I recently loaded Pinnacle Studio 9......including the current patch. I can capture video, edit it, but that's where the fun stops. I've made several attempts to burn the project direct to my DVD with no luck. I am able to save the project as a DVD file to my hard-disk and it plays using the Nero DVD Player. Would I be able to drag the file from my hard drive to my DVD-R and copy a working DVD file to the disk?
Ok, what is the Video_TS file?.......So I can open my DVD file that I created in Pinnacle Studio 9 in Nero and use Nero to actually make a playable DVD?
It's not a file but a folder, called VIDEO_TS. With it you should also see an AUDIO_TS but you don't actually have to drag that folder over. The just burn with Nero under the DVD tab. Should be that simple, I use Pinnacle Studio 9 as well, and t works fine for me.
Pinnacle Studio 9 locked up on me last night while I was trying to import some music for a project I was working on. I tried to reopen the project and all of my editing is gone. I'm ready to throw this piece of garbage software in the trash. Did you have this much trouble when you first started using it?
I have Studio 9 only because it came with the AV/DV capture card. I never did get it to make DVD's properly though. It captures great and I had no problems installing it. Editing was very easy, but it always failed in the rendering. In exactly the same place. I even tried saving as an AVI and reimporting that. Took forever then Studio decided where to end my movie and started to burn the DVD when it felt like it. So I tried Nero 6 Ultra. I use the captured MPEG's from Studio and edit and burn with Nero. It works great and the finished videos are pretty darn good considering I used VHSc tapes as the source video. I know this isn't a fix for Studio, and quite frankly I don't think there is one. None that worked for me anyways. PJ
I agree, the core features of the program are nice. Too bad the entire process can't be as convient. I'll try the Nero method. I just bought a new Samsumg DVD burner and it came with all the Nero software. Do you use any compression when you burn? I've been wondering how will a two hour VHS tape look if compressed to a 1 hour DVD. My DVD writer is dual-layer capable, I might eventually go that route.......just not thrilled about paying $5 per blank DVD. I guess I should worry about burning SOMETHING first....before thinking about dual-layering.
The whole process was very frustrating. My computer wouldn't run Studio at first. I had to upgrade the CPU from a XP1400 to an XP2400. I have 512MB DDR RAM. I tried the ULEAD MovieFactory that came with my Pioneer DVD burner. It was okay but the rendered video was choppy. After the CPU upgrade Studio ran but then I couldn't render. I used MPEG2 when I captured. 30 minutes of MPEG2 is about 1.8 GB. So I can fit 90 minutes of video on a 4.7 GB DVD. I haven't tried any other compression. Can you try rewritable dual layer media? At least you can erase them if you make a coaster out of it. I erased a reburned my single layers dozens of times before I finally burned a -R. After I made my movie I saved it as an image. Then used Nero Burning ROM to burn the image. It seemed like it was faster than having Nero Vision Express 3 do the burning. But I could be wrong.
Duh....use a rewritable DVD. Why didn't I think of that. Good idea. Hey, one more question: What's the primary difference between DVD- and DVD+.........Is one better than the other? My burner will do both. The blanks I bought are "+" format. ....they do make shiny coasters, don't they.
Burn with Nero, that should work, it works for me. I wouldn't use rewritable DVD, especially not DL, if you can even get that. Just try burning a small project first on a regular DVD+R. They're not as expensive, and if it is a small project, it won't take up as much of your time. Also, make sure you're nt running a lot of program in the background when you're rendering your project. This may interfere with it, and affect the quality.
Nope, I close everything. Even my anti-virus. Shouldn't have an issue with that since I have 1G of RAM. I think I'll just experiment a bit tonight. Also hearing that Memorex media sucks.....this true?
Whwn my external dvd burner came with Studio 9, trial version, I didn't even open the envelope! I use Studio 8 SE, only when capturing from analog source via the DC-10+ card of the same company. The only reason for this is to create mpeg files and use them in other authoring tools. Pinnacle says that creates avi files, but the correct term is mjpeg files which are'nt recognized almost by the total of the known applications. Other good reason, for me, is that if you select dvd quality for burning, then the max you can burn is 1 hour of movie only! Better start thinking for other authoring - burning tools.
I am using (or trying to use) Pinnacle Studio 9. Archiving VHS into Studio with Dazzle works OK but, after editing and "Make Movie" the audio and video are out of sync. Now I tried taking real old "silent" film, capturing it into Studio and editing. Everything workld this far but when I try to lay audio in from a CD track the final file won't load and run. Any ideas?
Only [bold]one[/bold] problem with Studio 9.3 & 9.4. I went through editing an 83 minutes movie (imported from analog Sony camcorder via Dazzle dvc 120), editing means added 3 titles and cutting/deleting few scenes, I saved the project (apparently everything was OK no messages back from Studio about problems), then when it comes to either create the image or directly burn the dvd I only get an 18 minutes 24 seconds long movie. PC is a PIII 1.2GH, 512 M, Win 98. Studio software is on drive C movies are on drive D. Can anyone help with this ?
I have started to use Studio 9.4. I am trying to capture from my S-VHS camera/tape and get a lot of lost frames. My computer`s spesifications are well above the minimum reqirements. Anyone with a sollution to this? I have also importet MPEG-2 files made in another program without any problems. The burning process seems to work fine, but I am not at all satisfied withe the picture quality of the brurned product. Any hints to how to rectify this??
had kind of the same problem a while back. If you use a program called infoedit it will recreate and correct errors from the vob.info/bup files. This is usually where the problem lies. Do a search on google for infoedit, you'll find tutorials on correcting errors in connection with the actual dvd image/layout (video_ts) etc, works every time. You may be prompted to delete certain vob.info/.vob files but im sure it will work for you and should play correctly in the dvd player after the adjustments have been made. danbhn
After i tried Pinnacle Movie Box the capturing seems to work fine. Before I had used MSI VOX. I have tried to burn a test project in Studio 9 and encountered the same problems as has been described by others above. Flaws in the burning process and the burning did not finish compleatly and my regular DVD player would not run my piece of art.
Dropped frames in most cases come out when capturing from analog source and convert to mpeg format. This hax to do with hd speed, ram memory, proccessing speed, etc. some capturing devices produces hardware mpeg files and non software like the most in the market and cost much more of cource. Digital cameras don't have this disavantage.
