Capturing T.V/analog video with Powerdirector - no video option???

Thanks to this message board and the green button, I have been able to take
recorded T.V., edit it and produce a DVD. It was a long difficult process
and along the way I had to uninstall ArcSoft and Sonic My DVD to get
Powerdirector to work.

The problem now is that Powedirector doesn't give me any sort of Video
capturing options - they're all greyed out. This would seem to indicate that
it doesn't find a compatible T.V. capture card (the only thing it finds to
capture is the microphone). Now, I know people here with MCE computers (mine
is an HP 876x) have used Powerdirector. Have you been able to get analog
video? How did you get Powerdirector to recognize the card?

A month ago when I first began thinking about becoming DVD literate, I
captured some home movies using ArcSoft showbiz - I figured Powerdirector
would be as easy. Unfortunately Showbiz is gone and won't come back (even
with a System Restore). Sorry to post so long, but I appreciate the answers
(I'll post similarly on the green button)

Jim

 

My HP 873n included an application recovery program, so
that I can re-install some of the original OEM software
without having to do a full-blown system reinstallation.

Check to see if you have something similar. Look under
the Windows start menu:

All Programs -> Hewlett Packard -> hp pavillion pc tools
-> hp application recovery

If it's not there, look for the following program file,
and run it if it exists.

C:\WINDOWS\SMINST\INSTALL_HP.EXE

You should be able to reinstall ArcSoft ShowBiz using
this program.

--
-Bob
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