studio 9 and moviefactory 5 - explanation of difference

[paul1929]

can anyone explain to me the difference between studio 9 and movie factory 5

as you can tell, i am a novice, but want to
1/ copy existing dvds for distribution ( non protected)
2/ edit and burn video clips taken with my digital camera
3/ insert and remove scenes from existing dvds (non protected)
4/ make movies from video clips downloaded onto to my hard
drive and insert audio and video from other sources
5/ burn dvds from movies obtained on the internet
6/ remove ads from movies obtained on the internet
7/ burn dvd from movies on hard drive of dvd reader/writer
connected to my tv

hope anyone can help

[Ron P.]

Hi Paul, welcome to the forums..

The difference between Video Studio and Movie Factory, ignoring versions:

Video Studio is primarily a video editing applicaton. It's main purpose is to edit video clips, so you can compose a comprehensive "movie", then do something with that composition. Be it burn to a DVD, VCD, share it on the internet, or just play it on your computer. Video Studio has limited authoring capabilities.

Movie Factory is primarily a disc authoring application. It's main purpose is to allow you to take your videos and create menus, chapters, titles and create DVD's, or VCDs. It has very little editing capabilities.

Using your list, based on the majority of your goals, I feel Movie Factory would probably fit your needs.
1. Copy existing dvds for distribution (Movie Factory)
2. Edit and Burn video clips (Video Studio)
3. Insert and remove scenes from existing dvds (Movie Factory)
4. Make movies from downloaded clips (Movie Factory/Video Studio)
5. Burn dvds form movies (Movie factory)
6. Remove adds (Movie Factory)
7. Burn dvd from movies on hard drive of stand alone dvd (Movie Factory)

Now Video Studio can do all the above, however it restricts the creativeness in menus for dvds. Then also Movie Factory can do most of the above, however you can do very limited editing of video clips.

Does that make sense? However you are the only one that can say which would work best for my situations. If you haven't already, download the free 30 day trial for each. Then you will be able to make a better educated decision.

Ron P.

[paul1929]

thank you for your reply, vidoman

i understand i have to use the movie factory

which of the various types available is the best

[Ron P.]

thank you for your reply, vidoman

i understand i have to use the movie factory

which of the various types available is the best

Paul,

I didn't want to give the impression that you have to. I was just providing which Application done the mentioned tasks better.

Since you have not purchased either of them yet, this is what I have done and would advise you to do. Download the trial version of both programs, DVD MF5 & VS9. Play with both of them. Then and only then will you be able to see which one ( or like a lot of us ) both.. will work better for you. If you check out my sig below, you will see that I have Video Studio 5,8,9; Media Studio Pro 7VE, Media Studio Pro 8, and DVD MF4. With the exception of VS5, all the rest are currently installed on my system. I use VS and MSP for my editing, and then will use MF4 for doing slideshows and authoring DVDs...

Ron P.

[DVDDoug]

Right! Download the free-trials. Or, get the trial CD (about $10). For me, the best choice was both Video Studio and DVD Workshop Express (and another 3rd-party special-purpose MPEG editor). Workshop is rather expensive, but you can do some “special things” with menus, multiple soundtracks, subtitles… more professional stuff like that.

It is very confusing, and Ulead adds to the confusion! They seem to claim that all of the programs can do everything, and the web site doesn’t have side-by-side comparisons of the various products.

Video Studio 10 has been “pre-announced”. So, you might want to hold-off on VS9. (I assume that it’s going to cost $50 to upgrade from 9 to 10.)

A couple of things to watch-out for…

…3/ insert and remove scenes from existing dvds (non protected)… 7/ burn dvd from movies on hard drive of dvd reader/writer connected to my tv.

A few users have reported problems importing DVDs. I think it depends on the particular DVD recorder. When it works, Ulead works better than most other “DVD-ripping” programs (for non-copy-protected DVDs, of course).

Also, DVDs use MPEG-2 compression. Some of us have had “lip-sync” problems or crashing when editing MPEGs. That’s why I bought a special-purpose MPEG editor.

5/ burn dvds from movies obtained on the internet … 6/ remove ads from movies obtained on the internet

Again, some users report problems with some highly-compressed formats. DivX seems to cause lots of problems. Sometimes it just doesn’t work. Sometimes it takes 8-10 hours to render a DVD compatible file from a DivX. You may need to find a 3rd-party program to convert the internet-format to a nice Ulead-friendly AVI/DV file.