New Video Studio user

reb618 · Post by **reb618** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:54 pm

Hello. My name is Robert, and I'm trying out the demo version of Video Studio 11 with a real possibility of purchasing it. So far, it's an excellent product as I discover new creative possibilities with it almost daily.

I wanted some feedback from you more seasoned video editors. I'm pretty new at editing and arranging projects with high quality video files. I recently purchased some Apple Quicktime Movie clips from a video stock footage website, and am running into little snags and annoyances. For one, some of the files are over 100 mb, and make for a pretty unpleasant experience moving them around in Video Studio. These clips are not very long in duration either. They're about 15 to 30 seconds long, but very high and beautiful resolution.

Should I perhaps render them down to a more managable size for use in Video Studio? I was hoping Video Studio could handle these large clips, but it's a pretty bumpy ride. I have 2 gb of RAM, a 250 mb GeForce Asylum video card with a Pentium 4 processor.

So I guess my question would be, how do you more seasoned editors deal with large high resolution video clips in your projects?

Also, is there a way to have a video clip loop for a specified range of time in a project?

Thanks for any and all input

DB83 · Post by **DB83** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:39 pm

File size should not be a problem. I regularily edit files of 4 gig or more in the time-line.

But VideoStudio and it's big brother MediaStudio are NOT native quick-time editors. They are for avi and mpeg files. They can handle them but as I have also found very slowly. And frame sizes are not regular which will also create problems when you come to re-encode your project.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:49 pm

Can you please right click on one of the QT clips within VS and copy all its Properties here... That will give us a better idea of what we are dealing with. It could be that the files are encoded with a codec which may not be in the trial version or not fully operational...

reb618 · Post by **reb618** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:01 am

VIDEO STUDIO F---ING ROCKS!

Instead of pestering you guys with what instinctively seemed to be a problem with my computer, I simply pulled out the Windows XP CD, wiped the partition, and reinstalled XP from scratch. I was using an XP install that was over 5 years old, and polluted with all kinds of software ... graphics, games, you name it, and figured I should just wipe it all off and start over.

I have to say that my clips all now play smoothly and seamlessly, and my experience with Video Studio today was most excellent!! I can drag my purchased video stock clips, some of which are 200 mb a piece with no codecs, and Video Studio now blends them effortlessly into my project. I rendered a test video into full HD, and it came out beautiful!

I'm definitely purchasing Video Studio now. I didn't realize how powerful it was until I reinstalled it on a fresh copy of Windows.

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for your concern!

Robert

reb618 · Post by **reb618** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:02 am

DB83 wrote:File size should not be a problem. I regularily edit files of 4 gig or more in the time-line.

But VideoStudio and it's big brother MediaStudio are NOT native quick-time editors. They are for avi and mpeg files. They can handle them but as I have also found very slowly. And frame sizes are not regular which will also create problems when you come to re-encode your project.

And by the way, my stock clips are Quick Time, and Video Studio is jammin with them!

MrA · Post by **MrA** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:45 am

reb618 wrote:
DB83 wrote:File size should not be a problem. I regularily edit files of 4 gig or more in the time-line.

But VideoStudio and it's big brother MediaStudio are NOT native quick-time editors. They are for avi and mpeg files. They can handle them but as I have also found very slowly. And frame sizes are not regular which will also create problems when you come to re-encode your project.
And by the way, my stock clips are Quick Time, and Video Studio is jammin with them!

Love the enthusiasm.. Just keep on keeping on.. and high five back at ya..

DB83 · Post by **DB83** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:55 pm

reb618 wrote:
DB83 wrote:File size should not be a problem. I regularily edit files of 4 gig or more in the time-line.

But VideoStudio and it's big brother MediaStudio are NOT native quick-time editors. They are for avi and mpeg files. They can handle them but as I have also found very slowly. And frame sizes are not regular which will also create problems when you come to re-encode your project.
And by the way, my stock clips are Quick Time, and Video Studio is jammin with them!

Well I'm so happy for you.

But you can always read the comments of other seasoned users of the software and their experiences with quick time ( and BTW there are codecs inside quick time movies)

And do come back when you have edited your stock footage and re-encoded it.