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I realize that I'm in the minority but Studio 8 has been good for me in converting VHS to DVD. I started with 8.10.4 so maybe I missed some of the rocky times.
There are a couple of items on my "wish list." I prefer to capture in AVI format and Studio 8 won't use HuffYUV to compress. Their "compression" is either way too aggressive (reputed to be MPEG1) or not enough. So I just use Virtual VCR and HuffYUV. Then I edit the AVIs with Studio 8. A 120 GB hard drive makes this not a problem.
The second item on my "wish list" is the ability to encode as Half D1. I had used uLead Movie Factory 2 previously and it supports Half D1 but Studio 8 does not.
The editing tool is very capable but not intuitive to me. I've not used any of the special effects.
Rendering the DVD from the AVI files takes a long time, e.g. overnight for 2 hours of video (AMD Athlon XP 2000+ 1600 MHz, 512 MB RAM).
Studio 8 probably generates DVD "coasters" only about 10% of the time. I have created a couple of SVCDs and they seem to work OK for VHS input. |
