VS 10 PLUS - I need your help

[PeterNZ]

G'day,

and in advance my apologies for asking dumb questions. I'm working in an Internetforum about New Zealand so I know the same questions are asked over and over again. If this is the case please don't be cross with me - just ignore me. If some of you can help, though - thank you for your time.

This ist about VIDEO STUDIO 10 PLUS
Trial Version, not registered yet
I am a rookie concerning video editing, but I'm an old hand with IT

I have two questions:

Question A
I bought the CD with the trial versions, installed VS 10 PLUS and everything is up & running - except the HELP files, which "cannot be found". I can't find them on CD either - so what am I doing wrong here? Does anybody know how to get the HELP function working? Do I have to activate it? Or is there a download? Or is that a function not available in the trial version?

Question B
We use a Sony camera. Video files are imported by transfer vom Mini DVD to my hard drive (not by CAPTURE). These files are *.vob files. Then (VS10: BATCH CONVERT) I convert these files in *.mpg (720/576 25fps - VS10 standard). These - now my source files - I have then autodetected for scenes. Then I edit - cut, overlay, titles, audio - the works. Everything works just fine. Preview (VS10: SHARE, POJECT PLAYBACK) works as well.

No problems with editing *.mpg, but when I tried to do that with *.vob I had major problems like complete hangups, total crashes etc.

Now trouble starts...

After that I want to make these files (edited & previewed & approved by the memsahib) available for viewing (i. e. WINDOWS Media Player et al.) by ways of: (VS10: SHARE, CREATE VIDEO FILE). Trouble... Either VS10 tells me that the file can not be stored (enough space an my hard drive), or I get a general error window and VS10 shuts down, or the process runs trough without errors but the result is a *.mpg file much to small (i. e. should be around 1.5 GB but is only 130 MB) which wil not run - neither in VS10 preview nor externally by WINDOWS Media Player.

Same trouble when I try to use: (VS10, SHARE, CREATE DISC), there I get the message "converting got problems" and VS10 shuts down.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks again for your help.

Peter

[sjj1805]

PeterNZ
Welcome to our forum.
The Video Studio 10 manual can be downloaded here:
http://www.ulead.co.uk/vs/documents.htm

We have a recommended procedure for importing - editing - creating DVD here:
http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=27

The correct method for importing your VOB files into VideoStudio 10 is as follows:
1. Click the Capture Step then click Import from DVD/DVD-VR.
2. Select your DVD drive and then click Import DVD Folder.
3. Specify the location of the DVD folder in the Browse for folder window then click OK.
4. In the Import DVD window, select which DVD tracks to import in Label. Use the preview screen to view the selected tracks to import.

[PeterNZ]

Thank you so much.

Now it works.

Well.

Not to mention some unexpected complete ##### ups (complete shut downs, complete hang ups etc. etc. ...) caused by VS10 - but I can handle that. Being an old hand and so...

I created a movie front to end and the Memsahib was very impressed. Now that's important, isn't it?

I think I will buy. VS10 that is. Not the Memsahib...

Thank you again.