ulead video studio 9

howied · Post by **howied** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 10:52 pm

I just downloaded and installed video studio 9 trial.
I have plenty of hard disk space and a fast computer.
I captured video in AVI format.
I render in Mpeg2 format according to the recommended settings.
At the end of the rendering VS 9 crashes.
The video is avialable to be burned onto a DVD but if I try to watch it through windows media player it crashes. I also cannot watch it through videostudio.
Any suggestions?

maddrummer3301 · Post by **maddrummer3301** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 12:07 am

The mpg2 file is corrupt and probably has to be deleted and recreated
again.

What format did you use to create the .AVI file

If DV format Type2 then change the format to Type 1.
You can re-render the avi file to Type1 or download the utility as the ulead
website to change the file from Type2 to Type1.

MD

howied · Post by **howied** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:44 am

captured in dV type 1.
I am able to render the same captured video using videostudio 8 without difficulty. IE I can open the MPEG 2 in media player.
Is this just a problem with the trial version. (need to know before paying for the upgrade)

howied · Post by **howied** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:17 am

Ok did some more experimenting.
When I select
Create video file

I am able to render the video and view it with media player in:
NTSC DV mode
NTSC MPEG 2 mode

When I render from

NTSC DVD mode
I cannot view with media player.

When I render with video player 8 in NTSC DVD mode... I can also view with media player

How can this be a file curruption issue.
My trial ends in 6 days ... any help or alas shall I stick with videostudio 8.

Is there a difference between rendering in MPEG 2 mode and DVD mode with regards to burning on DVD. I was always told to render in the right mode first before burning.

heinz-oz · Post by **heinz-oz** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:38 am

There are ample happy users of VS9 out there. I do not have VS and therefore do not know if there was an issue with it on some machines which have been fixed with a patch. As patches do not work with trial versions, I'm afraid, you can't check that out.

I guess you have 2 options, stick your neck out and get the update version of VS 9 (since you have VS 8 ) or stick with what you have got.

Without being able to check it out, I'm still confident that all that's wrong with your project settings, is something simple, like incompatible sound options, frame size or such. I'm in PAL land, but NTSC, I think, cannot handle mpg sound. Does your project settings specify LPCM for sound or mpg? Also, if I'm not mistaken, VS 8 does not have AC3 support, maybe that's why it works with VS 8 but not with VS 9.

Check it out

maddrummer3301 · Post by **maddrummer3301** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 4:52 am

> How can this be a file curruption issue.

You said the program crashed at the end of rendering in your
original post, that usually leaves the mpeg2 file corrupted.

> I render in Mpeg2 format according to the recommended settings.
> At the end of the rendering VS 9 crashes.

howied · Post by **howied** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:41 am

heinz-oz wrote:There are ample happy users of VS9 out there. I do not have VS and therefore do not know if there was an issue with it on some machines which have been fixed with a patch. As patches do not work with trial versions, I'm afraid, you can't check that out.

I guess you have 2 options, stick your neck out and get the update version of VS 9 (since you have VS 8 ) or stick with what you have got.

Without being able to check it out, I'm still confident that all that's wrong with your project settings, is something simple, like incompatible sound options, frame size or such. I'm in PAL land, but NTSC, I think, cannot handle mpg sound. Does your project settings specify LPCM for sound or mpg? Also, if I'm not mistaken, VS 8 does not have AC3 support, maybe that's why it works with VS 8 but not with VS 9.

Check it out

Ok now have full version.
still having problems

If I render with lpcm audio
media player crashed when I try to view MPEG.
If I render with Mpeg audio, mpeg plays on media player

However....
If I render with Mpeg audio and then burn to my DVD.... I sometimes don't hear any sound on my standalone DVD player. I do hear sound when played through the computer dvd.

Is media player not able to play mpegs encoded with LPCM audio?
Do Stand alone DVD's not have the ability to play MPEG audio?
Why didn't I have this problem with videostudio 8.
Help!!!

maddrummer3301 · Post by **maddrummer3301** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:15 pm

> Do Stand alone DVD's not have the ability to play MPEG audio?
Many older NTSC players do not play Mpeg audio.
Almost all the newer NTSC dvd players can now play mpeg audio.
Maybe your dvd player is an older unit. Usually if the dvd player can play
VCD's then it can also play mpeg audio on DVD's.
Why don't you try Dolby Audio when you export the video to mpeg2.
That should definitely play in the dvd player.

You said Windows Media Player crashed before and is still crashing.

Do you have any other dvd playing software on the computer such as
"Power DVD or Windvd"?
Installing or re-installing one of the above players may correct the codec
issue your having with the windows media player.
Also make sure to be running the latest version of DirectX.

Hope this helps,

MD

jchunter · Post by **jchunter** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 6:32 pm

Howard,
I suspect that you are not setting your "properties" correctly when you create your video file.

You said:
"I am able to render the video and view it with media player in:
NTSC DV mode
NTSC MPEG 2 mode"

These "modes" are not properties, they are merely templates that contain sets of properties that may or may not be appropriate for your project.

Always set properties when Creating Video by selecting "Custom" and then "Options" to get to the detailed property list. Ditto when you Create Disk.
John