Ver. 8 content ???

CycleWriter · Post by **CycleWriter** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:28 pm

Where should I copy the content disc folders into the program folders so that I can access them from within Video Studio instead of having to have the disc handy? I'm referring to the audio, video, menu and template files. Thanks.

Post by **Ron P.** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:47 am

Hi CycleWriter, welcome to the forums..

What I done, was just copy the folders to my harddrive, then in VS, create a seperate Library, and then load them (link) to the library.

Click on the Library icon, then at the bottom of the menu, is Library Manager, select it.
Then create a New Library, calling it something like Extra Content. Close the Library Manager. Then clicking on the pull-down menu for Video, select the Video Library you just created. Now click on the Folder icon to the right, and browse to where you copied extra content on your HDD. Then just multi-select (CTL + Click for random, or Shift + Click for all consecutive) then open. Now you will have the thumbnails for them in that Library.

Rinse and repeat the above for each of the Image and Audio.

CycleWriter · Post by **CycleWriter** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:04 am

Thanks. Unfortunately, I just discovered a new and crippling problem. I upgraded to a new Media Center computer. I have an Aver Ultra 1500 MCE TV tuner that works fine with Windows. The problem is when I go to VS to capture from the composite inputs (connected to a VHS deck) I can see the video input fine, I click on capture and it starts to capture fine, but when I click on Stop Capture, the program hangs. The video window within VS stays active with whatever is being output from the tape deck, but the program is hung. I can't do anything and have to give it the 3-finger salute to get out. Man, I though an XP MediaCenter PC would make this easier. Is Ver. 8 not MCE aware enough to play nice? Will an upgrade to Ver. 10 fix this problem? Is there a better program for capturing analog video? I have Premiere 1.0, which is great for editing, but it does not support analog capture. TIA.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:11 am

Media Centre was not a compatible Operating System for either VS8 or 9 (though VS9 worked for some people). VS10 is apparently fully compatible with MCE.

CycleWriter · Post by **CycleWriter** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:50 am

Ken Berry wrote:Media Centre was not a compatible Operating System for either VS8 or 9 (though VS9 worked for some people). VS10 is apparently fully compatible with MCE.

I hope I don't have to spend $59 on the upgrade to find out you're wrong.

One of the reasons I moved to VS was I got tired of Pinnacle Studio dicking me around with problems and the supposed need for upgrades every 6 months. If the VS-10 upgrade doesn't solve my problem, what is their refund policy? I never had problems with analog capture before on my previous system with a different Aver tuner card.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:01 am

Sorry. I don't know anything about their refund policy as I don't work for them and have never had to seek a refund!

As for compatibility, VS10 includes MCE as a compatible OS: see http://www.ulead.com/vs/sysreq.htm

On the other hand, VS9 did not include a reference to MCE as being one of the compatible OS's, so by the law of elimination, it was not compatible. And as far as I can remember, VS8 came out when MCE was still only on the drawing-boards, or at best in Beta.

But we would need input from people who specifically use MCE in order to deal with your specific concerns...

Post by **Ron P.** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:02 am

Yes VS10 is compatible with MCE. See the System Specs...

http://www.ulead.com/vs/sysreq.htm

As for your capture card the Aver Media, I'm unsure. Ulead has a trial version for VS10+, download it and see if it recognizes your Aver Mddia PC card. If not, your not out any money. However even then, you could use the software that comes with your PC vid card to capture your video, then once captured bring it into VS10+ to edit.

CycleWriter · Post by **CycleWriter** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:24 am

vidoman wrote:As for your capture card the Aver Media, I'm unsure. Ulead has a trial version for VS10+, download it and see if it recognizes your Aver Mddia PC card. If not, your not out any money. However even then, you could use the software that comes with your PC vid card to capture your video, then once captured bring it into VS10+ to edit.

Well, the Aver card is MCE certified and since I can get it to work, I have to assume it is doing what it should. Since the problem is that VS hangs when attempting to stop capture, I have to believe it has something to do with the software and not hardware. I guess I'll just become a guinea pig for Ulead and try the upgrade. I'll post here once I find out if it works or not. Here's another dumb question. Does VS10 support the newer 64bit, dual core chips like the AMD X2 4400+ in my new computer? If not, should I be looking at a different program? Thanks all!

Post by **Ron P.** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:30 am

The problem is that VS 7, 8 & 9 does not support MCE. So irregardless of your Aver card, VS is going to fail on MCE OS. If you were running WinXP with any of the above, then you probably would not have the problem. So it's not so much the fault of Ulead, since MCE did not exist when they released VS7. That's like saying why doesn't VS8 run on Win Vista....

Post by **Ron P.** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:32 am

CycleWriter wrote: Here's another dumb question. Does VS10 support the newer 64bit, dual core chips like the AMD X2 4400+ in my new computer? If not, should I be looking at a different program? Thanks all!

They just released a SP for VS10+ for several things, one being better support for dual core.

From the link provided above...

Intel® Pentium® M, Intel® Pentium® D, or Intel® Pentium® 4 Extreme Edition processors or AMD Athlon™ 64 compatible

While VS10+ is optimized for ®Intel, it does run on ® AMD 64bit, but I can't find anything specifying the AMD Dual Cores...

CycleWriter · Post by **CycleWriter** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:53 am

vidoman wrote:They just released a SP for VS10+ for several things, one being better support for dual core.

From the link provided above...

Intel® Pentium® M, Intel® Pentium® D, or Intel® Pentium® 4 Extreme Edition processors or AMD Athlon™ 64 compatible

While VS10+ is optimized for ®Intel, it does run on ® AMD 64bit, but I can't find anything specifying the AMD Dual Cores...

Thanks, Vidoman. I went with the AMD X2 because it ranks much faster than the Intel Pentium D and the Intel Core Duos are just too expensive right now. I feel better about buying the upgrade now after reading the reponses in here. I'll let you know how it goes.

Post by **Ron P.** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:02 am

Yes, I wished I could have held off for a year, then I too would have the AMD X2...

I think VS probably doesn't really show the dual core use until you get into the HD editing, however should be a modest increase for SD...

CycleWriter · Post by **CycleWriter** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:48 pm

Holy crap, Batman! Glad I downloaded the trial version first. Crash city!!! I tried to open an AVI captured by Ver. 8...crash! I tried clicking on the Capture button...crash! I tried to setup options for Capture...crash! Man, I wanted less hassle, not more. From what I see in this forum there are ALOT of problems with Ver. 10+. I may have to rethink upgrading or even continuing to use the registered copy of VS I now have. I don't have the time to be an unpaid beta tester.