Please help...becoming very frustrated.  I am using Studio Version 12.1 and first I made my movie and put it on a dvd...no problem, but the quality was so low because I had over 2 hours of video.  It was my nephews wedding and I had menu and chapters... first was the edited version...second unedited version.So I decided to put them on 2 dvds and took off the uunedited version and just had the edited version it in. Now it would not go past the final file,kept hanging up there. I decided to start over..  Now I only have the edited version, no chapters on it and it does everything but on the dvd there is only abouat 300-400 mb of video...stops after about 9 minutes, I have about 70 minutes of video on it. When it is finished it tells me it was created successfully.  Why is this happening.  I really do not want to start over again....it takes so long to do the editing

Thanks Mary

Something you might try:  The old "copy/paste" trick.  This is completely nondestructive (it doesn't "hurt" your old project files at all), and it's easy to do.

Open your old project.  Optional:  Remove any menus (they tend to not get copied well)

Click on the timeline.  Ctrl-A (select All), ctrl-C (copy)

File/New Project

Click on the timeline.  Ctrl-V (paste)

Save under a new name, add your menu(s) back in (if desired), and see if the resulting project renders "better".

Worth a try, anyhow...

BittMann

I am new in this forum and after reading some responses, I noticed that they (responses) are just "tricks" or some kind of undocumented solutions to make Studio work. Is that the case here? Is Studio so buggy that upgrading to nwewer versions seems a waste money?

ok2pus:

I noticed that they (responses) are just "tricks" or some kind of undocumented solutions to make Studio work. Is that the case here?

Is Studio so buggy that upgrading to nwewer versions seems a waste money?

OK,

WELCOME to the forum. 

Since this is a user forum, and not a Pinnacle-staffed support line, most of what we know is based on the observations and experiences of many users, but we don't have any inside knowledge of the code that makes Studio tick.  We also don't have the power to fix anything.  So in a way, we know a lot of "tricks" to working around variuos problems.  Pinnacle moderates do review posts and chime in from time-to-time, and they have been known to be helpful, but don't expect them to show up since it really is a user forum.

Is upgrading a waste of money?  Individual results vary, and it depends on what you do.  Many people are very happy with S14.  Others are having some serious issues, especially in the Import area.  On the other hand, you also get some nifty add-ons at a decent price.

My advice it to wait a while (as you have already done), browse the forums, and see if the reported problems - especially ones that can be confirmed by other people - will impact what you do.

If there is trouble importing a certain type of footage, but you use a different type, then it's not a problem.  But if that is the same type your camera produces, and the problem has been confirmed by other people, then you'd probably want to wait for a patch and see if it's fixed then.

I focus on the "confirmed by other people" aspect because Studio is a complex tool, and most people have lots of other software and hardware installed (we tend to be hobbyists with lots of junk installed, though some people have systems dedicated to Studio) and a lot of individuals will report a problem that nobody else can reproduce.  It doesn't mean they are not having that problem, but it also means it probably won't affect you if nobody else can reproduce it on their system.

Take both the reports of disaster and glowing success stories with a grain of salt.  Then when (if) you do upgrade, simply do so with your eyes open and with an awareness of what you're getting into.

Good luck and have fun.

 

It does not get hung up on menus or anything like that actually It stops about minutes into the wedding, one time it might be 2 minutes another 7 minutes...varies.  There is no editting done at the wedding part.  when i look at the VTS_01_1.vob file it is only showing 680 mb...but the file is actually almost 4 gbs and then on the dvd it shows only 450 mb.  I even did a completely no editing one...no menus, transitions nothing and that doesn't even put the full movie on the dvd.  I tried in two different burners, different dvds...even went in and restored my computer back to when it did it right the first time thinking a service pack or something is causing the problem...nothing!!!

my captured video i am working with is a mpg is that it is supposed to be..thanks