HELP on converting a file from VSP to WMV
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HELP on converting a file from VSP to WMV
I just recently bought a Leadtek TV Tuner that comes a editing software, which is ULead VideoStudio 8. The MPEG file that I have captured was turned into a VSP file after I edited it through the mentioned software. I wanted the file to view it through Windows Media Player and luckily the software comes with a Windows Media Encoder, however when I'm already trying to convert the file from VSP to WMV file, a window suddenly pops and says that the file is not a valid source file and it may have been a unsupported or invalid format and may even be corrupted. Is there any way that I can convert this file to AVI/WMV? Thanks
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To expand a little on Steve's reply, first -- and above all -- read the top sticky post on this Forum "Recommended Procedures" or one or all of Steve's own tutorials on just about every aspect of video editing and authoring.
Next, if your Leadtek card is like either of the two I have used (DV2000 and DTV2000), then it can capture in a variety of formats and if I recall correctly, is set to capture DVD-quality mpeg-2 format by default. But it may also be able to capture in other formats such as uncompressed .AVI (huge files -- around 65GB per hour) and mpeg-1, though not DV.
So which Leadtek card are you using? And can you look at its configuration to see what format it is capturing in please.
Anyway, once the video has been captured to computer (probably in the default Winfast/Winfast Work Area folder on C:\ unless you have set something else), you have this video in the timeline for editing, and you save the project periodically. As Steve has said, this is done in the .vsp file to which you referred. It merely tells the program what files are included in the project, where they are on the computer, and what has been done to them by way of editing. It changes with subsequent editing and saving of the project.
But at the end of the editing process, you want to produce a WMV file from your mpeg-2 (or whatever the format was you captured). All you do, with your video still in the timeline, is click on Share > Create Video File. In the drop-down menu which appears, you will see at the bottom "Streaming Windows Media Format (*.wmv)". Select that. In the next box which appears, give it a name and press 'Save'.
This should work. But you need to be aware that .wmv is a highly compressed format, and quite a lot of people have trouble with these formats. However, the trouble usually comes with editing them, rather than simply producing them.
Good luck!
Next, if your Leadtek card is like either of the two I have used (DV2000 and DTV2000), then it can capture in a variety of formats and if I recall correctly, is set to capture DVD-quality mpeg-2 format by default. But it may also be able to capture in other formats such as uncompressed .AVI (huge files -- around 65GB per hour) and mpeg-1, though not DV.
So which Leadtek card are you using? And can you look at its configuration to see what format it is capturing in please.
Anyway, once the video has been captured to computer (probably in the default Winfast/Winfast Work Area folder on C:\ unless you have set something else), you have this video in the timeline for editing, and you save the project periodically. As Steve has said, this is done in the .vsp file to which you referred. It merely tells the program what files are included in the project, where they are on the computer, and what has been done to them by way of editing. It changes with subsequent editing and saving of the project.
But at the end of the editing process, you want to produce a WMV file from your mpeg-2 (or whatever the format was you captured). All you do, with your video still in the timeline, is click on Share > Create Video File. In the drop-down menu which appears, you will see at the bottom "Streaming Windows Media Format (*.wmv)". Select that. In the next box which appears, give it a name and press 'Save'.
This should work. But you need to be aware that .wmv is a highly compressed format, and quite a lot of people have trouble with these formats. However, the trouble usually comes with editing them, rather than simply producing them.
Good luck!
Ken Berry
