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Title: I am a compoota cretin! Help needed please!
Post by: Lord Shagg-Pyle on February 03, 2008, 13:07:31
To all computor wizards out there.
I am trying to link up my camcorder to download stuff onto the poota. The programme that came with it is installed, but when I try to start working with it, the poota honks at me and tells me I need to install Macromedia Flash Player.
I search the Interweb for Macromedia Flash, find it, install it, go to start it and the Poota honks at me, tells me to install Macromedia Flash, repeat repeat etc etc.

Any ideas? All answers accepted, but please remember that I have very little knowledge of this sort of techy stuff and am very easily confused.

Cheers

L S-P
Title: Re: I am a compoota cretin! Help needed please!
Post by: wing nut on February 03, 2008, 13:13:12
i think you have to delete the old version first ,then re download it and it should fire up ok .
Title: Re: I am a compoota cretin! Help needed please!
Post by: mike142sl on February 03, 2008, 13:13:20
Have ya tried turning it off and on again?
Title: Re: I am a compoota cretin! Help needed please!
Post by: mike142sl on February 03, 2008, 13:15:50
Sorry couldn't resist the last post

Here is some help about Flash Player problems

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_19166&sliceId=2
Title: Re: I am a compoota cretin! Help needed please!
Post by: Yoshi on February 03, 2008, 14:39:57
Mike, i dont think you were too far off the point though!

Iirc you do need to reboot after installing flash player!
Title: Re: I am a compoota cretin! Help needed please!
Post by: waveydavey on February 03, 2008, 15:04:06
It's worth trying a differnet program as well.

Look for Windows Movie Maker, open that, plug in the camcorder and see if it recognises it. It's easy to follow the prompts, and easy to use.

OK it's not the most powerful but it does the job and you can take all the extras off the computer to free up more space.
Title: Re: I am a compoota cretin! Help needed please!
Post by: Disco Matt on February 03, 2008, 19:15:58
I'd second the suggestion of Windows Movie Maker. I don't like MS products much but it does the job, can be a bit stroppy on occasion (it didn't like my telling it to store captured footage on a hard disk other than the one it's installed on) but hey, it came with Windows and doesn't cost me any more!
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