Yet More Video studio 10 capture problems

wibble59 · Post by **wibble59** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 7:55 pm

Hi people.

I'm new to this videostudio software and I'm having some problems that I really feel I shouldn't be (ie I don't think its me thats cocking up).

I'm simply trying to load in some old VHS tapes to copy to DVD.

The hardware is fine (which is more than can be said for this software which seems unable to remember capture preferences etc etc).

I have been able to capture samples from the tape to make sure all is well.

Trouble is, when I try to load the whole tape in, it gets to about 2 hours 6 mins (about 3.9GB in size) then craps out stating that I might be out of disk space even though I still have 192GB free on my C drive.

It saves the portion it's captured but I don't want to have to try to digitally splice together two separate partial recordings for each tape I want to load.

The only mention of file size restrictions i can find in the manual relates to the fact that video studio should "seamlessly" split files over 4GB when using FAT32 file system.

Well, I have Windows XP media centre edition running on NTFS so this should not be relevent...but the size it craps out at (3.9GB) is awfully close to this 4GB figure.....

Any ideas please?

cheers

Mark

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:39 pm

Hi Mark

As you say I think it has to do with Fat 32.

Some limitation on your hard drives or operating system, not a Video Studio Problem.
Unless you have limited the capture by inserting a time in the duration box.

How many hard drives have you?
Which are you using for the ‘Working Folder’?

Are you sure that all your hard drives are NTSC.

Trevor

wibble59 · Post by **wibble59** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:48 pm

Hi

There is only one hard drive. Its a 300GB single partition NTFS with 192GB free.

I'm using the default folder for capture (ie C:\Videos)

So I don't see how it can be the FAT32 limit.

Even if somehow videostudio had gone mad and thought it was FAT32, then it's supposed to seemlessly create a second file automatically (as far as i can make out from the blurb) not just stop and try to tell me i'm out of hard drive space.

Dunno if the capture plug-in should make any difference either (I'm using the 'ulead mpeg-4 capture plugin' as I know no better)

mark

jchunter · Post by **jchunter** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:15 pm

Wibble,
Don't use the Mpeg4 codec for making DVDs.

Read and follow the Recommended Procedure here http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic. ... 0362afae52

wibble59 · Post by **wibble59** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:17 pm

thanks,

i will have a read and try it.

does this explain the 3.7GB crash though?

mark

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:45 am

I have reported this issue to Ulead Tech support. VS10 and MF5 appear to have the same capture engine.

http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic. ... 9269#69269
(and later post in same thread)

wibble59 · Post by **wibble59** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:02 am

This is not my issue.

My issue is that it doesn't split into two chunks or more after exceeding 4GB.

As I said, mine stops at 3.9G and then comes up with an error suggesting that i might be out of disk space (which i'm not).

This is repeatable.

Xyzzy2 · Post by **Xyzzy2** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:56 am

Your problem may have the same reason- bad handling of disk space by capture engine.

More "interesting" is that fe. in MF5 nobody was able to capture more than 4GB, yet Ulead QA team did not notice and Ulead tech support team is not working, which is all what we shall expect from them, regarding history of different problems with different products.

Anyway, try to capture with Windows Movie Maker (included in SP2 for WindowsXP (?) and/or free download from Microsoft). Captures with no problems.

X.

wibble59 · Post by **wibble59** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:48 am

I guess i will have to try something like that then.

Quite unbelievable that programs can be released in such states and
that tech support is so poor.
I already gave up on pinnacle's buggy load of crap to try this and it doesn't seem to be much better

Can movie maker save a suitable video format out for video studio to make use of? if so, what's the best format to use?

Also, what video capture plugin should I have been using in the first place? (this is composite video input from a capture card conencted to a VCR)

Appreciate everybodies help...keep it coming

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:04 am

Hi

I would use Capture-Format-DVD

Change the Bit rate to 4000 for VHS capture
And audio to Digital Dolby
Will give at least 120 minutes per dvd.

MPEG files
24 Bits, 720 x 576, 25 fps
Upper Field First
(DVD-PAL), 4:3
Video data rate: 4000 kbps
Audio data rate: 256 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio, 48 KHz, 2/0(L,R)

Options-Video and audio capture properties.

See Bit rate and File Sizes from the link below

Trevor