multiple file format support?

[sjj1805]

Previous versions of Video Studio did not seem to be able to handle mixed Field Orders i.e. they all had to be either Lower/Field Order A or Upper/Field Order B, though I think you could use Field Based with either. I confess, though, that I don't know if this has continued in VS9. Certainly DVD Workshop can handle input with mixed Field Orders.

Earlier this year I had the holiday of a lifetime visiting California for just over 2 weeks. I wanted to include a few small excerpts from some films.
I also took several hundred still photographs with my digital camera.

Obviously the stuff from my camcorder came in as DV type 1 (AVI files) via my firewire connection and were lower field first. The bits I "borrowed" from some films came via my TV Card and came in as MPEGs and were upper field first.

My Still photographs were turned into elaborate "Ken burns effect" slide shows with Pro-Show Gold and were "Frame based" MPEGs.

I mixed and matched the footage, including some as overlays, split screens or just plain transitions from one to the other. turned out first class. Did some testing on field Order beforehand and found that the best results were to select the field order of whatever happened to be the very first clip.

[Ustad]

DiscCoaster, I'm not sure how the Canopus 300 you mentioned differs, but I've been using the Canopus ADVC110 (which is similar to ADVC100) with VideoStudio (versions 8 and 9) to capture VHS tapes, and also from a TV tuner, and have been happy with the results. The ADVC110 receives composite or S-video sources, and sends them via FireWire to VS as a DV signal. Depending on your PC power, you can convert to MPEG on the fly in VS, or capture it as DV (AVI) and then do your conversions later. I've been making DVDs from TV and VHS for over a year with VS and haven't had any problems. Hope this helps, and the best of luck with your project.