Problems evaluating VS X2 PRO trial edition for HD use

[jerryd65]

First let me describe some of the software tools I have been using:

My camera is a new FipVideo minoHD. It outputs 1280x720 30 frame/sec video in .mp4 format.

I use MediaInfo to read the file information off of any video file I use.
I use AVS Video Converter 6 to convert various video formats.

I downloaded the VideoStudio X2 Pro trial software. The first thing I found out was that it does not support importing .mp4 files. I converted a video .mp4 file to a .mov file so that I could import it. This works. I then did no editing of the video file but I did try to Create Video File from the Share step to create a WMV file (1280x720). One of the file types shown for outputing your file is called WMV--> HD 720p. I used this and found that the resultant file is some Windows Media Video V8 with 208x160 20 frames/sec video.

So far I have not been able to do anything of value with VS X2. What am I missing?

[DVDDoug]

Video Studio does have trouble with some variations of some formats... Some MP4 files will work with Video Studio, but apparently the files from your particular camera won't. In general, the more-compressed more-advanced formats cause the most trouble (MP4, WMV, MOV, DivX, Xvid, etc.) The variety of audio formats embedded into the A/V file multiplies the possible format variations, and multiplies the potential for trouble!

Converting the files to another format is one solution, and it's what I do whenever I run into a problem file. HDV and DV are probably the most trouble-free formats. After editing, you can convert again to the format of your choice.

After editing, you can usually convert to one of the highly-compressed formats without trouble... It's the editing of these formats, or the conversion from these formats that's usually troublesome.

Of course, multiple conversions are a royal pain, and you can end-up with a loss of quality.

You might want to experiment with converting to a less-compressed format before the trial-period runs-out, but you should probably try-out the competition too. I really think you'll be better-off if you can find some software that actually works with your camera...