No matter what I try, the Vista "Import Video" window hangs forever.

Here's what happens:

I plug in my capture device into the firewire port of my Dell laptop, then
AutoPlay pops up and says:

"Digital Video Device"

Device Options

Import Video <<-- (this is what I choose)

Capture video (If I choose this, it doesn't work)

Start Encoding"


Next window comes up: "Import Video

Name: xxx

Import to: (folder)



Format Windows Media Video (single file)
WMV (about 2 GB per hour)"

I press Next, then the new window says: "Import Video

Import the entire videotape to my computer

Import the entire videotape and then burn it to a DVD

Only import parts of the videotape to my computer" <<-- This is what I choose

Then I press "Next", and then it hangs forever
(the window title bar shows: "Import Video (not responding))

I've tried everything, including registry repair and running Iolo's System
Mechanic 7, but it still hangs every time. One key fact, though, is that
this worked PERFECTLY two days ago!

I'm a knowlegeable user, so please bear that in mind in your replies.

Thank you for your help!

"mby" <mby@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:78A6179B-5220-4C67-ABDD-6D950D1D9831@xxxxxx

> No matter what I try, the Vista "Import Video" window hangs forever.
>
> Here's what happens:
>
> I plug in my capture device into the firewire port of my Dell laptop, then
> AutoPlay pops up and says:
>
> "Digital Video Device"
>
> Device Options
>
> Import Video <<-- (this is what I choose)
>
> Capture video (If I choose this, it doesn't work)
>
> Start Encoding"
>
>
> Next window comes up: "Import Video
>
> Name: xxx
>
> Import to: (folder)
>
> Format Windows Media Video (single file)
> WMV (about 2 GB per hour)"
>
> I press Next, then the new window says: "Import Video
>
> Import the entire videotape to my computer
>
> Import the entire videotape and then burn it to a DVD
>
> Only import parts of the videotape to my computer" <<-- This is what I
> choose
>
> Then I press "Next", and then it hangs forever
> (the window title bar shows: "Import Video (not responding))
>
> I've tried everything, including registry repair and running Iolo's System
> Mechanic 7, but it still hangs every time. One key fact, though, is that
> this worked PERFECTLY two days ago!
>
> I'm a knowlegeable user, so please bear that in mind in your replies.
>
> Thank you for your help!
>

Have you made any changes/updates since it was working ?

You could try a System Restore, back, beyond 2 days, to when it was working.
bw..

Thanks for the suggestions, meerkat. I had made absolutely NO changes of any
kind. But since there was a chance that something had changed without my
knowlege (say a Windows update or something), I performed a system restore,
as you suggested.

Unfortunately, that didn't work either. I'm still stuck.



"meerkat" wrote:

>
> "mby" <mby@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:78A6179B-5220-4C67-ABDD-6D950D1D9831@xxxxxx

> > No matter what I try, the Vista "Import Video" window hangs forever.
> >
> > Here's what happens:
> >
> > I plug in my capture device into the firewire port of my Dell laptop, then
> > AutoPlay pops up and says:
> >
> > "Digital Video Device"
> >
> > Device Options
> >
> > Import Video <<-- (this is what I choose)
> >
> > Capture video (If I choose this, it doesn't work)
> >
> > Start Encoding"
> >
> >
> > Next window comes up: "Import Video
> >
> > Name: xxx
> >
> > Import to: (folder)
> >
> > Format Windows Media Video (single file)
> > WMV (about 2 GB per hour)"
> >
> > I press Next, then the new window says: "Import Video
> >
> > Import the entire videotape to my computer
> >
> > Import the entire videotape and then burn it to a DVD
> >
> > Only import parts of the videotape to my computer" <<-- This is what I
> > choose
> >
> > Then I press "Next", and then it hangs forever
> > (the window title bar shows: "Import Video (not responding))
> >
> > I've tried everything, including registry repair and running Iolo's System
> > Mechanic 7, but it still hangs every time. One key fact, though, is that
> > this worked PERFECTLY two days ago!
> >
> > I'm a knowlegeable user, so please bear that in mind in your replies.
> >
> > Thank you for your help!
> >

> Have you made any changes/updates since it was working ?
>
> You could try a System Restore, back, beyond 2 days, to when it was working.
> bw..
>
>