Hi man,
I see you have some experience with Pinnacle devices.
I use (try to use) DVC 100 Rev 1.1.
I have problems to capture films. I read an advice to install the most new driver from Pinnacle, which I did. The driver appears to funcrion correctly and the Pinnacle device is visible in Device Manager.
I connect the device to my equipment via the round 2-contact connector (it is the yellow connector on my Pinnacle device with the caption VIDEO). I checked that there is really signal by testing it on my TV-set and it functions.
I start the program "Instant DVD Video recorder" and select the advanced mode. The program finds the Pinnacle hardware correctly. I tested this by disconnecting the USB connector. If I disconnect the USB connector, there is no capture device offered. But if the USB connector of the Pinnacle Hardware connected, the device is correctly offered in the dropdown box.
I imagine, if the video signal is being supplied to the device, there should be running video in the upper right screen part, but it is black and stays black all the time.
If I click on the capture button, the program writes "Buring Error" (although I entered a file name to capture in) and. The button cannot be used after that (stays gray), but the program can be ended.
I tried to play with the advanced settings but it didnt help.
Should I try to find some S-Video connector and try to supply my video signal to this input ?
Am I right if I expect to see the running video in the small upper-right corner ?
Do you have some other idea ?
Thx
Igor