help with rendering

[b1tchm4gn3t]

ok, I have a Dazzle Digital Video Creator 150, It comes with Pinnacle Studio plus. What Im trying to do is take my captured video from vhs and make a dvd. I seem to go through all the steps OK, but when I actually make the dvd the first few minutes of my movie stutters, but the sound is ok. I did the web update to their software and think I have all the settings right. Is there an issue here that Im not aware of? I shut down all unneccesary processes and now I am at a loss. Thank you for any replies!

[pchan]

Since you are from the US, please check your video format. It should be NTSC i.e. 29.97 fps.

[jdizzy40]

I will tell you this and only once. If you just bought your Dazzle, return it without hesitation. Crap software bundled with a crap (hot running) piece of hardware. There are literally thousands of users who bought the "150" including myself and found out just how useless that package was and a waste of hard earned cash. My 2 cents. Type in "Dazzle" in the search column and look under "capture cards" also. You will quickly see what I mean. And oh go to their own web forum as well. Join the believers!

[proxyx99]

Try using another DVD authoring app to see if it occurs. Check your captured masterial playability first be4 you make a DVD.
As to the drivers, it is beyond discussion that Dazzle has a history of making some utter crap. They do work... not always though.

[tomk]

Hi,

search this forums for dvexcel. Its a very simple program that comes together with the old drivrpackage.
Capturing with it will normally give excellent quality of your videos.
To edit and burn I suggest you use tmpg dvd author.
I converted > 200 VHS and it worked very well.

[b1tchm4gn3t]

for those who replied I just want you to know I agree with dumping pinnacle 100%! Trouble is Im very busy and I bought this thing 1 hour and 45 minutes away, so my thoughts were to see if I can get this thing to work. I called Pinnacle and they told me I didnt have my activation key entered for MPEG2. Now that I have it entered I am going to give it another go. I also must say when I started this topic i forgot to mention that everything goes good except for the first 2 minutes the video is choppy, after that it all looks great. If it werent for the first 2 minutes being crappy, Id say this was a good package deal for the money, but lets face it..I seen too many bad words about them to not believe it. I also must say that capture goes great...looks good too before actually authoring it. Its there I seem to be having the problem, but it does go through all the steps and burns the disk. If anyone has any other apps I can use WITH this capture device I would also love to hear it. Oh...whats the differance between a 16:9 and a 4:3 aspect ratio? Which one should I be using?

[kisrum]

The "first two minutes" issue sounds like it could be tape problem. Were you watching while it captured? Harsh experience teaches that sometimes what looks fine on a TV doesn't come out so fine in the conversion process.

[b1tchm4gn3t]

well it happens with 2 different tapes! Looked good while I captured and even when it was done capturing and me just watching it. This happens AFTER I add the transitions (if any) and author it.

[Baldrick]

please change the subject, click on edit on your first post.