Need Help! VideoStudio 7.0

Cinderellie770 · Post by **Cinderellie770** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 8:12 pm

Hi!

My grandfather recently purchased a Cannon ZR90 camcorder and the Ulead VideoStudio 7.0 program. We have been trying desperately to get a 7.1GB (2 ½ hour) video to disc (or multiple discs) but so far we have been unsuccessful in all our efforts. After much confusion on the subject we realized that to have it all on one disc it would require an 8GB DVD-R which is hard to come by (BestBuy, Office Depot, Office Max, Staples were all out of stock or did not carry them at all) so therefore we need to split the video into sections which is not ideal but we can live with it.

After about a week combined of working on this we’ve been able to get about 1GB (19 minutes) of video on to a Verbatim 4.7GB DVD-R but when we try to load any more than that onto a DVD we receive generic error messages or it claims that we don't have enough space. (We have already downloaded a patch and deleted/reinstalled the Ulead program itself)

I’ve tried both calling and emailing technical support with no answer.

I’m trying to get this done A/S/A/P because I’m leaving to go out of town on the 30th and I was hoping to have my video with me!!! We have tried transferring with the DVD/VCR but the quality was dramatically lost and I’m hoping that one of you guys out there can help me get it transferred from the computer!!
Any ideas??

Thank you so much!!

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 8:25 pm

UVS 7 does not support DL media, so even if you could find it (or order it online), you wouldn't be able to utilize it fully.

If you have a DL-capable burner, I would suggest upgrading to UVS 9 and ordering DL media, and then using a bitrate that allows the full 2 1/2 hours to fit on one disk. With UVS 9's support for AC-3 audio, you could use 7000Kbps VBR encoding and 192Kbps AC-3 audio and fit everything on one disk.

UVS 9 also has a fit-to-disk option that handles the bitrate calculations. Alternatively, in Share -> Create Video File, it has the option of creating a file of the specified duration -- you could thus specify a duration of 1 hour 15 minues, and split the video evenly to fit on two single-layer disks.

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 8:26 pm

Regarding the quality issue, are you using Firewire to transfer the video to the PC? If not, that's likely your problem. With most DV camcorders, Firewire is the ONLY way to get full-quality video onto your computer for editing.

rustyjulie2005 · Post by **rustyjulie2005** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:35 pm

does Firewire increase the speed of video being downloaded from your camera to the PC, or does it increase the actual quality of what your PC receives?

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:49 pm

Firewire doesn't increase the speed, the capture is really just a digital transfer that happens in realtime -- one hour of video will take one hour to transfer. But because it is a digital transfer, no information or quality are lost, so the PC will have an exact copy of what the camcorder saw and recorded.