Problem w/ Pinnacle Studio 7 and Pinn. Express Video output

[alangst]

Hi,

I wasn't sure which forum to post this in so I just went for the general one. My problem is with Pinnacle Studio 7 Digital video editor, and also Pinnacle Express which is a VCD/DVD burning program.

I recently installed a new mobo with onboard 1394 port, and I have a sony digital8 camcorder. Capturing Video through the firewire port works great with studio 7, and I am able to edit the video fine. However, when I try to finalize the project and output it back to the DV camcorder, the output contains a high amt. of interference (a warbling sound and colored blocks blocking most of the picture). When I create the project as a AVI file or Mpeg file, it comes out great.

Now I would assume that the problem lies in my firewire connection to the camcorder, but I am having the exact same problem when I try to burn the created AVI file to a VCD. This program doesn't involve the firewire port at all, but the problem is basically the same. I'm stumped. Using Nero, I am able to burn the AVI file to a VCD without any problem, so I don't think the problem is with the CD burner.

Pinnacle Support is not very good, and I'm running out of options. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[alangst]

Does anybody know anything about interference that might be getting into the firewire connection. I got rid of pinnacle, and tried output with a differnent editing software, and still got the same interference. Any help??? Please

[Rich927]

When you want to record back to your Camcorder, the file must be the DV avi file format. What format did you capture with? When you burn to a VCD, the file format must be a VCD compliant mpg-1 file.

[alangst]

The format is avi for the DV, and an Mpg for the Pinnacle. It records and burns like it should, except for the fact that there is interference. I think it may be an motherboard problem with the onboard firewire vs. the pci firewire card I used to use.

[bruce48]

Yes, forget about good support from Pinnacle but I have gotten some good suggestions on other issues from the user's forums at:

http://webboard.pinnaclesys.com/default.asp?lng=1