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Had the same problem. Ran install again (did not uninstall) and all went well.
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I moved from the Ulead world to Vegas a couple of months back, not looking back at all for video editing. For DVD editing on the other hand, I am sticking with Ulead DVD Workshop. The way you can add play-lists to menus etc is very flexible indeed.
Some of it’s power is hidden in it’s “user friendly” interface, but I have yet to come across better DVD authoring in this price class. It’s only flaw right now is that creating 16:9 menus is cumbersome (need a messy work-around). I expect this will change soon enough.
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If they are on PCs (not MACs) and the PCs are relatively new, WMV is probably the better option. There are other good encoders out there too, such as DivX etc, but if family movies for PC distribution is what you want, you are fine.
I got a DVD burner for this purpose, since movies mostly look better on a TV set than on a PC.
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You may not be allowed to exchange it. All LCDs have, or will develop, dead pixels. That is the nature of LCDs. Most manufacturers have a maximum number of dead pixels they will ship with. The number is higher than 1 I think.
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I’m pretty sure it would not work. Most DVD software uses DirectX to display their movies, this means that the DVD player “punches a hole” in the screen where it is to display the movie. Using camtasia or simiar screen capture software you would probably not see a movie, just a black square.
Try it your self by playing the DVD and then pressing Print Screen. Copy the image into a paint program. If you can see the image, camtasia would work. If you get a black box (most likely) it would not.
This is why most DVD players have their own screen capture from the DVD menu.
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Two ways, depeding… When you chose a new project (File -> New…) the dialog allows you to set the pixel aspec ratio, set it to 1.2121 (NTSC DV Widescreen) or 1.4568 (PAL DV Widescreen) depending on your DV camcorder.
If you have started a project already, go to File -> Properties, the same dialog comes up, select the appropriate aspect ratio.
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Why not just edit in 16:9? Why edit in 4:3 and add the borders? If you edit in 16:9 the transitions will be on the video only and (if you distribute on DVD) the DVD player will add the black borders on 4:3 TVs.
If you are not distributing on DVD I see no reason to edit in 4:3 either.
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I know some people will disagree with this, but my recommendation on this one is “stay away”. It is not worth it. Integrated video (and even sound) is a really poor substitute for the real thing. Not to mention that it will consume precious RAM and other resources which you will need for editing.
Get something that does not have integrated video. Don’t bother with this one, it is for surfing and email only 🙂
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I have used a few of the packages out there, but I am only an amateur, so don’t take what I say as any kind of gospel. In my opinion, Vegas is the best there is for PCs. On Mac I like FCP too. The last couple of years I have been using Ulead Media Studio pro which is nice, and has one advantage over Vegas, but is far behind in every other (imo). The advantage it has is that it edits MPEG quite well, Vegas doesn’t edit MPEG all that well, but Vegas does everything else better. I make DVDs from DV footage, I don’t need to edit MPEG, so it is not an issue for me.
It is not possible to transfer from DV to DVD without any quality loss. DVD doesn’t have the bandwidth of DV. Vegas will give you a very easy DV to DVD solution with very high quality DVD output however. Highly recommended.
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For horespower with class, Alienware is hard to beat. They are not the cheapest systems around, but they are built for speed. Also, you can’t beat the looks of these things.
Alienware build systems for speed, and only for speed. Check out the Area 51 at alienware.com.
I am in no way affiliated with alienware, but I have been a very happy customer for a long time and I keep coming back for more.