Roxio Videowave or ULead VideoStudio

[yamato72]

CompUSA has Roxio Videowave 5 Power Edition for $50 after rebates. Has anyone used it, and how does it compare to ULead VideoStudio 6? My uses would be for editing home movies and burning to DVD. Anyone know of the capturing capabilities? I won't sacrifice features just to save $50. My free trial of ULead has just run out so any input would be appreciated....

[mattjh]

I have been using VideoStudio 6 trial and VideoWave. I like VideoStudio better. I did have some trouble outputting back to my camcorder though. It may be because of the trial version.

[newmyers]

I made my first video with MGI VideoWave last year and found it easy to use but when I got Ulead VideoStudio this year I found it much, much easier. The most used feature that isn't present in VideoWave is the timeline. They only include a storyboard view so when you have songs cross over video clips it's really tough to get the timing exact. With VideoStudio you can time the song to end exactly with the end of the clip.
I bought full versions of both software programs for about $50 with rebates. I do find some features in VideoWave interesting like the TimeWarp which allows you to speed up or slow down a video clip. This is useful to make slow moving, boring video clips a little funnier (I sped up some kids painting a house).
Hope that helps. E-mail me if you'd like to discuss more.

As for capture, I use a digital camcorder and capture directly to AVI. I produce the video in AVI and copy it back to the camcorder. This works very well in both programs. I have done some conversion to DVD but couldn't tell you which program is better for that.

[DVWannaB]

Ditto with VideoStudio 6. Videowave 4 was the first piece of video software I used as it came packaged with my capture card. I found it quirky and obtrusive. VideoStudio 6 beats Videowave 4 by a country mile. I cant say anything about Videowave 5 the newest version. Try both and see which you like best.

[ronbo613]

Hello-I have used VideoWave and Video Studio, I prefer Video Studio. I have Video Studio 6 now, replacing Video Studio 5. The VS5 was OK, the VS6 seems much better. I also use Premiere 6.0, very complicated, seems to really tax computer resources. The Video Studio is great for general use, it seems to work with most formats pretty easily. I upgraded from VS5 to VS6 from the Ulead website for $45. My VS5 came with my video card so it was a deal.

[MarkLV]

Hi,

VideoWave 5 (as well as 3 and 4) has weird audio-video synchronization problem. Any clip longer than 20~30, that I produced by VideoWave had delay between audio and video. Yes, I know, it can be hardware related problem, but I upgraded my computer from PENTIUM III/INTEL CHIPSET/SDRAM/USB CAPTURE DEVICE/WIN2000 to
ATHLON/SIS CHIPSET/DDR SDRAM/PCI CAPTURE CARD/WINXP and, still, I have the same synchronization problem.

VideoStudio 6 works fine on both (old and new) configurations.

Comparing their features, I would say that both are pretty close one to another. VideoWave has a little bit more features (for example simple audio editing capabilities), but VideoStudio has more intuitive and convenient interface (especially for precise video editing).

[yamato72]

Thanks guys, VideoStudio it is. Now for another question: are you guys capping analog doing it within VideoStudio, or are you capping with VDub?

I'm using VDub/Huffyuv and like the results. The main problem I've been having is that VideoStudio (my trial version that has since run out) would only recognize the first 3 minutes of my avi, no matter how long. If I just go straight to TMPGenc and encode to mpeg2, the whole AVI is read but I'm also having sound synch issues.

Has anyone experienced these problems, and what was your solution? VirtualVCR? FreeVCR?

Thanks

[ReeN]

1) The most used feature that isn't present in VideoWave is the timeline.... ...I do find some features in VideoWave interesting like the TimeWarp which allows you to speed up or slow down a video clip.

2) ..I also use Premiere 6.0, very complicated, seems to really tax computer resources.

I agree with above remarks & would like to add that VWave has a nice preset intro/ending and will add appropriate transition b'ween clips (depends on the theme you chose; like party, wedding & etc)... It's good for a short & simple movie...

but like others, I too like VStudio better (mine is ver. 6) compare to VideoWave.... the timeline really makes our job easy...

Then I found out that Pinnacle studio 8 is much more better than VStudio... they have almost the same layout (easy to use; with timeline and etc)... Pinnacle has other things that VStudio dont have like speed/slow motion... & more transition effect too...

If someone like Vstudio, I believe they might also like Pinnacle & find it better...


~I have Adobe Premier 6.5 too but havent really got the time to explore it & furthermore it "seems" complicated... is it really complicated ronbo613 ????