Aborts with Video Studio 10

[gknopp]

I have just downloaded the trial version and am making no progress. I run xp on a laptop; have necessary firewire connection and burner. I only want to test the capture and burn functions to see if I like the quality.

On each occasion, the capture begins and runs for about 5 minutes. Then the capture stops, disk activity continues, the camera continues to read DV tape but the program has locked. In fact, it is locked so hard I cant even end the task. I have to hold the start button on the computer down to shut down the laptop and re-boot.

I have tried re-install and have checked the read me to see that all necessary drivers (e.g., Quicktime) are in place. All looks good.

Can anyone get me started?

Gary

[Ken Berry]

One probable reason you are not able to capture correctly in DV/AVI format is because, on installation, Video Studio, for some strange and silly reason, defaults to Type 2 DV Encoder (which captures video and audio in separate streams), instead of Type 1 (which captures them in one stream and seems to cause no stress on most computers). Type 2 DV is used mainly by people more at the professional end of the spectrum. There are also some programs out there (though mainly fairly specialised ones) that will only work with Type 2. The downside to Type 2, though, is that it requires fairly powerful computer resources to work properly. And if your computer is not up to the job, then the result will usually be jumpy video and/or audio. I have not heard of the computer locking up as you describe, but anything is possible and we are all still learning with VS10. Changing it to Type 1 usually remedies the problem...

To check what Type you are using, go to the Capture page of Video Studio, select DV as the format, and click on the Options cogwheel icon which is now just under the Capture Folder pane in the middle right of the screen. If it is Type 2, then change it to Type 1 and try capturing again.

[gknopp]

Thanks for the quick post. I tried your idea with no chance in results. It continually lockes within 5-10 minutes of capture. I checked the default and it is Dv1.

It could be possible that my laptop (1 year old dell with a Centrino processor) does not have enough channels, however I have all the minimum requirements specified by Ulead. I also turned off virus scan and turned on my memory monitors. It shows ample memory and no consuption of memory as the capture continues.

Also I am not able to find any documentation or help with the trial version. Am I missing something?

Any other ideas?

Gary

[lancecarr]

Hi Gary,
Have you checked how much hard drive real estate you have available and is it well defragged?

[gknopp]

I have about 40gig fee and defraggged...

[lancecarr]

Hmmm. Can you post your system specs under your profile so we can see exactly what hardware setup you are running?

[gknopp]

My processor is 1.6ghz Centrino (mobile) and 512 memory.

[lancecarr]

The only things I can think of could be that your hard drive lacks enough contiguous space for VS to capture to, remember that DV AVI is going to take about 13 gig per hour of tape or that the hard drive can't write fast enough to keep up with the capture.
The other possibility is that I have no idea and hopefully someone will jump in and offer another suggestion!
Do a "Google" for a program called WinDV. It is a tiny standalone program (Free) that solely deals with capture. It uses very little resources and utilises a buffer so that if the hard drive is falling behind it will hold the data in the buffer until it can catch up.

[gknopp]

I think you may be on to something. So how would I take the file created by this program and get it into Ulead? I dont see an import on the file pull down.

[lancecarr]

WinDV will allow you to select where you want to capture the vid file to. Just tell it to use the VS folder that VS created in MyDocs when it was installed. When the capture is finished, and lets hope it does!, close WinDV and open VS. Go to File / Insert Media File into Library and a navigation box will open. Navigate to the folder where you saved the vids and "select all" and press ok. The thumbs will load into the library and now will be linked to VS. It's all editing after that!

[gknopp]

I want to thank all who wrote on this thread. I think the disk drive or I/O mechanism is at fault: I tried the capture using Windows Movie Maker and got the same result.

Unfortunately, I also tried WinDV and could not get it to work. It would not recognise my DV camera (canon) and it would only offer a pull down for Microsoft Camera which producted no results. I emailed the author without response.

Im going to return all my hardware and stick with watching the movies off of the DV Tape and Camera.

Thanks again.