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"OlderThanDirt" wrote:

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>> I recently purchased a JCV mini-DV camcorder with firewire connection.
>> While
>> attempting to copy VHS tapes from VCR to digital camcorder passing
>> through to
>> PC using a firewire cable Movie Maker gives me the following message
>> "No
>> Tape Detected" and I cannot go any further with the recording process. I
>> am
>> using a JVC GRD-72U mini-DV camcorder. I have used the Movie Maker to
>> capture and edit other videos that are stored on the camcorder tapes but
>> having no success with the pass through process.

I have the same Cam Corder. I have copied all my old vhs tapes with the
bypass method.

I used the S-video and audio cable to hook the camera to a vhs player.Then
used Firewire for cam to pc.Then you have to go into the menu on the camera
and set the
's/av input to 'on'.

I did not use MovieMaker to capture. Don't remember why now. I Don't use MM
much since I found MoviePlus 4. Although i do use it for some things.

Read the section in your manual pertaining to Dubbing to or from a vcr. The
section on using the camera as a recorder is what you want. Just follow
those instructions and you should be in business. If you don't want to copy
your vids to a dv tape, just don't put one in. You can still capture from
the camera.
If memory serves me right, I think I had to capture with the camera in auto
mode instead of play mode.
Good luck.