Format question.

vinnieg · Post by **vinnieg** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:42 pm

My video that I have captured is in .dv files. Not .avi or .mpg. Can the Video Studio Trial version import these? Can the retail version? If not, how do I convert them?

Thanks

DVDDoug · Post by **DVDDoug** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 1:10 am

I don't know... but if it doesn't with the trial version, I wouldn't expect it to work with the retail version.

I couldn't find it on Ulead's website just-now, but the main difference between the trial version and the retail version is AC3 audio support. (I think Dolby doesn't want anybody using their technology without paying first!)

jchunter · Post by **jchunter** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 3:11 am

You should be able to bring in dv files either using the Library or the "Insert Video" control on the far lower left of the Timeline display in either version. Follow the procedure in the sticky post at the top of the forum to avoid problems.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 4:45 am

... And Vinnieg, FYI, DV is a special version of the AVI format developed by Microsoft to exactly emulate the quality of your video in your digital video camera. It is, however, five times more compressed than uncompressed AVI (DV will take 13 GB of your hard disk per hour of video; uncompressed AVI will take 65 GB per hour!!) And yes, certainly, the trial version will play and edit your already captured DV files. Open VS 9 and on the right hand side of screen you have the Video library pane. Right click on a clear part of that, choose 'Insert Video' and navigate to where you DV files are stored. Choose the ones you want, click OK and they will be inserted into the Video library pane, from where you can drag them to the timeline and edit them.

vinnieg · Post by **vinnieg** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 2:01 pm

I'd like to reiterate that I am using the trial version, just in case that makes a difference. When I go to import the .dv files, they do not show up in the dialog. If I choose "All Files" for file types, they show up, but I can't import them. I get an error stating "File Format Mismatch". I captured the video in Linux, so this may cause a problem. However, I can play the .dv files in Quicktime and I got one program to import them.

The reason for the .dv files is that I believe I have a corrupted mpeg file somewhere out of about 2 hours of clips. I had converted to mpeg when I captured, but three different DVD programs crash when trying to make a DVD movie with them. That's why I wanted to try the .dv files. One program I tried could read them (if you imported the directory they were in), but it crashed too. So maybe one of the .dv files is corrupt.

Thanks for the help.

DiscCoasterPro · Post by **DiscCoasterPro** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 3:03 pm

Hi. When a dv file is captured it is saved to the HD with the .AVI extension in a windows based computer. Could Linux give it some other file extension that isn't recognized by VS? I wondered this because, you would never have had to ask the question if you saw the AVI file extension.

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