Vista 64 Bit and VS11.5

KennethDaves · Post by **KennethDaves** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:59 pm

I have been using Video Studio since VS3 back in 2000 and own licenses for VS11.5 Plus and both DVD Workshop 1 and 2 Express. Last night I installed VS11.5 on my new Vista 64 bit (2.83GHZ Quad Core and 8GB of RAM) system and wow. It will convert standard DV .avi to DVD compliant Mpeg-2 in about .4 of real time. The same program on a Vista 32 bit system (2.4GHZ Quad Core and 4GB of RAM) will convert at about .75 real time.

On the other hand, the DVD creation module won't work at all. Trying to add chapter points in the module crashes the program. It works on the 32 bit system. Also, Smart Rendering of Mpeg 2 with Mpeg audio to DVD compliant Mpeg 2 with Dolby Digital 2 channel doesn't work on either 32 or 64 bit systems. Outputting to the original file's spec's and then batch conversion to Dolby Digital does work.

I am really looking forward to the next version of Video Studio with Smart Rendering working and I am hoping for a new version of DVD Workshop that is Vista 32/64 bit compatible. Is that too much to hope for?

etech6355 · Post by **etech6355** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:08 pm

Make sure you have downloaded & installed the latest version of "DirectX 9.0C" which must be installed even when running Vista.
If your DirectX 9.0C is not updated you will have problems with mpeg2 video such as chaptering/exporting etc.

KennethDaves · Post by **KennethDaves** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:44 pm

Thanks for the info.

KennethDaves · Post by **KennethDaves** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:58 pm

Thanks again. That fixed the problem with the DVD module, including a the inability to play when previewing the DVD. I don't know about Smart Rendering. Again thanks.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:21 pm

And just a minor clarification: Vista of course uses DirectX 10 and not 9.0c which is for XP. But the update patch applies to both versions anyway!