Ulead VideoStudio 11.5 Plus /Power Pack/Media 1

[Ken Berry]

What can we say? None of us here works for Corel and none of us have seen the integral VS11.5, only VS11 as updated by the patch and Power Pack (which is nonetheless VS11.5). However, Corel's policy with regard to VS11 was that while you had to give the serial number of a previous registered version of VS in order to get the upgrade version, and enter that number again on installation, as well as the new serial number, that is all that was required. You were not required to actually have an earlier version on your computer which the installation program could detect. This in any case would not work with Vista since you would undoubtedly get messages from Vista saying that the earlier versions were not compatible with it.

[gibsonse]

I'm at version 11.5.0157.2 Plus and I'm still getting the same error when I try to capture analog:
Unable to switch to Capture Mode
Check if your video capture driver is working properly.
[15023:4:2]

I can capture fine using Roxio Creator 9, but that hardly seems right...

I know, I know -- the answer probably lies in uninstalling all traces of VS, removing my Hauppage Video driver software, uninstall my Nvidia display drivers, and then reloading the whole lot. And if that doesn't work, reinstall Vista.

Or maybe I'll just limp along for now. I'm going to pick up an HD camcorder with Firewire one of these days and hopefully that will make this a moot point...

Oh well, at least VS doesn't crash any longer while rendering on my Quad Core Vista machine...

I guess I should count my blessings, eh?

BTW -- Does anyone have any experience with analog capture in Pinnacle or Premiere?

Later
sg

[sjj1805]

So what is this analogue you are trying to capture and how?
Hauppauge TV card ?

[Ken Berry]

You don't tell us what your camera is, though I am assuming Digital 8. Nor do you tell us exactly how you are trying to capture from it. If it is by inserting and playing an analogue 8mm tape in a Digital 8 connected via Firewire, then no, it has not been corrected and reinstalling VS11 won't work (I already tried that on one computer! )

However, you should at least be able to insert the 8mm analogue tape back into an analogue camera, and connect that camera to the Digital 8 via either composite or S-Video/composite cables, with the Digital 8 connected to the computer via Firewire and used as a pass-through device.

[wai2]

Hey gibsonse, you may try to install the lastest DirectX End User Runtime. I had an exact problem with you and completely resolved after installed the laster directx end user runtime.

Worth to try...

[sl2008]

Gibsonse

I have a HP quad , 3GB RAM, Nvidia 8800 GTS and a Hauppage TV card. Everything working fine , including analog capture through the card and also TV recording though VS 11+.

By all means do what wai2 suggested. After I installed the new Directx package (SDK), November update, all my problems with the VS 11+ are solved. I strongly recommend everybody here to do the same.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... laylang=en

Sergio

[sjj1805]

Interestingly I just tried out my Hauppauge PVR 350 TV card.
It displays on the capture screen with sound.
As soon as you hit the record button, the preview screen goes blank but the sound is still playing.
When you stop the recording and go to the Edit tab your recorded video is there - both picture and sound.

[Riv]

However whilst the online store says coming soon, if you go to the upgrade centre it allows you to add it to your cart?
...
Secondly it then states you must have a valid version loaded onto your machine to upgrade?

Both of the points you mention seem to be wrong...

I decided to give it a try and found that the whole thing got quite amusing, really. Or frustrating, which ever way you want to look at it. Anyway, for the benefit of anybody else trying to make any sense of this, here's what I got installed:

1) Remember that I had a new PC and I had not installed Videostudio on it, yet. I did have VS8, though, just not on the new PC.

2) I went to the upgrade centre of the ulead.co.uk. The site told me I could download VS11.5 upgrade but it would require me to have an existing version of VS installed.

3) I needed to enter my old VS8 license key before ordering.

4) I had some issues with the purchase procedure (either my browser or more likely the site itself) but - provided that my credit card won't get charged twice - I trust these were insignificant since I finally managed to download the stuff.

5) At some point during the process I noticed that the downloadable item was only named ...VS11Plus... and had nothing about 11.5 on it, despite the initial 11.5 page I started from.

6) I installed the package. It asked me for both the new (VS11) and the old (VS8) license keys. So, despite the instructions on the first upgrade page, I did not have to have VS8 on the PC. The downloadable package was indeed the full version, it just asked for the old license key.

7) According to the Help/About box I now had Ulead VideoStudio 11.0.0157.0 Plus So nothing about 11.5 here, either.

8 ) Since the UK site did not have anything for VS11 in the update section, I went to the ulead.com site and downloaded the VS11 Patch (the one that's about 27 MB in size). After installing that, I had Ulead VideoStudio 11.0.0157.2 Plus

9) Again, from the ulead.com site, I downloaded and installed the Powerpack (55 MB). I now had Ulead VideoStudio 11.5.0157.2 Plus

So, I ended up having something of a VS11.5. Ken, your sophisticated guess proved to be quite accurate. But the instructions on the different Ulead sites were even more confusing than I thought they would be.

I still haven't done anything with the software, though, just started it to get to the Help/About box. I hope it will work when I finally get to do any editing with it.

[gibsonse]

Sorry Ken and sjj1805 and all, I should have been clearer... I'm using my old analogue Sharp 8mm camcorder with composite out to my Hauppage HVR-1600 card composite inputs.

As sl2008 and wai2 suggested, I'm downloading the newest DirectX SDK and I'll get back here when I get that installed.

I appreciate the help -- since I've been fighting with VS since at least version 6, it's nice to see this software starting to get to where it's making my PC fun to mess around with. Honestly, the capture problem is minor, asl ong as something on my machine will capture it. I'd rahter it wasn't Roxio though, since I'm at least a version behind their newest Creator version...

With the negative comments on the Pinnacle Forums about that video editing package -- I'm hoping this will work.

Thank you everyone!
Steve

PS -- Is it only because I recently dumped my 6MBPS cable modem for 3MBPS DSL, or does it seem like every update is now in the double-digit MB size these days? 427MB DirectX download, 55MB VS patch pack -- 3.2GB Visual Studio 2008 beta, yikes!

[scotty]

Riv, I only reported what I saw on the screen!
I had not tried the whole procedure, I stopped once it asked for the key. (Therefore I had got to your point 3)
After my posted comments I tried the key but just got a blank screen so gave up, I was at work so may be the firewall was the reason.

However I am in the same boat as you re:Vista and original VS8 on another machine so I will try again at home.
Thanks for posting your findings gives me a path to follow.

It now makes sense why you can't buy a true 11.5 upgrade but can get one from the upgrade screen even if it ends up being 11+!
Me feels the marketing boys have jumped the gun ahead of the engineering?

[gibsonse]

Still not working after loading the November 2007 DirectX SDK. Rebooted, still the same error as earlier. Went into start-up and removed some junk, rebooted, still the same.

Looks like I've got to find that CAnopus ADVC-100 box I had lying around.

Thanks for the suggestions though.
Steve

[gibsonse]

Just dl'ed a trial version of Blaze Media Pro and it works fine as well...

I think I'll try the clean reinstall of VS and see what happens...

sg

[Riv]

Riv, I only reported what I saw on the screen!

Yep, I understand that. My apologies if I made it sound like you were the one that was wrong.

However I am in the same boat as you re:Vista and original VS8 on another machine so I will try again at home.

Before you try, you might want to check the currency rates. Living in the Euro-zone, I think I would have got the package cheaper from the ulead.com site with the USD price than from the UK site. A few euros is not a big deal as such but taking that as a percentage of the original price, the difference would have been quite significant, really. Unless the ulead.com site had calculated VAT differently from the UK site. If I was to start the whole thing now, I would first check the final prices from both sites first. At least for me who don't live in the UK or US, the final price with VAT was a bit more than the prices published on the Web pages. You seem to be in the UK, though, so I'm not sure if any of this makes any difference to you.

BTW: I have Win XP Pro, not Vista, but I guess that shouldn't make much difference in the workflow I described.

Thanks for posting your findings gives me a path to follow.

You're welcome.

It now makes sense why you can't buy a true 11.5 upgrade but can get one from the upgrade screen even if it ends up being 11+!

I guess this will change soon, once Ulead gets the final 11.5 package together. I just couldn't wait for that to happen.

[scotty]

Riv, no problem about the comments on it not working I didn't take offense!
Thanks for the advice on currency rates, however I have already upgraded last night at home (it worked fine).
I too noticed at the last minute (after entering card details) that the stated price did not include VAT!

I think the american rate may have been slightly cheaper ($60), however as you say I don't know how much tax would have been added there.

I still have to upgrade the patch and power pack tonight but initial views are very good.
I need to relearn how to use it again but people here have been helpful

[AZTEC]

Hello

I read somewhere on one of the Ulead sites that you need to have
DirectX
Windows Media Player
Apple QuickTime
RealNetwork Real Player and
Adobe Reader installed before you install VS11+ and VS11.5+

Sorry I cannot find it now but it was in some instructions I read regarding installing VS11.5 update from VS7.

Which I have just purchased and installed.

Kind Regards