Studio 8 Hangs at DVinfo.net

Joe Moore · April 13th, 2004, 07:20 PM

Hello All,

Simple but vexing question. I am attempting to render a 13 min. piece involving stills, videos, and titles on Studio 8 (Win XP) with the most recent patch. I am trying to burn to DVD but it hangs every time in rendering. I have made several DVs with this software but recently upgraded to a Mad Dog DVD 8x Burner so now I need to produce DVDs. I have tried all Pinnacle suggested, including defrags etc. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Joe

PS~I hope to upgrade to either Adobe or Vegas after this project.

Rob Lohman · April 14th, 2004, 02:36 AM

Do you still have your old burner and can you downgrade to
that for the moment? It sounds like the product is not supporting
your burner.

What operating system are you running?

Ed Smith · April 14th, 2004, 05:08 AM

There was a bug in studio which was pretty much the same as you are describing. If you have upgraded to the latest then the only other thing that you could do as Rob has mentioned is put in another DVD-burner.

Joe Moore · April 14th, 2004, 05:08 PM

Thanks guys for the advice but unfortunately I do not have a burner to downgrade to. I just installed a Mad Dog Dominator and I tried there technical support line and they were no help. I read somewhere else though after installing new hardware you need to uninstall and reinstall Studio, any comments?

Thanks,

Joe

Gints Klimanis · April 14th, 2004, 05:53 PM

Why don't you try burning a simpler project to help you identify the problem? I'm a heavy user of Studio8 (now 9). It was picky
about titles and transitions. So, I just rendered the complicated stuff to uncompressed or DV files, then inserted them into my DVD project. There is a workflow to get around Studio8 hangs,
but generally, create the menu after you've finished your editing.

Joe Moore · April 14th, 2004, 05:57 PM

I tried the re-installing, and that did not work. Gints, are you suggesting that I drop it to tape then bring it back on as a new capture. Does that comprimise the quality, (I am new to this if you cannot tell)? Thanks for the advice, I will definately transfer it to tape, just to have a back-up copy.

Thanks,

Joe

Gints Klimanis · April 14th, 2004, 07:33 PM

Joe,

I'm just suggest that you make a separate project out of your complicated sequences of titles and transitions, render them out
to a disk file as an uncompressed AVI or DV-format AVI. Then,
add them back to your project. If you use uncompressed, it takes a while, but doesn't compromise quality. If you use DV-format AVI, it's 5:1 compression, equivalent to that of your camcorder.

Good luck,

Gints

April 13th, 2004, 07:20 PM	#1
Joe Moore Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 25	Studio 8 Hangs Hello All, Simple but vexing question. I am attempting to render a 13 min. piece involving stills, videos, and titles on Studio 8 (Win XP) with the most recent patch. I am trying to burn to DVD but it hangs every time in rendering. I have made several DVs with this software but recently upgraded to a Mad Dog DVD 8x Burner so now I need to produce DVDs. I have tried all Pinnacle suggested, including defrags etc. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Joe PS~I hope to upgrade to either Adobe or Vegas after this project.

April 14th, 2004, 02:36 AM	#2
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Do you still have your old burner and can you downgrade to that for the moment? It sounds like the product is not supporting your burner. What operating system are you running? __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

April 14th, 2004, 05:08 AM	#3
Ed Smith Wrangler Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hampshire, England Posts: 1,545	There was a bug in studio which was pretty much the same as you are describing. If you have upgraded to the latest then the only other thing that you could do as Rob has mentioned is put in another DVD-burner. __________________ Ed Smith Hampshire, UK Good things come to those who wait My Skiing web www.Frostytour.co.uk For quick answers Search dvinfo.net \| The best in the business: dvinfo.net Sponsors

April 14th, 2004, 05:08 PM	#4
Joe Moore Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 25	Thanks guys for the advice but unfortunately I do not have a burner to downgrade to. I just installed a Mad Dog Dominator and I tried there technical support line and they were no help. I read somewhere else though after installing new hardware you need to uninstall and reinstall Studio, any comments? Thanks, Joe

April 14th, 2004, 05:53 PM	#5
Gints Klimanis Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 2,222	Why don't you try burning a simpler project to help you identify the problem? I'm a heavy user of Studio8 (now 9). It was picky about titles and transitions. So, I just rendered the complicated stuff to uncompressed or DV files, then inserted them into my DVD project. There is a workflow to get around Studio8 hangs, but generally, create the menu after you've finished your editing.

April 14th, 2004, 05:57 PM	#6
Joe Moore Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 25	I tried the re-installing, and that did not work. Gints, are you suggesting that I drop it to tape then bring it back on as a new capture. Does that comprimise the quality, (I am new to this if you cannot tell)? Thanks for the advice, I will definately transfer it to tape, just to have a back-up copy. Thanks, Joe

April 14th, 2004, 07:33 PM	#7
Gints Klimanis Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 2,222	Joe, I'm just suggest that you make a separate project out of your complicated sequences of titles and transitions, render them out to a disk file as an uncompressed AVI or DV-format AVI. Then, add them back to your project. If you use uncompressed, it takes a while, but doesn't compromise quality. If you use DV-format AVI, it's 5:1 compression, equivalent to that of your camcorder. Good luck, Gints