Pinnacle Studio Plus... unheard of?

senshiSolace · Post by **senshiSolace** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 10:46 pm

ahh! i got Pinnacle studio Plus for x-mas feat. mannnyyy effects, transitions, def. and advanced editing program... well, I wrapped the files into avi files (etc. etc.) and it won't let me play, edit, add to timeline... nothing... it IS an avi... does anyone have any insight on this? guh! so disappointing...
{thankyou}SS.

badmartialarts · Post by **badmartialarts** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 5:44 pm

I think (I might be wrong) that Pinnacle is designed to edit DV AVIs only. Which means you'll have to take all your clips and save them with a DV codec...probably Pinnacle's own codec, which should have came with the program.

Jason 00 · Post by **Jason 00** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 12:00 am

I have used Pinnacle Studio 8 in the past and found it worked the best importing .avi's as uncompressed RGB. Studio 8 would just shut down out right if I tried importing anything under the Huffyuv 2.1.1 codec. I never tried the MJPEG codec however. So basicaly I would import my scripts into VirtualDub and create my clips I wanted to use as uncompressed RGB.

Now the funny thing is that you can export out of Pinnacle Studio 8 under different codecs (DV is default). Studio 8 would export under the Huffyuv codec without fail, but I was never able to get it to import using Huffyuv

So if Pinnacle Studio Plus is anything like Studio 8 I would try importing your clips as uncompressed RGB. You may also want to free up some hard drive space.