Dell Inspiron, external dell tv tuner, want to capture but not...

[Guest]

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.

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

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..
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[Guest]

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...?

 

[decoder]

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.

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/index.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen

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

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

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

 

[Guest]

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