Please help - 'Video-in' problem

[Ed]

Hi, hoping you can help.
All I am trying to do is play VHS videos on my computer.

I have Win XP, ATI Rage video card, plenty of 'grunt'.

I have connected the 'Video out' on the VCR to 'Comp in' on the computer,
(Both RCA plugs)
I have connected 'audio out' to 'Comp in' for sound - Works fine

Just can't get the picture up. Are you able to help? Or point me the right
UG?
What program do I use to view the video? If I try using 'ATI', 'Multimedia',
'Video In'
I get an error message as follows...
"The TV Player failed to initialise the Video" and shuts down.
btw, If I run 'video editor' I can get the VHS movie fine - Just can't gat a
full screen to watch the movie / TV from my VCR.

Hope you can help, have spent many, many hours trying to get it to work.

Ed

[Mary Sauer]

ATI Tab in Advanced Settings of Display Properties Does Not Have Setting for LCD,
CRT, or TV
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;281872

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Mary Sauer MS MVP
http://dgl.microsoft.com/
http://mvps.org/msauer/
"Ed" > wrote in message
...
> Hi, hoping you can help.
> All I am trying to do is play VHS videos on my computer.
>
> I have Win XP, ATI Rage video card, plenty of 'grunt'.
>
> I have connected the 'Video out' on the VCR to 'Comp in' on the computer,
> (Both RCA plugs)
> I have connected 'audio out' to 'Comp in' for sound - Works fine
>
> Just can't get the picture up. Are you able to help? Or point me the right
> UG?
> What program do I use to view the video? If I try using 'ATI', 'Multimedia',
> 'Video In'
> I get an error message as follows...
> "The TV Player failed to initialise the Video" and shuts down.
> btw, If I run 'video editor' I can get the VHS movie fine - Just can't gat a
> full screen to watch the movie / TV from my VCR.
>
> Hope you can help, have spent many, many hours trying to get it to work.
>
> Ed
>
>

[Paul]

Why dont u get a internal DVD player.

And watch DVD's!

"Ed" > wrote in message
...
> Hi, hoping you can help.
> All I am trying to do is play VHS videos on my computer.
>
> I have Win XP, ATI Rage video card, plenty of 'grunt'.
>
> I have connected the 'Video out' on the VCR to 'Comp in' on the computer,
> (Both RCA plugs)
> I have connected 'audio out' to 'Comp in' for sound - Works fine
>
> Just can't get the picture up. Are you able to help? Or point me the right
> UG?
> What program do I use to view the video? If I try using 'ATI',
'Multimedia',
> 'Video In'
> I get an error message as follows...
> "The TV Player failed to initialise the Video" and shuts down.
> btw, If I run 'video editor' I can get the VHS movie fine - Just can't gat
a
> full screen to watch the movie / TV from my VCR.
>
> Hope you can help, have spent many, many hours trying to get it to work.
>
> Ed
>
>