Help..! Video Studio 11 Plus

[shompolesp]

Just downloaded VS11 Plus as an upgrade and installed. But when I run it, and select 'capture video' I get an error message....Ulead Video Studio has stopped working....Windows will close program. When I select 'Ok', VS11 is closed.

I am using Windows Vista Home Premium Edition.
Plese help!

[Ken Berry]

And exactly what are you trying to capture, from what and in what format? What devices are involved?

[sjj1805]

Does this occur when you select the capture tab, or when you actually try to capture some video?

If the latter, what is the source of the video you are attempting to capture from and how?

[shompolesp]

Does this occur when you select the capture tab, or when you actually try to capture some video?

If the latter, what is the source of the video you are attempting to capture from and how?

And exactly what are you trying to capture, from what and in what format? What devices are involved?

It happens when I try to capture video from my VCR which is connected to the computer through Plexor Digital Converter PX-AV 100U

[sjj1805]

To save everyone else searching for a review:


Review here:
Plextor Convertx Digitial Video Recorder

I see that it includes Device driver installation I take it that you have installed that in order for it to work

[Ken Berry]

The Plextor device you have gets generally good ratings. But it does not have a hardware chip built in to do the conversion of captured video to the various formats it captures in; nor does it capture to DV format. it relies instead on software conversion, and that means a driver has to be installed.

I am not sure that the driver you have would necessarily be compliant with Vista. In fact, Plextor have only just recently (30 April) released an updated device (called logically enough the PX-AV200U) which they claim to be Vista compliant.

From what I know of the product, I suspect it may have also relied on particular software which was tweaked to make it work for capturing from this device. Ironically, in all the circumstances, the Plextor ships (shipped?) with InterVideo's WinDVD Creator 2.0. But I could be wrong on that. Did you ever manage to capture using VS and the Plextor?

Or conversely, have you tried capturing in Vista using the WinDVD software?

[etech6355]

The link Steve provided says Win2000 or XP.
I don't see anything for Vista on that page. maybe he needs to download these drivers.

[shompolesp]

The Plextor device you have gets generally good ratings. But it does not have a hardware chip built in to do the conversion of captured video to the various formats it captures in; nor does it capture to DV format. it relies instead on software conversion, and that means a driver has to be installed.

I am not sure that the driver you have would necessarily be compliant with Vista. In fact, Plextor have only just recently (30 April) released an updated device (called logically enough the PX-AV200U) which they claim to be Vista compliant.

From what I know of the product, I suspect it may have also relied on particular software which was tweaked to make it work for capturing from this device. Ironically, in all the circumstances, the Plextor ships (shipped?) with InterVideo's WinDVD Creator 2.0. But I could be wrong on that. Did you ever manage to capture using VS and the Plextor?

Or conversely, have you tried capturing in Vista using the WinDVD software?

Thanks for the tips! I will try the WinDVD software or Muvee Producer 6.

[Ken Berry]

But I really don't think your Plextor's drivers are suited to Vista. You might go to the Plextor website to see if they have updated drivers -- they certainly do for the successor device...