Video Studio 7 Help

eggs44 · Post by **eggs44** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:09 pm

Ok, I love this program, it is great for editing things, but when it comes time to burn files on to DVD's this program has been nothing but trouble for me. Here are just a few questions I have that I hope can be answered.

#1. When I import a video using the capwiz program that came with it I run in to some trouble, When I try to import a tape that has a lot of cut offs in it, For example, A Family home video where every 5 min the camera gets shut off to film something else, Like when your watching a video and it stops and you see that black and white fuzz stuff in-between before the next video starts, When I try to import a family tape where to does that through out the entire video, The capwiz program freezes on me and stop capturing every time it cuts to that black and white fuzzy stuff, So then I have to stop the tape do the ctrl+alt+del and click to end program like 20 times before it finally shuts down and restart the program and do the same process over and over un till it all captures.'

So I want to know if I can get around this in any way, so it captures all the video in one capture instead of 30 captures of video where each clip is 5 min. long.

#2. DVD's take about 7-9 Hours to burn on to a disk, is it so post to take that long to burn a DVD or is that typical for all DVD burning.

#3 This one is my biggest problem, I burn DVD's all the time and they come out 100% Perfect (Unless I type something in white text, then it burns on to the disk written in black text)

Im going on a long plane ride soon, about an 8 hour flight, So I wanted to burn some Football games on DVD so I can watch them on the flight, Well I have never had this problem before now, and now when ever I try to burn a DVD it does this, I imported and burned 5 games on DVD, with editing out the ads and things the games only run about 2 hours, So, I burn it on to a disk (takes about 7-9 hours to do), after every game is burned on to a DVD, I check it out, watched for about 5 min every thing seemed fine, So I did the same thing for my next 4 DVDs, So I was done and petty happy, un till I watch one of the game, I wanted to see how my editing and transitions look cutting out the adds, Come to find out about 45 min in the game the audio stops for about 5 secs....then restarts at the same spot, so now every thing is out of sink, The OB hikes the ball, then 5 secs later the QB screams hike after the play is all ready over, Basicy, the Audio is 5 secs off from the video, Not just on this disk, but for all the disks it does this. First I think its the games are too long for the disks or something, I have an old file on my computer about 45 min long, burn it to DVD, (Takes about 5 hours to burn) When its done, I watch it, 25 min. in the video, it does the same, audio out of sync with the video.

What do I need to do to get the program to stop doing this and play the video with the audio in the right spot for the entire game?

#4. Is there any where I can DL a zip file of some more backgrounds for DVD menus? They give you a real slim selection and I would love some more of them to choose from.

Thank you for your time and I hope you all can give me some tips so that you can help out my problems.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:04 am

Firstly please complete your system details on your profile page.

How are you capturing your video?
The tape you mention is it a camcorder tape or a VHS tape.
I suspect it is a camcorder tape and that you are capturing to DV/AVI in which case there is a setting "Split by scene." when enabled the video is split every time that the camcorder was turned on/off. If you have long breaks between clips on the camcorder tape then the software thinks it has reached the end and so stops altogether.
How did these gaps get into your tape in the first place, is this a method you have adopted during filming? If so it is unecessary and only introduces problems such as the one you are experiencing now. If you have deliberately "filmed with the lens cover on" to "split your filming" then you may have to struggle with your existing captures, but at least you will know for next time.

Try turning off "Split by scene" and your capture will then produce just one large file (bearing in mind it will stop when it thinks it has reached the end of the tape.)
There is another split by scene function that can be used on that one large clip should you later wish to.

DVD's take 7-9 hours to burn to Disc.

This is quite possible. Your captured video if done correctly will be in DV/AVI format to enable you to edit the footage (and take out all those gaps!) Once you have completed your editing it must be converted (rendered) into a DVD compliant MPEG2 format.

Consider it like this.... using PAL as an example 25 frames every second
That means 25 pictures every second, one minute = 60 * 25 = 1,560 pictures every minute. One hour = 1560 * 60 = 93,600.
Each 'picture' has to be compressed sort of like changing a BMP into a JPG.
In addition the soundtrack has to tagged to the picture sequence plus any transitions, titles, overlays, video filters etc. Even on the fastest computers this is a tremendous amount of work and yes it can take as long as 7-9 hours dependant upon how long the original video is and what you have done to it.

The white text turning to black. Now that one is a bit of a puzzler and we will need more information from you before hazarding a guess at that one.
You need to outline all of the steps taken to capture the video to the computer, file sizes, bit rates, file formats, audio formats, then what you did afterwards.

Most problems can be overcome by following the tried and trusted recommended procedure developed by our users here:
http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=27

eggs44 · Post by **eggs44** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:21 am

For the thing about the gaps, It was filmed a long time a go with one of thoes big camras where it was big enough to fit a VHS tape in it, and every time it the camra would be shut off, it does that.

Do you have any thing that can help me with the 3 and 4 ques.

GeorgeW · Post by **GeorgeW** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:21 am

Going from memory here... the White/Black text issue was fixed with an update pack -- you could try to install the update from Ulead's support pages (you have to find the update that corresponds to your version).

Regards,
George

eggs44 · Post by **eggs44** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:23 am

I looked on the page for an update patch, it it said it was fazed out and no longer avalable to download.

GeorgeW · Post by **GeorgeW** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:27 am

Did you download from here:

VideoStudio Updates

Then unzip the document and look inside the document -- it has links to the update patch.

Regards,
George

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:33 am

Sorry missed point 4.
You can use any BMP / JPG etc pictures as backgrounds providing they are large enough. I tend to resize the pictures I use as backgrounds so that they are the same as the exisiting ones
NTSC 720x480
PAL 768 x 576.

I always tend to use my own pictures as the menu backdrop such as the one seen here:
http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=12020
(Scroll down to Ocean Village 2004) OK the Menu isn't the best in the world but it was a couple of years ago and I've improved since then!

jchunter · Post by **jchunter** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:37 am

Whoa on point 2!

If you follow the Recommended Procedure (the link in Steve's post is the topmost sticky post in this forum), DVD burning will NOT take much more time than the burner needs to do its business. For example, a 4X burner will take 15 minutes to actually burn a 60 minute DVD. The preamble may take several more minutes if your DVD menus are complicated.

An 8 hour DVD burn is Video Studio's subtle way of letting you know that your procedure is terribly wrong.

The Recommended procedure STRONGLY urges you to make an MPEG2 video file of your project before you try to burn your DVD. If you do this, all format conversions will have been completed in this phase before you begin the burn phase.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:40 am

John
I wasn't sure if he meant the burner was taking hours or the rendering.
At least he has the full picture now. Thanks for rounding that one off.

GeorgeW · Post by **GeorgeW** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:47 am

Since you mentioned a program called capwiz -- did that come with a hardware mpeg encoder from ADS Tech

If so, which device is it (i.e. Instant DVD, DVD Xpress, etc...)

If you are capturing dvd compliant mpeg videos with that device, burning the dvd should take but a few minutes (depending on how large your videos are). So, you should make sure to use the checkbox that says "do not convert compliant mpeg files" NOTE: if you are editing the videos, then they will need to be re-rendered to apply your edits (like titles and such).

Regarding the constant "stop" due to "gaps" in your videos -- you would need some sort of TBC (Time base corrector) to handle the "gaps" -- it will keep a continuous video feed going into the unit. There are some Capwiz updates at ADS Tech's support pages (if I recall correctly, at least one of the capwiz updates tried to handle the "gaps" in video) -- perhaps you can find the capwiz update, and/or an update to your version of VideoStudio

Regards,
George

eggs44 · Post by **eggs44** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:47 am

Well, the football game are 2 hours long, I edit out all the ads, and I only have one menu of 6 chapters, Pre game show, Quarter 1, Q. 2, Half time show, Q. 3, and Q.4.

I all ways did it on MAX speed, mabye that whats taking so long, ill try it on 4.0X speend now, See if that fixes my audio out of sync with video problem.

eggs44 · Post by **eggs44** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:48 am

GeorgeW wrote:Since you mentioned a program called capwiz -- did that come with a hardware mpeg encoder from ADS Tech

If so, which device is it (i.e. Instant DVD, DVD Xpress, etc...)

If you are capturing dvd compliant mpeg videos with that device, burning the dvd should take but a few minutes (depending on how large your videos are). So, you should make sure to use the checkbox that says "do not convert compliant mpeg files" NOTE: if you are editing the videos, then they will need to be re-rendered to apply your edits (like titles and such).

Regarding the constant "stop" due to "gaps" in your videos -- you would need some sort of TBC (Time base corrector) to handle the "gaps" -- it will keep a continuous video feed going into the unit. There are some Capwiz updates at ADS Tech's support pages -- perhaps you can find the capwiz update, and/or an update to your version of VideoStudio

Regards,
George

Its Capture Xpress

eggs44 · Post by **eggs44** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:50 am

sjj1805 wrote:John
I wasn't sure if he meant the burner was taking hours or the rendering.
At least he has the full picture now. Thanks for rounding that one off.

The part where it said, "converting videos" takes 7-9 hours, When it said "Burning on DVD" That only takes 5 min to do.

jchunter · Post by **jchunter** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:51 am

Steve,
I am thinking of retitling the top sticky as "Post Sexy Videos Here" or something like that, to better focus the attention of new users.

What do you think?

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:52 am

It could save us old timers a bit of work