Arrrgh, so frustrated.  Cant capture video

I have just downloaded the trial version of PE7 I had PE1 and was not able to get the video off the mini disk. I was told I could get media from my disk using a later version of PE. The mini disk was recorded on a sony handy cam and I have finalized the disk. When I go to capture the media all it will down load is the what I think is a menu of the video clips. How do I down load the actual video footage??

Direct Capture is available from a mini DV tape camera. For other media, you need to bring it in without direct Capture.
Use Get Media and place the DVD/mini-DVD into an appropriate drive.
Hunt

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    Realized
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              stopCapture = new Button("Stop");
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