My DVD Player can't ba a video capture device?

[Spin]

I have a new Dell computer, a Dimension 2400 with a DVD Player. When I went
to capture video from the DVD Player, an error said: "A video capture
device was not detected. Verify that a device is turned on and connected
properly, and then try again." What do I need to do to make my PC detect a
video capture device?

According to PapaJohn, MM2 can't capture video from a DVD. My questions is
why would it do this? I want to make a screensaver off of a clip from a
movie. Is there a workaround?

 

[Rehan]

Sure

Just extract the video section using DVDShrink
http://www.dvdshrink.org/

and play using the Video Screensaver Powertoy:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/create_powertoy.mspx:

 

[Guest]

I had the same problem. Go to start, click on my computer. Then right click on your drive, click on properties. Go to recording. Click on enable recording device. This should work, it worked for me
Kathy