Posted by Donald Link on 10/09/05 07:09

You need to correct your statement that Studio 10 was back in the
analog days. I think you meant to say Studio DC10 hardware and not
the most current version of Pinnacle Studio 10 software version which
was just released in the last few days.

On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 18:46:37 -0400, TonyP <arpierre@hooptonline.net>
wrote:

>Roundtable wrote:
>
>> Okay, so up to now, I did video editing the caveman way, from one
>> VCR to another, or from camera to VCR, sometimes via some kind of
>> interim mixer appliance - which was cool. Complicated, but cool.
>>
>> So now I got a new PC as a birthday present, and afore-mentioned
>> Studio 9 plus, and it's amazing to work with.
>>
>> However, in order to transfer video material from my old analog
>> JVC camera onto the PC, I have to plug in my new digital Panasonic
>> camera in FIRST - if I don't, my Studio 9 software doesn't know
>> what to do. As soon as I plug in the digital camera however,
>> the little screen up in the right-hand corner lights up with whatever
>> scene is playing in my analog camera, and everything is fine and
>> I can go ahead. Same goes for when I want to transfer material
>> from my VCR to the PC.
>>
>> And, last but not least, I get "blips" that sound like a snore,
>> and greenish disturbances in the picture, from time to time - but
>> only with analog material. Which does tick me off, because the software
>> is supposed to be equally good for digital AND the old analog stuff.
>>
>> They used to have "Studio DC 10" which was for both old and new, don't
>> know what that's called now.
>
>Studio 10 was back in the analog days. Now, everyone is using firewire
>to xfer video to the computer. Unless you have a "deluxe" breakout box,
>analog in and out will have to be done thru a firewire camera with
>analog i/o's. As for the drop outs and such with the tapes, that is
>something that at times plagues analog capture. Usually, playing the
>tape back on the recorded mechanism will solve most of these problems.

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