly connected and turned on."
>> >>
>> >> Is it caused by the movie maker of Vista?
>> >>
>> >
>> > It is looking for a "Digital Video" device - DV, it won't recognise
>> > any device as such, connected via USB.
>> > Forgive me for adding this subjective view, but are you aware of
>> > exactly the situation you may find yourself in by running any beta
>> > software, let alone Vista? I have to add that, your asking above
>> > question causes me to doubt you are aware of the ramifications
>> > of running beta software?
>> >
>>
>> And to add to that Vista requires many of your hardware devices to have
>> new
>> drivers and there are not all that many out there so you may be out of
>> luck
>> with this one. I am running a Vista Beta on my test machine and it took
>> me
>> days just to get up and running with all the drivers etc...
>>
>> Also there are newsgroups available as well as the Feedback link/program
>> installed with the Vista Beta that are there specifically for Vista
>> questions.
>> --
>> Wojo
>> MVP - Windows Digital Media
>>
>> Wojo's Web: www.wojos-web.co.nr
>> Also please visit:
>> www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/christopher
>>
>>

All I have are UVC cameras and pen drives, and they work properly on Vista
Beta 2.

"Wojo [MVP]" wrote:

> Have you tried any other hardware through the USB 2 connection since
> installing Vista?
> I only ask because it took me a while on my test box to get the USB driver
> itself working.
> -Wojo
>
> "LoFengChang" <LoFengChang@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0E253CFE-B962-4FD9-8714-3E196FDBDE4B@microsoft.com...
> > Actually my Web Camera is a USB 2.0 UVC device (USB Video Class), and it
> > uses
> > OS inbox driver to render the stream. From the help menu of movie maker on
> > Vista ( beta 2 ), it mentioned " If you has a DV camera that supports
> > streaming over USB ( also called a USB Video Class [UVC] camera ), you can
> > connect the video camera to your computer by using a USB 2.0 connection"
> > After I did some experiments, I found UVC devices cannot work with movie
> > maker of Vista, and I suppose what Mr. Decoder or Ms. Decoder mentioned is
> > right; It is looking for a "Digital Video" device - DV, it won't recognise
> > any device as such, connected via USB. Anyone has furthur suggestions?
> >
> >
> > "Wojo [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "decoder" <REMOVE@ANDyahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> >> news:ejyF7JsnGHA.4668@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >> >
> >> > "LoFengChang" <LoFengChang@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:57792059-6247-4053-AED6-93BA18A974AB@microsoft.com...
> >> >>I have some USB web cameras, and they can work properly on movie maker
> >> >>under
> >> >> XP SP2, but when I connect it to Vista ( Beta 2 ) , and try to import
> >> >> the
> >> >> video from movie maker, an error message will occur as below.
> >> >> "Import Video could not find a compatible Digital Video Device. Verify
> >> >> that
> >> >> the Digital Video Device is properly connected and turned on."
> >> >>
> >> >> Is it caused by the movie maker of Vista?
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > It is looking for a "Digital Video" device - DV, it won't recognise
> >> > any device as such, connected via USB.
> >> > Forgive me for adding this subjective view, but are you aware of
> >> > exactly the situation you may find yourself in by running any beta
> >> > software, let alone Vista? I have to add that, your asking above
> >> > question causes me to doubt you are aware of the ramifications
> >> > of running beta software?
> >> >
> >>
> >> And to add to that Vista requires many of your hardware devices to have
> >> new
> >> drivers and there are not all that many out there so you may be out of
> >> luck
> >> with this one. I am running a Vista Beta on my test machine and it took
> >> me
> >> days just to get up and running with all the drivers etc...
> >>
> >> Also there are newsgroups available as well as the Feedback link/program
> >> installed with the Vista Beta that are there specifically for Vista
> >> questions.
> >> --
> >> Wojo
> >> MVP - Windows Digital Media
> >>
> >> Wojo's Web: www.wojos-web.co.nr
> >> Also please visit:
> >> www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/christopher
> >>
> >>
>
>

"LoFengChang" <LoFengChang@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4980E24D-3B7F-495A-9CE1-9B65962638CF@microsoft.com...
> All I have are UVC cameras and pen drives, and they work properly on Vista
> Beta 2.
>

You're in beta world with vista, so you're on your own!

Follow links at top of page on following:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devic..._AppCompat.mspx

Read through, you will require Framework tools,
The Device installation tools,
Also there is a UVC diagnostic tool.
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winhec/papers04.mspx

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914962/en-us?spid=8599

And the above is all there is re UVC and Vista (Beta) compatibilty.

LoFengChang 寫�：

> All I have are UVC cameras and pen drives, and they work properly on Vista
> Beta 2.
>

I think it is MovieMaker's issue. I install the DDK sample "TestCam" in
vista. It works fine with Amcap and graphedit. But it just can not work
on MovieMaker. The error message is the same. But I use Sony DV to
test, it works fine. So I don't know how the MovieMaker select device.

<SaxenKo@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1152152575.809253.292880@j8g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

LoFengChang ??:

> All I have are UVC cameras and pen drives, and they work properly on Vista
> Beta 2.
>

I think it is MovieMaker's issue. I install the DDK sample "TestCam" in
vista. It works fine with Amcap and graphedit. But it just can not work
on MovieMaker. The error message is the same. But I use Sony DV to
test, it works fine. So I don't know how the MovieMaker select device.

Hi
But this group is XP and MM, the issues are with Vista, being beta.
Beta software cannot be expected to perform flawlessly, compatibilty
is a major issue too. The whole point of beta versions is to find the
problems and feedback to MS etc.
The upshot of indulging in beta testing is a world of software/hardware
incompatibilty problems to be sorted out, and a non-ending cycle of
formating and reinstalling etc.

"decoder" <REMOVE@ANDyahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> <SaxenKo@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1152152575.809253.292880@j8g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> LoFengChang ??:
>
>> All I have are UVC cameras and pen drives, and they work properly on
>> Vista
>> Beta 2.
>>
>
> I think it is MovieMaker's issue. I install the DDK sample "TestCam" in
> vista. It works fine with Amcap and graphedit. But it just can not work
> on MovieMaker. The error message is the same. But I use Sony DV to
> test, it works fine. So I don't know how the MovieMaker select device.
>
> Hi
> But this group is XP and MM, the issues are with Vista, being beta.
> Beta software cannot be expected to perform flawlessly, compatibilty
> is a major issue too. The whole point of beta versions is to find the
> problems and feedback to MS etc.
> The upshot of indulging in beta testing is a world of software/hardware
> incompatibilty problems to be sorted out, and a non-ending cycle of
> formating and reinstalling etc.
>

awww but that's the FUN part too! :-)
Problem solving, solutions, more problem solving, I love it!
-Wojo