I just bought a firewire port to help me capture video from my new video camera. Turns out they are including something called VideoStudio Version 7 SE Basic. I know its about 2 years old and I've read good reviews on it, but any idea if that will generate MPEG2 and burn it to DVD? Or does it only generate MPEG1/VHS-quality VideoCDs???
If it won't burn DVDs (or low quality VCDs only), I guess I'll have to step up to 8 (my computer won't handle 9 I don't think).
Question about Version 7 SE Basic
Moderator: Ken Berry
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THoff
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GeorgeK
Ulead Video Studio 7 SE & DVD
THoff,
I would be very supprised if "VideoStudio Version 7 SE Basic" did not support DVD burning. However I have come to learn that you sure know your Ulead Video Studio stuff.
I was first introduced to UVS 5 by a friend but I did not get to use UVS until I purchased a firewire card which came with UVS 6 SE Basic, and from memory, it did not burn to disk and had no MPEG2 capabilities.
Then I purchased a TV Capture card which came with Ulead VideoStudio 6 SE DVD, which of course did burn DVDs, etc.
Since then I have upgraded to Version 7, 8, and now 9 (which is great!, but that is what I said about version 7, and then version 8
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rustyjulie2005,
Please let us know what your hardware is, CPU speed, how much memory (RAM), and spare hard drive space (and partitions, if you have more than one), and if you know it, what speed your hard drive is, eg 5200 or 7200.
I would recommend (if you can afford it), go an purchase a TV tuner card, preferablly a Digital TV (HDTV tuner card), one that comes with a version of Ulead as this bundled version should be capable of burning DVDs and VCDs. And be lots of fun for capturing TV clips....
A second and even cheaper solution maybe to hunt around for old Computer magazines, even at local public librarys or purchased by computer geek friends
, as Ulead has twice offered older versions of Ulead Video Studio free with the Magazine. I have seen both Ulead Video Studio 6 DVD and UVS 7 DVD offered this way. You are then able to upgrade this version to the latest. This is how I have convinced a few friends to use UVS.
When you are able up upgrade your hardware so you can support UVS 9 (assuming that your correct, and your hardware is not good enough now), then I believe you can always upgrade to UVS9 from the version that you have. I do recommend it, I find it great. I have seen other Video Editors and while some of them are good, I like my Ulead....
If anyone reading this post is using Ulead Video Studio 9 on a PC less than my 2GHz 512MB RAM, 7200 RPM HD, please let us know how it goes. I sometimes find mine is a little slow, but I am very demanding on my response times. Though a little slow, I am not going to spend any money on speeding it up, it is not that bad, I would prefer to buy another 50 DVDs and have fun burning.... I find I can capture Analogue video at 9000CBR without dropping frames, which requires much more CPU speed than processing DV video.
I would be very supprised if "VideoStudio Version 7 SE Basic" did not support DVD burning. However I have come to learn that you sure know your Ulead Video Studio stuff.
I was first introduced to UVS 5 by a friend but I did not get to use UVS until I purchased a firewire card which came with UVS 6 SE Basic, and from memory, it did not burn to disk and had no MPEG2 capabilities.
Then I purchased a TV Capture card which came with Ulead VideoStudio 6 SE DVD, which of course did burn DVDs, etc.
Since then I have upgraded to Version 7, 8, and now 9 (which is great!, but that is what I said about version 7, and then version 8
)rustyjulie2005,
Please let us know what your hardware is, CPU speed, how much memory (RAM), and spare hard drive space (and partitions, if you have more than one), and if you know it, what speed your hard drive is, eg 5200 or 7200.
I would recommend (if you can afford it), go an purchase a TV tuner card, preferablly a Digital TV (HDTV tuner card), one that comes with a version of Ulead as this bundled version should be capable of burning DVDs and VCDs. And be lots of fun for capturing TV clips....
A second and even cheaper solution maybe to hunt around for old Computer magazines, even at local public librarys or purchased by computer geek friends
, as Ulead has twice offered older versions of Ulead Video Studio free with the Magazine. I have seen both Ulead Video Studio 6 DVD and UVS 7 DVD offered this way. You are then able to upgrade this version to the latest. This is how I have convinced a few friends to use UVS. When you are able up upgrade your hardware so you can support UVS 9 (assuming that your correct, and your hardware is not good enough now), then I believe you can always upgrade to UVS9 from the version that you have. I do recommend it, I find it great. I have seen other Video Editors and while some of them are good, I like my Ulead....
If anyone reading this post is using Ulead Video Studio 9 on a PC less than my 2GHz 512MB RAM, 7200 RPM HD, please let us know how it goes. I sometimes find mine is a little slow, but I am very demanding on my response times. Though a little slow, I am not going to spend any money on speeding it up, it is not that bad, I would prefer to buy another 50 DVDs and have fun burning.... I find I can capture Analogue video at 9000CBR without dropping frames, which requires much more CPU speed than processing DV video.
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rustyjulie2005
My wife has been wanting me to find a way to put camcorder footage of our new baby for relatives on DVD. I came across a great deal at newegg.com on a DVD burner and also ordered the firewire card while I was at it. They've got great prices and I've always been impressed with their service. Like I said, the stuff hasn't arrived yet but that's why I'm talking to you guys now.
My computer specs are:
2GHz, 256MB RAM, 60MB 7200 RPM HD with 40MB unused, Firewire card, DVD burner (I know, more RAM would be helpful but not in the budget right now)
Speed is not an issue...since I was using the USB cable that came with my camera, my Firewire upgrade will be better than what I've got. My PC seemed to handle video streaming and editing with another program fairly well.
I've burned quite a few VCDs using ArcSoft's VideoImpression 2.0. That's a great program, too bad it doesn't do anything more than MPEG-1 output (which as I understand it is VHS-quality with somewhat choppy frame rate). I also learned for some reason burning at slower speeds increases the success rate (trying to burn VCDs at 48x is not recommended...)
The software that came with my camcorder (a Sony digital
compiles everything on a tape and lets you burn CDs (maybe DVDs too) but doesn't let you do much at all in the way of editing/deleting footage (although it does have a great music video feature though...).
But in both programs, it took about 20-30 minutes to upload about 15-20 minutes of footage to my PC, then a while to process it, then a while to burn a VCD. Probably about an hour or two all said and done.
My computer specs are:
2GHz, 256MB RAM, 60MB 7200 RPM HD with 40MB unused, Firewire card, DVD burner (I know, more RAM would be helpful but not in the budget right now)
Speed is not an issue...since I was using the USB cable that came with my camera, my Firewire upgrade will be better than what I've got. My PC seemed to handle video streaming and editing with another program fairly well.
I've burned quite a few VCDs using ArcSoft's VideoImpression 2.0. That's a great program, too bad it doesn't do anything more than MPEG-1 output (which as I understand it is VHS-quality with somewhat choppy frame rate). I also learned for some reason burning at slower speeds increases the success rate (trying to burn VCDs at 48x is not recommended...)
The software that came with my camcorder (a Sony digital
compiles everything on a tape and lets you burn CDs (maybe DVDs too) but doesn't let you do much at all in the way of editing/deleting footage (although it does have a great music video feature though...). But in both programs, it took about 20-30 minutes to upload about 15-20 minutes of footage to my PC, then a while to process it, then a while to burn a VCD. Probably about an hour or two all said and done.
RustyJulie, you are right more RAM will help, but you are going to find that you run low on HD space soon too. I am assuming that you actually have a 60Gb drive with 40Gb free. I can tell you from experience as you are capturing and rendering DVDs you are going to eat that drive up quick. I bought a new 120Gb last year and ate that one up in now time, and I don't consider myself a power user. I do have a problem that I like to keep working over DVDs until they are perfect (my wifes impression). But then I remove the files. I do recommend that you move your raw files off onto backup DVDs as you can to give yourself room to create. This is an addicting process, once you get your first good reviews, and you have the one thing that is going to make you get into it. A new model (baby) and nights that you will be up anyway. Congratulations and good luck.
Bruce Bennett
VideoStudio 11+ (started with VS5)
PhotoImpact 12 (started with PI11)
VideoStudio 11+ (started with VS5)
PhotoImpact 12 (started with PI11)
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rustyjulie2005
That's what I planned on doing...an intricate dance of moving clips back and forth as needed. Amazing how much room video takes up.
Moving off-topic a bit (and I go into this paragraph half jokingly), but after being submitted to occasional too-long 3-hour slideshows of family and neighbor's vacations as a kid, my theory is that family videos/presentations sometimes can get a bit boring to others after about 15 minutes anyway...but that's just me.
I've shot about 45 minutes of video of my 5-month old so far, and about 20 minutes of that is really interesting. My parents (and other folks I know) have literally stacks and stacks of tapes with various holiday/birthday family footage sitting around...but for some reason I can't really see myself wanting to go back and watch all 2 hours of a birthday party or every pitch of my son's baseball game where he bats twice and maybe makes one play in the outfield. But luckily with computers, now I could condense it down into a 5-minute clip of the highlights of the game. That's what I'm looking forward to.
I wanna take pics of the kid for sure, but less video shot=less editing and sorting out later. Quality over quantity. We also take a lot of digital stills for our family website.
Back to the topic, I'd like to think I can dump video from camera--edit a little--burn--forget. But I do like to get creative...so depending on how good this program is (ordered version 8, and if it's half as good as everyone says, at some point will upgrade my PC and get version 9) I may spend more time editing and doing all the cool effects and stuff.
You guys are great...I'm sure once the software arrives I'll come back with a million questions. Thanks!!!
Moving off-topic a bit (and I go into this paragraph half jokingly), but after being submitted to occasional too-long 3-hour slideshows of family and neighbor's vacations as a kid, my theory is that family videos/presentations sometimes can get a bit boring to others after about 15 minutes anyway...but that's just me.
I've shot about 45 minutes of video of my 5-month old so far, and about 20 minutes of that is really interesting. My parents (and other folks I know) have literally stacks and stacks of tapes with various holiday/birthday family footage sitting around...but for some reason I can't really see myself wanting to go back and watch all 2 hours of a birthday party or every pitch of my son's baseball game where he bats twice and maybe makes one play in the outfield. But luckily with computers, now I could condense it down into a 5-minute clip of the highlights of the game. That's what I'm looking forward to.
I wanna take pics of the kid for sure, but less video shot=less editing and sorting out later. Quality over quantity. We also take a lot of digital stills for our family website.
Back to the topic, I'd like to think I can dump video from camera--edit a little--burn--forget. But I do like to get creative...so depending on how good this program is (ordered version 8, and if it's half as good as everyone says, at some point will upgrade my PC and get version 9) I may spend more time editing and doing all the cool effects and stuff.
You guys are great...I'm sure once the software arrives I'll come back with a million questions. Thanks!!!
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THoff
Re: Ulead Video Studio 7 SE & DVD
The "SE DVD" version supports DVD burning, but "SE Basic" does not. It really only allows video editing and exporting (sharing in UVS 8 & 9 parlance).GeorgeK wrote:I would be very supprised if "VideoStudio Version 7 SE Basic" did not support DVD burning.
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rustyjulie2005
came with 7 SE DVD
I got my stuff yesterday.
Turns out, it does include 7 SE DVD edition, not SE Basic as was shown in the package shot I saw.
I'm assuming SE is a reduced/limited version?
What are the differences between 7 SE DVD and 8? From what I've read, 7 could only do MPEG-1 which is VHS quality, right? 8 can do MPEG-2, which is DV quality?
Turns out, it does include 7 SE DVD edition, not SE Basic as was shown in the package shot I saw.
I'm assuming SE is a reduced/limited version?
What are the differences between 7 SE DVD and 8? From what I've read, 7 could only do MPEG-1 which is VHS quality, right? 8 can do MPEG-2, which is DV quality?
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BrianCee
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rustyjulie2005
so since 7 SE DVD does apparently burn good-quality DVD and I got it for free essentially...wondering...was buying 8 maybe unnecessary? Or will I find some nice features in the full version of 8? Looking at specs, it seems like the programs use about the same amount of computing power.
Will my 2000MHz, 256MB RAM, 40MB free of 60MB on a 7200RPM hard drive, firewire with a 16x DVD-R/RW burner be able to handle this program OK?
Will my 2000MHz, 256MB RAM, 40MB free of 60MB on a 7200RPM hard drive, firewire with a 16x DVD-R/RW burner be able to handle this program OK?