Video Studio 11 error message on capture

[sgeorge]

I upgraded to Video Studion 11 and immediately ran into problems. When I attempt to capture video using my Panasonic CVCam PV-G50S, the capture application starts the capture but immediately gives me a "Cannot start capture graph" error message and stops capture.

I'm using the exact same setup as I was in VS10 with which I had no problems. Can anyone help? Thanks

[etech6355]

In VS11+ "Read Me" file there is a reference to certian panasonic camcorders and settings the default timings to different timings.

[donaldsn]

I have exactly the same problem using a Sony DCR-TRV520 connected via firewire.

Under device control, I use MS 1394 which "sees" my Sony as the active device. The only capture plug-in that is listed is "IVI Capture Component". There is no DirectShow (or any other) plug-in listed under "Change capture plug-in".

I installed VS11+ and then uninstalled VS10+.

[bigmutt]

I have exactly the same problem, but i'm told (elsewhere in this forum) that it's because of the decoder hardware I'm using, namely the ADS DVD Xpress DX2.
it comes with a tweaked VS apparently and so any upgrade (like I did, foolishly) won't work with it.

See post at: http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic. ... 498#118498

Well, sorry but I can't help you except to suggest going to EasyCreator or Nero, which are solid capture and edit devices and upgrade without problems.

[Ken Berry]

donaldsn: I think you should reinstall VS11. Although it should not have done so, perhaps removing VS 10 removed some file(s) that both programs share.

I have never heard of the IVI component before, and a quick Google search only revealed some very arcane stuff that of course has nothing to do with Ulead products...

[m_powrd]

I get the exact same error message "cannot start capture graph" using a Sony TRV-720 connected via Firewire. I'm using the eval (TBYB) version since I've had VideoStudio version 5 w/ DVD plug-in for a long time, but want something that will capture direct to MPEG-2 now.

I also tried DVD Movie Factory and it captured fine, but then I had problems with the system always getting a blue stop screen every time I reboooted after the initial install and working session. I had to do a system restore to get DVD Movie Factory un-installed.

I've tried the VS11 install twice and get the same results.

At least I don't feel like I'm alone on this.

ULead tech support just said "sounds like your camcorder isn't supported for capture". If so, why does DVD MF capture fine and VS11 doesn't?

Anyone find a way around this?

-Steve

[Ken Berry]

You are not alone. In fact, despite my cavalier attitude in my posting above to donaldsn, I have now experimented and found I am suffering the same thing -- or almost so -- with VS11+ installed on a new HP Pavilion laptop with a 2 GHz Core 2 Duo processor. See my posting in another thread here: http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic. ... 513#118513

As I said there, I will continue looking into this, and will report back.

[bigmutt]

Thanks, Ken Berry, for staying on top of this issue which is evidently affecting many of us.

There seem to be varying circumstances under which this problem occurs, which makes it pretty obvious that it's a fault in the program, VideoStudio 11Plus.

I hate the feeling that I'm being a beta-tester for Ulead, which obviously released this upgrade prematurely. And I PAID to be their beta-tester, too!

Thanks.

[m_powrd]

A little more info from my end.

I've found that the error message only occurs is I'm trying to capture in MPEG or DVD format (which is the reason I tried VS11 in the first place).

If I set capture to DV (native format from my Digital8 camcorder), it captures fine. Did about a hour of tape today with automatic splitting of scenes and it was fine.

Anyone know of sensitivities in setting up for transcoding a Firewire DV input stream directly to MPEG-2?

-Steve

[Ken Berry]

Nothing so far, except that VS11 does not seem to like them at all, just as it does not seem to like analogue source material in general. I have not so far been able to get it to capture anything from my Digital 8 (Sony DCR-TRV480E), whether in DV or DVD/mpeg-2 format, on either a computer which uses Vista, or another which uses XP Pro. Yet VS10+ will happily capture from it on the latter computer, whether I use DV or DVD as the capture format.

Now I realise that your objective is to capture DVD format from a DV source camera. But I can only ask: "Is it really worth it?" DV is really the best format there is for a camera which uses firewire -- indeed that was the very reason I bought my Digital 8: to be able to put my old analogue 8mm tapes into the Sony and capture them as DV. That way, I could edit them, while maintaining the DV quality, and only worry about converting them once the editing was done.

DVD/mpeg-2, while capable of providing high quality as well, nonetheless is both a lossy format and causes difficulty for many people in editing it. Out of sync audio and video are a common problem.

I know it might take more time in eventually rendering an edited DV format into DVD format, but I simply go and read a book or watch a TV show. And in the grand scheme of things, with video editing already being such a labour intensive business, the extra time is not all that much, all things considered...

[David Latta]

Ken,

I have just installed VS11+ on my new laptop which came with Vista Premium installed. I am able to capture DV fine from my Sony DCR-TRV 330E Digital 8 camera. This is the same camera as yours except the 480 has webcam capability.

Have not yet tried my Panasonic GS400. Hope that works okay.

David

[etech6355]

The "Read Me" for VS11+ has some information referencing panasonic camcorders and making some changes to a config file. I think it was in the troubleshooting section of the "Read Me' file.

[Ken Berry]

Thanks for that David. In another thread to which I posted later than the above post, I mentioned that I can capture fine from the Sony using WinDV, so something is definitely strange on my computer.

Can you also confirm that you were using an analogue 8mm (or Hi8) tape in your Digital 8, or was it a Digital 8 cassette?

[David Latta]

Ken,

It was a Digital 8 cassette. I will try a Video 8 and a Hi-8 tape and see what happens. Mind you, are not digital 8 tapes just Hi-8 tapes anyway, but just labelled Digital 8. That's my understanding, please correct me if I am wrong here.

David

[Ken Berry]

They are certainly not the same size as Hi8 tapes -- the Sony brand Digital 8 tapes that I have, at least, are the same size as normal 8mm analogue ones. I thought that they have a different surface coating to the analogue ones, but you could be right. Mind you, I paid a very high price for them about 18 months ago...! A lot more than for Sony mini DV tapes...

But I'd still be interested in hearing how an 'analogue 8' tape went. I am starting to wonder if it might have something to do with the code on an analogue tape put there by an analogue camera; whereas the code on a 'digital 8' tape might be different as it is put there by the Digital 8 camera. VS11 might be able to 'see' the digital code, but not the analogue code...?