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[Kayeb]

I am trying to burn a vhs tape to dvd.  While capturing the video I get a message that says:
Problem with burn engine.  Error codes: last sate, error code -2147200984
Problem with burn engine.  Error codes:  last sate 17, error code -2147418113

It started burning fine and then it stopped about 20 minutes into burning.  You can still see the video playing but it's not capturing the video.

What do I need to do?  

Thanks for your help,
Kaye

[Jim_Hardin]

Doesn’t even sound like any Roxio message???

You didn’t do the install right in the beginning and you never replied to my posting in one of the other threads you started… Here

I don’t people are going to bother answering much longer if all they get is silence  

[Kayeb]

Sorry Digitalguru for not responding but didn't know if you checked topics again once you've answered.  As instructed, I did do a clean install and reinstalled.  After writing this thread, I put another vhs tape in and it worked fine.  But, I do have a question,  the vhs tape I put in showed it was 7 or 8 hours.  The dvd only lasted an hour.  I thought dvd's were suppose to hold more information.  Following the instructions in The Getting Starting Guide of Easy VHS to DVD, I didn't see any place to select anything about the length of tapes.

Thanks for your help,
Kaye

[myguggi]

Sorry Digitalguru for not responding but didn't know if you checked topics again once you've answered.  As instructed, I did do a clean install and reinstalled.  After writing this thread, I put another vhs tape in and it worked fine.  But, I do have a question,  the vhs tape I put in showed it was 7 or 8 hours.  The dvd only lasted an hour.  I thought dvd's were suppose to hold more information.  Following the instructions in The Getting Starting Guide of Easy VHS to DVD, I didn't see any place to select anything about the length of tapes.

Thanks for your help,
Kaye

A standard 4.7GB DVD will hold 60 minutes of video at best quality. You can squezze on mode video but you will lose quality. If your tape really does hold 6 or 8 hours of video then it will be poor quality and it would not be watchable iven if you could burn that much on a DVD.

I would recommend that you capture your video to your hard drive in 1 hour segements and burn those to DVD

[Kayeb]

Thanks Walt for responding.  I don't mean to sound stupid but how would I capture the vhs tape to my hard drive.  Would I still use the Easy VHS to DVD software?  I normally know how to do this kind of thing but with video, I'm in a whole new arena and not sure what to do because of the vcr player.  Would I need to install Creator 2009 on the laptop and use that along with the Video Capture USB?  I looked at Creator 2009 earlier when I had a couple of responses saying it was the better of the two but I couldn't figure out how to take the vhs in the vcr and transfer it to my hard drive.

Thanks for your help,
Kaye

[myguggi]

Thanks Walt for responding.  I don't mean to sound stupid but how would I capture the vhs tape to my hard drive.  Would I still use the Easy VHS to DVD software?  I normally know how to do this kind of thing but with video, I'm in a whole new arena and not sure what to do because of the vcr player.  Would I need to install Creator 2009 on the laptop and use that along with the Video Capture USB?  I looked at Creator 2009 earlier when I had a couple of responses saying it was the better of the two but I couldn't figure out how to take the vhs in the vcr and transfer it to my hard drive.

Thanks for your help,
Kaye

VHS2DVD was "extracted" from Creator 2009 and covers basically video capture from analog VCRs or camcorders. It will also capture from audio from certain devices. If you have VHS2DVD installed you do not want C2009 installed since the 2 programs cannot co-exist on the same computer. It is one or the other.

Since you are posting in VHS2DVD I am assuming that is what you have installed at the moment and everything is hooked up correctly

To capture to your hard drive:

Launch VHS2DVD and from the Home Page click Video - Movies, then under Import select Capture Video. (Plug & Burn under Import can be used to capture and burn at the same time but is not recommended). On the next window that opens you select the capture device and set up where you want the video stored. You can also set up how long a segment you want to capture. I refer to capture in 10-15 segments since they are easier to edit if require. Another option is under capture settings: DV avi or mpeg2. DVD avi is mostly uncomressed video but creates large files.
I would recommend that you only try to capture a small few minutes long clip to make sure you become familiar with the capture process instead of trying to do evrything at once.

I also recommend you read the Important Topics at the top of this forum

[Kayeb]

Thanks Walt.

Kaye