black screen in editing tab

stronky · Post by **stronky** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:05 pm

Hi,

I just installed Ulead VideoStudio 11.5 (+bonus cd) and i've experience a problem which I couldn't found in any other posts:

When I place a film in the timeline in the editing tab and press play, I only see a black screen, with sound! Strangely, after splitting the audio (the movie is in the videotrack, the audi in the voicetrack), the movie is displayed, but there is no sound.

I couldn't find any help on the internet. I also reinstalled Ulead VideoStudio and installed the newest codecs, but the problem stays.

I'm using Ulead VideoStudio 11.5 on Windows XP SP2. The camcorder is a JVC GR-D815. However, I don't think Windows and the camcorder has anything to do with: Windows Video Maker displays the recorded video with sound.

So, the problem is: in the Ulead editing tab, the video shows only black, not the video!

Any help is highly appreciated!

Regards,
Leonard

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:33 pm

You may want to try updating to the latest Microsoft DirectX. Doing this seems to fix many preview issues.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:39 pm

Can you also confirm that the video you are having trouble with is in DV format from you mini DV camera? If so, is it using the Type 1 or Type 2 DV encoder? Even though VS should be able to handle both properly, for some people -- or their computers! -- VS seems to operate much better with Type 1. So try capturing some footage by changing to Type 1 using the Options icon on the Capture page.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:33 am

Another thing. In File>Preferences, make sure your Instant Playback Method is set for Preview Screen.

stronky · Post by **stronky** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:33 pm

Thanks, I followed all your advices:

I updated Microsoft DirectX and changed the settings to DV Type 1 (so yes, I can confirm that the video which I had troubles with was in DV format, mpeg format had the same problem).

These changes did not solve the problem of having a black video-screen.

The latest change (File>Preferences> Preview Screen) did solved the problem partially! For the whole project (there are several videos in the videotrack) the video-screen shows the video and there is sound. So far so good.

However, when I select 'Fragment' instead of 'project' in the video-screen, the video-screen is still black.

Regards
Leonard

Post by **Ron P.** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:42 am

Did you change the settings to DV Type-1 after you had already captured? This will not have any affect on video that you have already captured as Type-2. You would need to recapture your video as DV Type-1.