Lost AutoPlay dialogue box when connecting Mini DV Video Camera to IEEE 1394 port

[Bogey Man]

I have been looking at different video editing programs over the last 6

weeks or so and sometime during the process, my computer ceased to display

the Auto Play dialogue box when the camera is attached to the IEEE 1394

(firewire) port.



The camera shows up in Device Manager under Imaging Devices when connected

and immediately disappears when disconnected. It never show up in Windows

Explorer. All software recognizes the camera when it is turned on and the

camera is capable of transferring video to the computer and will receive

video from the computer.



I have removed and re-installed the ports to no avail.



I think that the culprit was Cyberlink Power Director Ultimate that did the

damage as it just took over the operation of the camera when it was

installed. I have removed every trace of the program that I can find from

the registry but it didn't help.



All USB ports work properly and this is my only issue with the computer and

it is actually quite trivial but I would like it fixed if possible.









Computer: Acer Quad Core

Ram: 8 GB

HD: 500 GB free

OS: Win 7 X64

2 IEEE 1394 PORTS: Built in and functional





Thank you.

--

Ron P



Quick questions rarely have quick answers

 

[Char Jackson]

On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:44:42 -0400, "Bogey Man"

wrote:



>I have been looking at different video editing programs over the last 6

>weeks or so and sometime during the process, my computer ceased to display

>the Auto Play dialogue box when the camera is attached to the IEEE 1394

>(firewire) port.



Have you tried disabling AutoPlay and then re-enabling it? I'm

guessing you mangled the Registry during the uninstallation of Power

Director.



>I think that the culprit was Cyberlink Power Director Ultimate that did the

>damage as it just took over the operation of the camera when it was

>installed. I have removed every trace of the program that I can find from

>the registry but it didn't help.



Hopefully you learned that it's never a good idea to play in the

Registry unless you know what you're doing. I'm making an assumption

there, based on your statement that you 'removed every trace'.

 

[Trev]

"Bogey Man" wrote in message

news:hppvcr$mpb$1@news.eternal-september.org...

> I have been looking at different video editing programs over the last 6

> weeks or so and sometime during the process, my computer ceased to display

> the Auto Play dialogue box when the camera is attached to the IEEE 1394

> (firewire) port.

>

> The camera shows up in Device Manager under Imaging Devices when connected

> and immediately disappears when disconnected. It never show up in Windows

> Explorer. All software recognizes the camera when it is turned on and the

> camera is capable of transferring video to the computer and will receive

> video from the computer.

>

> I have removed and re-installed the ports to no avail.

>

> I think that the culprit was Cyberlink Power Director Ultimate that did

> the damage as it just took over the operation of the camera when it was

> installed. I have removed every trace of the program that I can find from

> the registry but it didn't help.

>

> All USB ports work properly and this is my only issue with the computer

> and it is actually quite trivial but I would like it fixed if possible.

>

>

>

>

> Computer: Acer Quad Core

> Ram: 8 GB

> HD: 500 GB free

> OS: Win 7 X64

> 2 IEEE 1394 PORTS: Built in and functional

>

>

> Thank you.

> --

> Ron P

>

> Quick questions rarely have quick answers



Have You had a look in the cameras Properties when its connected And set the

Auto plays Function. If It was associated with Cyber link Which you have

removed then it will need re associating with what to do

Alternatively. Control Panel Auto play Where you can set the action for all

media and devises

 

[Bogey Man]

"Char Jackson" wrote in message

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> On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:44:42 -0400, "Bogey Man"

> wrote:

>

>>I have been looking at different video editing programs over the last 6

>>weeks or so and sometime during the process, my computer ceased to display

>>the Auto Play dialogue box when the camera is attached to the IEEE 1394

>>(firewire) port.

>

> Have you tried disabling AutoPlay and then re-enabling it? I'm

> guessing you mangled the Registry during the uninstallation of Power

> Director.

>

>>I think that the culprit was Cyberlink Power Director Ultimate that did

>>the

>>damage as it just took over the operation of the camera when it was

>>installed. I have removed every trace of the program that I can find from

>>the registry but it didn't help.

>

> Hopefully you learned that it's never a good idea to play in the

> Registry unless you know what you're doing. I'm making an assumption

> there, based on your statement that you 'removed every trace'.



Yes I have tried disabling AutoPlay without any positive result.



I agree that it isn't a good idea to "play in the Registry." I never go in

there to play and I always back it up before working in there and I have

been doing this for years and solved many problems.



Thank you.



Ron P

 

[Bogey Man]

"Trev" wrote in message

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>

> "Bogey Man" wrote in message

> news:hppvcr$mpb$1@news.eternal-september.org...

>> I have been looking at different video editing programs over the last 6

>> weeks or so and sometime during the process, my computer ceased to

>> display the Auto Play dialogue box when the camera is attached to the

>> IEEE 1394 (firewire) port.

>>

>> The camera shows up in Device Manager under Imaging Devices when

>> connected and immediately disappears when disconnected. It never show up

>> in Windows Explorer. All software recognizes the camera when it is

>> turned on and the camera is capable of transferring video to the computer

>> and will receive video from the computer.

>>

>> I have removed and re-installed the ports to no avail.

>>

>> I think that the culprit was Cyberlink Power Director Ultimate that did

>> the damage as it just took over the operation of the camera when it was

>> installed. I have removed every trace of the program that I can find

>> from the registry but it didn't help.

>>

>> All USB ports work properly and this is my only issue with the computer

>> and it is actually quite trivial but I would like it fixed if possible.

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> Computer: Acer Quad Core

>> Ram: 8 GB

>> HD: 500 GB free

>> OS: Win 7 X64

>> 2 IEEE 1394 PORTS: Built in and functional

>>

>>

>> Thank you.

>> --

>> Ron P

>>

>> Quick questions rarely have quick answers

>

> Have You had a look in the cameras Properties when its connected And set

> the Auto plays Function. If It was associated with Cyber link Which you

> have removed then it will need re associating with what to do

> Alternatively. Control Panel Auto play Where you can set the action for

> all media and devises



Yes, I have done both. Thank you.



Ron P

 

[Char Jackson]

On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 09:58:16 -0400, "Bogey Man"

wrote:



>"Char Jackson" wrote in message

>news:4hb2s5lg3jmis7vgs5njnlkjnd4j3mg0mt@4ax.com...

>> On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:44:42 -0400, "Bogey Man"

>> wrote:

>>

>>>I have been looking at different video editing programs over the last 6

>>>weeks or so and sometime during the process, my computer ceased to display

>>>the Auto Play dialogue box when the camera is attached to the IEEE 1394

>>>(firewire) port.

>>

>> Have you tried disabling AutoPlay and then re-enabling it? I'm

>> guessing you mangled the Registry during the uninstallation of Power

>> Director.

>

>Yes I have tried disabling AutoPlay without any positive result.



The idea was to disable AutoPlay, and then re-enable it, hopefully

causing any missing Registry keys to be recreated. Is that what you

did?

 

[Bogey Man]

Char Jackson" wrote in message

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> On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 09:58:16 -0400, "Bogey Man"

> wrote:

>

>>"Char Jackson" wrote in message

>>news:4hb2s5lg3jmis7vgs5njnlkjnd4j3mg0mt@4ax.com...

>>> On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:44:42 -0400, "Bogey Man"

>>> wrote:

>>>

>>>>I have been looking at different video editing programs over the last 6

>>>>weeks or so and sometime during the process, my computer ceased to

>>>>display

>>>>the Auto Play dialogue box when the camera is attached to the IEEE 1394

>>>>(firewire) port.

>>>

>>> Have you tried disabling AutoPlay and then re-enabling it? I'm

>>> guessing you mangled the Registry during the uninstallation of Power

>>> Director.

>>

>>Yes I have tried disabling AutoPlay without any positive result.

>

> The idea was to disable AutoPlay, and then re-enable it, hopefully

> causing any missing Registry keys to be recreated. Is that what you

> did?



Exactly.......strange thing is that every program that can import video

recognizes the camera without problem.