DV-AVI not availabe when capturing

[Guest]

WMM acknowledges that I have a Sony Digital Video Camera ready to capture
from but when I go to the video setting screen it will only allow me to
choose from Best quality for p/b on my computer or Other settings, the
Digital Device format (DV-AVI) is opaque so I can't click on it. Thanks for
all the great advice I've read from the many posters in this forum.

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Sounds like you're not connecting with firewire.

 

[Guest]

I think I found the answer myself. Yes I was connecting with firewire but I
have a Sony DCR-IP1 video camera which is Micro MV and therefore is Mpeg2 and
MMV doesn't have the Sony Codecs so I have to capture using a USB port. If
I'm mistaken about any of the above please let me know.

 

[Graham Hughes]

Micro mv cams didn't come with firewire, so you would have been using USB.
They record videos in a format which isn't compatible with MM so it's
unlikely you'll be able to edit with it. Use the sony app which came with
the cam.

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