Trying to edit avi in Pinnacle Studio: PROBLEM!

[L3Wi5]

Please help me =S I've recorded an AVI file and want to edit it in Pinnacle Studio but when I preview, play or click on it the video is displayed as either lots of coloured vertical lines or lots of dots and coloured speckles. I recorded simple AVI with Hypercam at 29FPS. Does Pinnacle only support MPEG if so how can I convert AVI to MPEG?

[edDV]

Can you give more specifics on the file properties? Better yet post the results from GSpot.

Also, try playing it in Windows Movie Maker. That may work.

[filmboss80]

I don't use Hypercam -- ever -- but from what I gather, it is an AVI type that is not compatible with most video editing software. As edDV suggested, analyze the AVI with GSpot. Pinnacle Studio -- if you can get it to work -- would likely best be suited for DV-AVI.

[L3Wi5]

I don't use Hypercam -- ever -- but from what I gather, it is an AVI type that is not compatible with most video editing software. As edDV suggested, analyze the AVI with GSpot. Pinnacle Studio -- if you can get it to work -- would likely best be suited for DV-AVI.

Hey Used GSpot and it says:
OpenDML (AVI v2.0)
Codec: CRAM

If you need more info please tell me.

[poisondeathray]

Install ffdshow, enable MS Video-1 in the configuration from "disabled" to "libavcodec"

I'm not sure if Pinnacle is vfw based or directshow based, so I would do it in both the vfw configuration (gold colored icon), and the normal configuration (red colored icon)

[DarrellS]

You need to change the capture settings of the capture program. CRAM is the worst compression you can use.