Hate Cyberlink Director, is Pinnacle Studio better?

[AuraTodd]

Hi I do home movies and had some Cornish things I filmed. Because I hadn't used Cyberlink Director for a while because of having to do other things. The files now won't work properly, and I get an message saying " an error occurred while trying to open this file". I can't find copies on Picture Motion browser, so now I have lost some valuable memories because of this stupid software. :mad:

 

I am fed up with Cyberlink because it still crashes occasionally. and would like to know if Pinnacle Studio is better?

 

I wanted Pinnacle Studio HD v15, but it's unavailable on Amazon. What is the latest one please?

 

Anyone other Pinnacle users on here? Many thanks.

 

:)

[Plastic Nev]

Hi, I don't know Pinnacle myself, however I also have been looking for something that will do at least a reasonable job and found Windows live movie maker being OK, not the best I know but does work and is free.

However I did invest in Corel Video Studio about a year and a half since that does a reasonable job, but like you found with Cyberlink, does freeze sometimes. Also I have been made aware of an editing studio made by Magix.

Links to both Corel video studio, and Magix Movie editor consecutively below.

Both are around the £60-00 mark GBP.

 

http://www.corel.com/corel/product/index.jsp?pid=prod4650075

 

http://www.magix.com/gb/movie-edit-pro/

 

Nev.

[AuraTodd]

Hi thanks for your answer. Does Corel and magic have the drag and drop like Cyberlink. I tried one (can't remember name) but it was too complicated to use and very fiddly.

[Plastic Nev]

If you mean drag and drop a video file into the editor, yes you can with the Corel, I don't know about the Magix one, best to look at what they say and any on line instructions they may have for that.

 

Nev.

[Plastic Nev]

Hi, I have now seen and answered in another forum, here,

 

http://computerhelpforums.net/topic/42124-hate-cyberlink-director-is-pinnacle-studio-better/#entry168628

 

I also found you were answered as far as Pinnacle is concerned, and I have every reason to think Arctos is correct about it on here,

 

http://www.pchelpforum.com/xf/threads/hate-cyberlink-director-is-pinnacle-studio-better.141188/#post-902337

 

It will be appreciated if you stick to one forum or the other, it helps us all in the end, including folk who may find something useful for themselves out of these threads.

 

As for the question of being able to view the files that can no longer be read by your program, what format are they in, WMV, AVI, MOV, MP4 or other?

There may be another program or at least a viewer that can play them.

 

Nev.

[AuraTodd]

Hi, I have now seen and answered in another forum, here,

 

http://computerhelpforums.net/topic/42124-hate-cyberlink-director-is-pinnacle-studio-better/#entry168628

 

I also found you were answered as far as Pinnacle is concerned, and I have every reason to think Arctos is correct about it on here,

 

http://www.pchelpforum.com/xf/threads/hate-cyberlink-director-is-pinnacle-studio-better.141188/#post-902337

 

It will be appreciated if you stick to one forum or the other, it helps us all in the end, including folk who may find something useful for themselves out of these threads.

 

As for the question of being able to view the files that can no longer be read by your program, what format are they in, WMV, AVI, MOV, MP4 or other?

There may be another program or at least a viewer that can play them.

 

Nev.

 

Sorry about that. Hope I haven't causued offence :)

 

I did them in JPG what ever that is.

Edited October 28, 2012 by AuraTodd

[Plastic Nev]

Hi, OK, I know sometimes it seems a good idea to try different forums and hopefully get a lot of different advice, however it can conflict, with one person saying do this, and the next on a different forum says to try something that is the exact opposite, leading in the end to total confusion for you, the member asking for help.

 

having got that out of the way, are you sure it says JPG? also what is the size of the file in either KB, MB, or GB?

 

I ask that as JPG is not a video format, but is normally an ordinary single photograph, and if so, hence why it will not play as a video or movie.

 

Do you no longer have the original video files stored in the video's folder?

 

Now back to the actual video editor, have you tried the Windows own Live Movie maker? It is free and can be downloaded from Microsoft.

It will do simple editing such as removing a short unwanted clip from the middle of a video, and of course join several short clips into one full video.

 

You can place various types of interlacing between clips such as a fade from the end of one and fade back up into another, plus quite few other neat tricks.

 

Windows Live Movie Maker will handle HD, though earlier versions such as the ordinary Windows Moviemaker, which came bundled with XP will not.

To download and try it,

 

http://www.tucows.com/preview/753874

 

or you can search the Microsoft website to get it direct, though you may get the whole windows Live essentials such as Messenger and a few other things bundled in that download, Live Mail as an example.

 

One thing I am not sure about is whether it will run on your XP machine, though I cannot see any reason why it shouldn't.

 

Other than that, I have tried quite a few other free video editors, and to be quite honest, those I tried were poor at best, and in a lot of cases reduced the quality of picture.

So if for any reason you don't want the Microsoft one and prefer the greater options available in paid for software, the Magix one I linked to earlier, seems a good bet, not too expensive at the moment, offers quite a lot, and has good reviews.

 

The software company in general are good and I do have two of their other programs, one of which is a music notation program that I have had no trouble with in the near six years of use. Which actually means I am tempted to give it a try myself perhaps.

 

Any problems with HD video in general please let us know, and as much information as possible about the XP computer you are running it on, as it may be due to general slow performance of that machine, we can advise about that if needed.

 

Nev.

[AuraTodd]

are you sure it says JPG? also what is the size of the file in either KB, MB, or GB?

 

I ask that as JPG is not a video format, but is normally an ordinary single photograph, and if so, hence why it will not play as a video or movie.

 

Do you no longer have the original video files stored in the video's folder?

 

Now back to the actual video editor, have you tried the Windows own Live Movie maker? It is free and can be downloaded from Microsoft.

It will do simple editing such as removing a short unwanted clip from the middle of a video, and of course join several short clips into one full video.

 

 

Hi I usually put my movies into M Peg format (if that helps). I used Movie Maker once but got no sound with the picture so I might try [TABLE=class: wlrdZeroTable, width: 1022]

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I probably wouldn't use HD. Many thanks :)

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[Plastic Nev]

Corel products are usually good, so if that appeals then give it a try, that one you link to is the later version than my Video Studio 2010. It sometimes crashes, but I put that down to running it on Windows 7, so it may well be perfectly OK in XP.

 

Nev.

[AuraTodd]

is there a trial version please? :)

[Plastic Nev]

I don't know, perhaps not, but look round the Corel website and see is all I can say. Some makers do a sampler type thing or trial period before buying if a download, but not all.

 

Nev.