Blue screen of death when importing video

[rawman]

Hello,each time I try and capture video from camcorder the PC gives me a
quick blue screen(neverlong enough to read it)and then restarts the PC. I am
using a Hauppauge Win TV 1800 card to input the video through an s-video
connection and have a NVidia Geoforce 6150 LE video card. I'd like to
capture all my all video, edit it and then burn to DVD. Is there something
else besides movie maker than I can use?

 

[John Inzer]

Hello,each time I try and capture video from camcorder the PC gives
me a quick blue screen(neverlong enough to read it)and then restarts
the PC. I am using a Hauppauge Win TV 1800 card to input the video
through an s-video connection and have a NVidia Geoforce 6150 LE
video card. I'd like to capture all my all video, edit it and then
burn to DVD. Is there something else besides movie maker than I can
use?

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It would be best to import via a IEEE1394
FireWire connection.

The blue screen may indicate that you need
to update your video driver.

Burning to DVD will require DVD Authoring
software.

Maybe the trial version of CyberLink Power
Director would be worth a try.

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John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[rawman]

Thanks, there's no firewire output on the camera, only composite and s-video.
Video drivers are 100% current and I have DVD burner software (Sonic). Is
there a log file anywhere that I can review to help troubleshoot the problem?
I don't see any reference in the event viewer.

 

[John Inzer]

Thanks, there's no firewire output on the camera, only composite and
s-video. Video drivers are 100% current and I have DVD burner
software (Sonic). Is there a log file anywhere that I can review to
help troubleshoot the problem? I don't see any reference in the event
viewer.

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Try reducing your Graphics Hardware
Acceleration and see if it makes a difference.

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John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[walter]

Thanks, there's no firewire output on the camera, only composite and
s-video. Video drivers are 100% current and I have DVD burner
software (Sonic). Is there a log file anywhere that I can review to
help troubleshoot the problem? I don't see any reference in the event
viewer.

First set a restore point. (You don't have to, but I would.) Next ...
Control Panel > System > Advanced > Click the "Settings" button next to
Start-Up and Recovery > UNcheck the "Restart Automatically" box under
"System Failure". Make it crash. The BSOD will now stay on the screen
until you manually reboot. Write down all the info. Reboot. Google.

Good Luck.

 

[rawman]

Thanks for the advice guys, but idling down the acceleration on the graphics
card had no effect and turning off the restart after crash didn't work. The
PC still rebooted automatically. Any other ideas?

 

[John Inzer]

Thanks for the advice guys, but idling down the acceleration on the
graphics card had no effect and turning off the restart after crash
didn't work. The PC still rebooted automatically. Any other ideas?

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Do I have the solution? No...but did you try the
trial version of CyberLink PowerDirector? Maybe
it would recognize your camera.

And...maybe these articles would offer something:

Movie Maker 2 - Capturing Analog Video
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-CaptureAnalog.html

Movie Maker 2 - Capturing Analog Video - Dazzle
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-CaptureAnalogDazzle.html

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John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[walter]

Thanks for the advice guys, but idling down the acceleration on the
graphics card had no effect and turning off the restart after crash
didn't work. The PC still rebooted automatically. Any other ideas?

Things don't seem to be adding up here. According to a previous post you
say there are no errors recorded in event viewer. Did you look in the
subfolder "applications" in Event Viewer?

Now you say that disabling auto-restart on system failure didn't "take" and
the machine rebooted anyway? Never heard of that happening before.

Only other thing I can think of .... Is there any possibility that the
account you're using does not have full "Administrator" privleges?

Try tapping F8 during your next reboot. On the screen that pops up there
may or may not be an option to "disable restart on system failure" If there
is, chose it, then select they OS you want to boot and go from there. If
that option is NOT in the list, select "Safe Mode with Networking". Once XP
boots (your screen may appear very large) you should be presented with an
Adminisrtator Account Icon. You can then log on as an Admin and try making
the change to halt the reboot again. Hopefully one of those two options
will make it "stick" this time.

I understand your frustration. The solution to your problem might be right
in front of your face, but it's gone too soon to read it.