Please Help - MPEG Problems

kayleighnewberry · Post by **kayleighnewberry** » Sun May 08, 2005 9:21 pm

Hi I have just bought VideoStudio 5 And have connected all the cables(I think)I have sound coming from the video player to my laptop, but I don't have a picture.Every time I press capture I have a message that pops and it says ' Failed to build an MPEG capture graph or unable to connect to MPEG Capture pin'
Underneath that message it says ' The fileis corrupt and unuable it will automatically delete'

I am not to good with all this technical stuff . Please can someone help!!!!

Thanks

kebrinton · Post by **kebrinton** » Mon May 09, 2005 3:58 am

Keyleigh --

I'd be speaking for many people in this forum if I told you you should get a newer version of Video Studio. Not many people still remember how VS5 worked, and the problems you experience may not happen to people any more, who are using newer versions (not to mention newer versions of Windows). I note that you can get a copy of VS6 (wouldn't recommend) on eBay for 5 British pounds. The new version 9 only costs $50 as an upgrade from Ulead which you are entitled to.

DVDDoug · Post by **DVDDoug** » Mon May 09, 2005 8:25 pm

am not to good with all this technical stuff .

Well, this shtuff can get complicated. and there are lots of "ifs, ands, & buts!" . So, read everything you can find, and as questions here. I typically use 3 different programs for capture, editing, DVD authoring/burning... Sometimes another program for audio editing. Then I'll use 2 or 3 more programs for the packaging artwork and labels.... And, this is ALL FOR FUN! (I'm NOT a professional.)

What is your video source?
How is it connected?

If you can't get Video Studio to work with your DV camera or capture device, you may have to use the software that came with it for the capture/transfer step. You can still use Video Studio to edit your videos.

If you are capturing analog, you must use FireWire or USB-2. (USB-1 can't handle real-time video.)

In general, you shouldn't try to capture in MPEG. You need a really fast computer to perform the real-time MPEG compressoin. And, if you're planning any editing (other than cuts & splices) the decoding & re-coding of the MPEG will cause degradation.

Your MPEG encoding should be the last step before burning to DVD. (Video Studio will do this automatically, if your're editing AVI files.)

I have VS-8 and when I've edited MPEGs it has generated slightly-corrupted MPEG files which cause DVD Workshop to crash, and Audio/Video sync problems in the finished DVDs.