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My computer won't recognize my flip camera?

Why wont my computer recognize videos from my camera as videos?

  • That may be a hard question to understand, so I'll break it down for you. I have gotten two camera's for Christmas, and whenever I make a video and try to download it onto my computer (doesn't matter if it's through the USB cable or the memory card I bought for it) the video comes out like, a bunch of pictures put together rather then an actual video. The audio runs smoothly, but the video is a lot slower and I cant fix it. It works just fine when played on the camera. When plugging the camera's into my laptop, the little box comes up that reads: "Camera connected Select the program to launch for this action: Microsoft Office OneNote Microsoft Office OneNote Microsoft Office Word Microsoft Office Word Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard Download pictures from a camera or scanner" Obviously, I click the last choice. It'll show the video in the place where you check the boxes for download, but even though it's a video, it recognizes it as a picture, for whatever reason. After downloading it, the video is slow and almost like a type-lapse photography sort of thing. But the audio runs smoothly. The video will "end" when it hits the end of the audio, but the picture will continue to move until it, too, reaches it's own end. I need help. This is really frustrating and I don't know how to fix it.

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    What most consumers who buy HD video cameras don't know about or understand is that HD video creates a huge data stream... much larger than the old 640 video. This was the major problem the television makers had to deal with when HD was first proposed. So, that means, your computer is too slow to play HD video. I know because the same thing happened to me. So, I upgraded my computer to a 3.3 processor and 8gb of ram. My HD video now runs very smoothly. No one told you, I'm sure, that upgrading to HD video would be a picnic because it's not. Lots of things have to change to accommodate this huge data stream. I would bet that until you upgrade your computer this video playback pattern will continue.

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This is one of the few times I agree with JimA. There is nothing wrong with your camera, or your video. Your computer is just too slow to deal with the video stream. There are two ways to fix the problem... upgrade what you have, or buy a new one.

Caoedhen

update the drivers for that device and dump your memory.then post your next question.

JimA is correct about the computer. A simple test is to run GTA4 or BlackOps with the graphics set to maximum...if you experience lag/choppiness, then your computer will have issues handling videos BUT another thing to consider....some cameras record a video file AND a seperate audio file that needs to be compiled together to make a single file that a computer will recognize as a "movie". This is information that would be discussed in the cameras manual.

Odd really even a basic machine should play it back ok, check what type of file it is saving them as. What program are you using to playback?(i recommend vlc(free)) Those options are default windows jobbies did you not get any pc software with the camera? I think it should work ok but more information is needed ie your pc specs, make n model of camera, have a play and re-post

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