VideoStudio 11.5 Keeps Crashing

[John Moran_2]

Here ia a link to a 32mb clip from a just released Japanese Canon HF11 AVCHD camcorder. The AVCHD bit rate is maxed out at 24Mbps, according to the original source. It plays OK in my underpowered ACER laptop with VS 11.5.
JM_2

http://www.google.com/translate?u=http% ... l=ja&tl=en

[Ken Berry]

Thanks John, very interesting. In fact, VS11.5+ shows that that video's VBR max is 22699 kbps, though that in itself is well over the 'old' upper limit for AVCHD of 18000 kbps. The international body that does these things raised the limit, I thought to 25000 kbps, for AVCHD last last year. I have mentioned that before a couple of times on this forum, but this is obviously the first camera to take advantage of it.

By the way, could you play the file straight off? I had to change its extension to .mpg before it could be recognised by either VS or PowerDVD...

As for your underpowered ACER laptop, I see you still haven't filled in your Profile button which would show its actual specifications. But the fact that you think it underpowered, yet it plays this file, is interesting in itself since normally, underpowered computers struggle to just play AVCHD. Often, they can edit the format, using SmartProxy, but then can't play back the resulting file smoothly or at all...

[John Moran_2]

As to being underpowered, I am reluctant to even try rendering or merging of clips, for fear of overheating the laptop. The backlight inverter has already burned out once and been repaired. Got one more week on my one year warranty.

I am in no hurry to edit my 17kbps Canon HF-100 files, as I just found some 35mm Kodachrome slides from the 1950's, and still have VHS and Hi-8 analog tapes to try to digitize. "Real soon now", as some have phrased it. After I swap out some slower parts for faster ones in a Desktop computer case made by a company called "Raidmax".
JM_2

[sjj1805]

Please clarify the term "underpowered"

[John Moran_2]

Please clarify the term "underpowered"

No quad core, no overclocking, no liquid helium cryogenic cooling, and no keyboard fit for touch typing over 15wpm. ATI 1100 graphics, etc. Stock Acer Vista 5100 or so with Vista Home Premium software, currently mildly screwed up by a failed and corrupted ATI update file from M$ that I let slip through.

Just a "normal" low bidder, 2007, piece of equipment, perhaps. I like it.
JM_2

Addendum I
- Acer Aspire 5100
- AMD Athlon X64 dual core processor TK-53 1.70Hz
- ATI (AMD) 1100 Express graphics, DirectX; Open GL not supported

-Plays Canon AVCHD files, but not even at full 1280x800 resolution with VS-11+. Plays AVCHD files at almost full 1280x800 with bundled Pixela software.
That's as far as I plan to go with this computer for video. I don't think it will support external monitor beyond 1280x800, as the LCD backlight power converter has already failed once! FWIW.

Addendum II
Oh , yes, I did happen to take some bightly sunlit (tripod) zoom and horizontal pan shots across a large lake with Canon HF-100 two days ago. Impressive resolution. Unimpressive jitter/jumpiness at 60i. I was not the cause of all of it. Good camera, but needs younger, steadier operator. and great care in selecting pans and zooms.

That's it. I'll try to fade away unless I have something to contribute on subject of Video Studio 11.5+ or PhotoImpact. Thanks for the interest.
JM_2

[Ken Berry]

I assume by 'Acer Vista 5100' you meant Acer Aspire 5100... If so, does it have the Turion dual core processor? If so, it should be able to edit AVCHD using Smart Proxy... if you get the ATI update sorted out!

[sjj1805]

You had me worried for a while that you had reduced the voltage or something

Whatever computer you have would benefit from Creating a Video Editing Profile.. I wrote that for an XP System. To do the same with Vista is slightly more complicated by the fact that Vista does not allow you to create a separate HARDWARE profile so this leaves you two choices.

1. Follow the procedure as far as possible keeping in mind that many of the services you would disable would have to remain enabled so that your day to day use of the computer would still work. For example you would still need your internet connection and that also means having an anti-virus program running.

2. An alternative is to create a dual boot Vista system.
IF you can dual boot with an XP/Vista setup - great, you can set up a Video Editing Profile on the XP system. If however you can only create a dual boot Vista/Vista system you would keep one as your normal day to day system with internet etc. The other Vista System could have all the unnecessary stuff turned off.

[JonSS]

The only solution I have found until we get a ulead patch is to edit using Pinnacle Studio 12 and then out put to avchd disc, then take the m2ts file from the "stream" folder and rename that to what ever I want, the resulting file uses slightly less than 17mbit (16 or 16.8 so probably not a noticable difference in quality). If I use Studio 12 and output to mpeg2-hd it loses the 5.1 sound (I guess not that important for home videos).

Hope this helps Panasonic users until we find a ulead fix (studio does not smart render)

[JonSS]

I have been dealing with Tech Support (been very helpful and thorough) and they recommend a complete reformat because they think it is something to do with .dll files. I had a rundll error when I first got the PC (dvd mpeg 2 files would not play) but this was fixed with PC Tools registry cleaner.

What do you guys think?


"Thank you for your e-mail. I¡¦ve already checked your System Information File
(*.NFO) and most common Ulead VideoStudio 11 Plus error log entries, if not
all, are associated with the .dll file extension. To further explain, the
.dll extension also known as the Dynamic-link library.

DLL¡¦s are codes that come along with your Windows Operating System. In your
case, Windows Vista, upon installation in your PC these are automatically
created. Any software or program installed or created thereafter, will now
utilize the pre-installed .dll files in your computer in order to function /
run smoothly.

According to the list of error logs, there has been a consistent amount of
errors not only with Ulead VideoStudio 11 Plus but with other software /
programs you are trying to run as well. Based on these errors, I am assuming
that the .dll files are either already corrupted in the first place, causing
such errors to occur in most of the programs installed in your PC.

The only suggestion now that I can provide after completely trying to
troubleshoot all the errors your Ulead VideoStudio 11 Plus has been
incurring, is to completely reformat your PC in order to completely restore
the corrupted .dll files. "

[emu]

I have the same problem as JonSS. I haven't been able to create one single movie out of my new Panasonic HDC-HS9 AVCHD camera with Corel 11.5. It keeps on crashing when I play examples, insert titles, render, etc. My movie is only 8,7 minutes. I use Windows XP SP2. Hope that Corel finds a solution real quick.