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I have a small problem with my HP camera. The CD with the software got f*cked up and I cannot install it. Now to download the pic from the cam I use the built-in Windows program. And here comes the shity thing: the windows software recognizes only the *.jpg files and the movies that I do (mpg's) don't appear. So I cannot save them on my PC. Any ideas?

P.S. I'm sure that there is a program for Linux that should work. However I use Windows and I'm not changing this OS as I'm not the only one who uses this PC

Boso wrote:Now to download the pic from the cam I use the built-in Windows program.

Doesn't Windows recognize it as USB mass storage? Is it even USB?

Boso wrote:P.S. I'm sure that there is a program for Linux that should work. However I use Windows and I'm not changing this OS as I'm not the only one who uses this PC :|

That's the worst excuse I've ever heard. You can dual-boot or install Linux-alternatives for programs they use. But we've already had that topic in IRC. =P

Yes, it is USB but it recognizes as HP(blah - blah) camera . And shows the pics only.

mm_freak wrote:That's the worst excuse I've ever heard. You can dual-boot or install Linux-alternatives for programs they use. But we've already had that topic in IRC. =P

Yep, I wrote the Linux thing because of you .

Boso wrote:I have a small problem with my HP camera. The CD with the software got f*cked up and I cannot install it. Now to download the pic from the cam I use the built-in Windows program. And here comes the shity thing: the windows software recognizes only the *.jpg files and the movies that I do (mpg's) don't appear. So I cannot save them on my PC. Any ideas?

Well, I resolved the problem installing the HP Software (it wasn't that f*ucked up). I guess there is a problem with the drivers or something because I tried everything but the camera appeared only as HP Photosmart blah - blah Image Device and not as USB device.

see that's why I like iPhoto - it'll recognize pretty much any kind of digital camera and transfer the images.

he price of digital slrs is going down all the time if you wait a bit they will wasyly be withing your budget

zogo wrote:see that's why I like iPhoto - it'll recognize pretty much any kind of digital camera and transfer the images.

Well I guess there was some kind of a conflict between the Windows Scanner and Camera Wizard and the drivers that HP uses in their soft. In the beginning I had no problem transferring the *.mpgs. And the problem came after unsuccessful installation of the HP programs – my PC was recognizing only the images and the movies not.

zogo wrote:see that's why I like iPhoto - it'll recognize pretty much any kind of digital camera and transfer the images.

If u want to easily transfer images... use Sony Mavica...