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  • W00DY
    Junior Member
    Junior Member
    • Jul 2003
    • 28
    #1

    In your opinon....

    All,

    In your opinon what is the best program for capturing, editing, and saving your home movies to DVD (from Sony DV handycam)?

    I have been using Windows Movie Maker and saving my movies to AVI. But I would like to use better software which "does it all".

    I am downloading a trial version of Pinnacle Studio 9, any thoughts?

    I have also been reading about Adobe Premier.

    Cheers.

    W00DY
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    • UncasMS
      Super Moderator
      • Nov 2001
      • 9047
      #2
      pinnacle 9 is a very fine software

      go for it

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        • W00DY
          Junior Member
          Junior Member
          • Jul 2003
          • 28
          #3
          Originally posted by UncasMS
          pinnacle 9 is a very fine software

          go for it
          Thanks. Well I started using it tonight for the first time. I captured the video. Made a movie on the timeline and then tried saving as DVD.

          After about an hour and a half of Pinnacle rendering an 18minute movie (is this normal?) it said copying to disk and then after about 5min it said there was a problem writing to the disk and the process failed?

          I will try again with a smaller file to see if I get this everytime.

          The software does seem easy to use though.

          W00DY

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            • Phytrax
              Platinum Member
              Platinum Member
              • Jul 2004
              • 169
              #4
              The render time is not unusual. It depends VERY much on your processor speed, and also on the quality of the movie you make. To save yourself some time from these errors it may be easier to have pinnacle output these files to the hard drive in DVD format then burn them with Nero. This will save you from having to recode the video every time. The coded video is probably already saved on your hard drive though.

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                • W00DY
                  Junior Member
                  Junior Member
                  • Jul 2003
                  • 28
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Phytrax
                  To save yourself some time from these errors it may be easier to have pinnacle output these files to the hard drive in DVD format then burn them with Nero.
                  Thanks, I will try this.

                  The other annoying thing I have found is I can't open previously captured AVI files with Pinnacle???

                  I am worried that the video I am capturing with the trial version of Pinnacle won't be readable by other editors.

                  This is getting very confussing

                  I wish there was just one program that would do everything.

                  W00DY

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                    • Phytrax
                      Platinum Member
                      Platinum Member
                      • Jul 2004
                      • 169
                      #6
                      The files you capture should be readable by most programs if you are capturing in mpg or avi format.

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