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I have VS 11.5.0157 Plus, which I haven't used for a while. Now I want to use it again but as soon as I try to capture from my Sony DV camcorder, I get an "out of memory" message. I have completely uninstalled and reinstalled it.

I have 1 GB of memory and loads of space on mu hard drives. And it did work perfectly last time on the same computer. And I had no trouble capturing using Movie Maker. The only problem there was that the video disc I made from it won't play on our DVD player.

Please can anyone help as I have a 7-year old granddaughter who is desperate to see her birthday party video.

Have you installed or uninstalled anything since the last time it worked?

Have you tried a System Restore to get it back to the last time it worked?

Yes, I've done a clean reinstall of Windows XP since it last worked so that won't be an option, but thanks anyway

Do you have any problems other than capturing? Since you can capture using Movie Maker, use that to capture then import the clips to VS for editing.

Thanks Jeff, I hadn't even tried that because I was sure the formats were incompatible but I've just tried it and it loaded fine. Now I can go ahead and edit it. Strange that is won't capture though.

At least now I don't have to disappoint the birthday girl.

Regards

Keith

With Movie Maker, make sure you capture in DV format, and not .wmv format. Then open the DV/AVI files in VS for editing. When editing is finished, go to Share > Create Video File > DVD, and this will convert your project to DVD-compatible mpeg-2. This is what you burn to DVD. The reason Movie Maker made a disc that wouldn't play on your DVD player is that as far as I am aware, Movie Maker cannot produce mpeg-2 files, and that is what is required.

Thanks Ken, I seemed to be able to open the Movie Maker project in VS, but am having trouble editing. I think I must have captured the clips in .wmv format. I think my best bet is to start again following your instructions. Shame i can't use VS all the way through but it will be great if I can get it done by any method.

Keith

Shame i can't use VS all the way through but it will be great if I can get it done by any method.

I completely understand that, but the truth is, that many of us use more than one program. It can get pretty complicated... All you want to do is make a simple DVD, and before you know it, you've spending all your free time on your major new hobby!

A lot of people use WinDV (FREE!!!) for capture.

On a "typical" project, I'll use one program for capture, another program for editing, and a 3rd program for DVD authoring & burning. Sometimes I'll use a separate audio editing program, and two or three more programs for scanning (still images), and for the labels & packaging artwork!

I get an "out of memory" message.

Form my (admittedly limited) programming experience, I'd guess this is a bug in Video Studio, or in a CODEC. Windows uses the hard drive for "virtual RAM" when you run out of physical RAM. So, your computer might slow-down when your 1GB is full, but the program shouldn't shut-down.

All you want to do is make a simple DVD

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Thanks for the advice Jeff & Ken, at least I was able to get the job done using MovieMaker to capture. The only real complication is that, although it will split by scene that seems to be only in its own window. Unless there's something else I couldn't see, it remains as one long clip on the hard drive. When I imported it, the only options to split that VS offered seemed to create a large number of very short clips.

DVDDoug, I'll certainly give WinDV a try. Can you split by scene like you can when you capture using VS please? As for the memory problem, I wonder why I never had it previously. Mind you, this computer has given me a lot of trouble with all sorts of different random problems so it could be yet another one.

I'm not as bothered now I know the alternatives, as long as I can get the captured video to split by scene as this one I've been doing took a long time doing it manually. It didn't help that I then burnt the original unedited MovieMaker clip that I had imported to VS to DVD so I've had to start creating my DVD again. There goes another 3 1/2 hours but at least i can leave it to get on with it.

Thanks again

DVDDoug, I'll certainly give WinDV a try. Can you split by scene like you can when you capture using VS please?

I've found that the answer is yes on the WinDV website. I've downloaded and installed it and will try it later.

Thanks again

Keith

DVD Doug wrote

A lot of people use WinDV (FREE!!!) for capture.

I tried it and it worked a treat. Since then my new DVD drive arrived, bundled with a load of Roxio programmes including Creator 9 which also captures superbly, so now I'm spoilt for choice.