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I just realised by the look of the log text that you are using version 0.8.7.
The log is actually more complete in the recent experimental versions. It contains the inner exception text, which will be more precise than just "Configuration system failed to initialize" and that will greatly help understand the actual problem.

I should upload version 0.8.11 in a few hours, please try to install it and paste the error text again. Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience!

edit:
0.8.11 is available up here.

Hi,
It sounds like a pretty cool project
Unfortunately, currently there is not much way to control Kinovea from the outside other than by keyboard/mouse.

Also, this would only be interesting on the live video, and currently the capture screen does not allow to replay the recent history of the live stream at slow motion. (You will be able to browse it manually in 0.8.11 though).

So there is still a long way to go before your project can be implemented, but exposing an interface to the outside world is something that may open many interesting perspectives.

In a related topic, to implement a generic remote control interface, the program will have to expose itself like that to the outside world (on network interface). Maybe the same interface can be used by other programs. In this case, a third party program would simply have to send the right command line on the right socket. That would be nice.

Well, the codecs are not obviously already installed. A freshly sold computer does not come with the DivX/Xvid codec. You have to install it manually at some point.
I'll try and check again what is the minimum stuff to be installed on a virgin Windows to replay the videos.

edit:
So after some tests,

To play back AVI files generated by Kinovea in Windows Media Player on a fresh Windows XP machine:
- For Kinovea versions prior to 0.8.11, you need to install the FFDShow Tryouts codec.
- For Kinovea versions 0.8.11 and later you can either install the XviD codec or the FFDShow Tryouts codec.

The XviD codec is a single codec (small download), the FFDShow Tryouts is based on FFMpeg and will help decode many files. Although it works out of the box, if you need to configure it, the interface is more complex.
Both are open source software.

Ok, if it never worked it might not change anything but could you go to:

C:\Documents and Settings\[your user name]\Local Settings\Application Data\

(note that this is not the same place than the log and preferences files, it's under Local Settings.)

- Do you have a Kinovea folder there ?
- If so, does it contain one or more subfolders ? something like "Kinovea.exe_Url_zp3dzp…"

You can safely delete the whole "Kinovea" directory there, it will be generated back. Try to launch Kinovea again.

This folder contain a "user.config" file with some more info like the recent file history.
A problem with this file is the most likely cause of "Configuration system failed to initialize" error.

If it still doesn't work and the directory actually exists, try to get a hold of the user.config file (inside subdirectories). 
Please attach it to the bug 225 ("Upload File" section) or post the content here, thanks!

I am also very interested in gathering as many comments as possible on this subject!

The trick is that the camera must be able to do direct streaming to the PC, which is a feature that is almost not included anymore in the new camcorders based on Hard drives or DVD storage.
I can see two options, DV / HDV with a Firewire connection to the PC (inbound Firewire on the PC also tend to disappear :-(), or a Webcam with a USB connection to the PC. (Maybe IP cameras should be considered too?)

I'm starting to wonder whether HD webcams are the future of capturing live direct to the PC. Not sure how their lens behave with outdoors scene with big depth of field though…

Ah yes. Motion perfect slow motion, I've always been very impressed by their demo video.
On the suggestion / todo-list, I have referred to this as "Smooth slow motion".

This type of extreme slow motion by reconstructing missing frames from adjacent frames content would definitely be a killer feature and quite a challenge!

As far as I can tell this is extremely tricky to implement.
Also in the same vein, the Re:vision Twixtor set of plug-ins¹. Some say it's the best in the industry at this type of stuff.

I'm not too confident that I can code this all by myself to a usable result though I have a few leads and reference papers but it's quite a long shot. Very interesting though.

¹ Some Twixtor videos on vimeo.