# Adobe premier elements not recognizing my camcorder for capture

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 28, 2007, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adobe-premier-elements-not-recognizing-my-camcorder-for-capture/393990 "2007-02-28T05:40:42Z")\
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Hey, I’m trying to edit a video from my camcorder in Adobe Premier Elements. However, when I plug it in, and go to capture mode in the program, it says “capture device offline.” It is connected and turned on but it still does not recognize it. Does anyone have any experience with this problem?