Pinnacle Studio Moviebox Ultimate V12
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Software Reviews of Pinnacle Studio Moviebox Ultimate V12
Customer Review: studio utimate v12
Summary: 5 Stars
We have had this for one month and it is the very best i have seen.
I have coverted hundreds hours of 8mm race tapes to dvd.
If you purchase this product, be aware you must have a fairly up to date computer. All and all this is ultimate
Customer Review: Do not buy this product
Summary: 1 Stars
This is a defective product. The capture device in this package completely distorts the video signal. I spent time with Pinnacle tech support - 2 different people. They asked stupid questions and told me I had to re-load a driver. Of course, that made no difference. I had the feeling they were clueless about their product or they were just stalling because they know it's bad.
I have a good svhs VCR which plays the tapes with no distortion. I have windows XP with a high end processor and 4 gig's of RAM. I have a good video card.
I have seen other bad reviews for this company's products. I should have paid attention. If anyone knows about an analog to digital video device that actually works, please feel free to share.
PS I didn't get to use the software other than the tutorial. That part of the package may actually work. This review is all about the video capture device.
Customer Review: Awesome Product!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a very powerful, totally complete movie editing system, but you must have a computer capable of handling it. I have a dual core AMD processor, Vista Home Premium, 3 gigs of RAM, and store my mini DV video files on a seperate external hard drive. The program has worked as promised, is very fast, and has all the tools you need to do a professional job. Only once did it drop frames during video capture, but after restarting my computer the problem disapeared. The ability to generate custom music tracks for slideshows or video is great, and the selections seem endless. The program is easy to use for beginners, but capable enough for the serious video hobbiest. I highly recommend it!Customer Review: Does the job, but with some problems
Summary: 3 Stars
It works with Windows Vista 64 as promised, but there were a few problems:
1. During video capture, the video froze while the audio continued to be captured. This happens randomly after approximately 20 - 30 minutes. I had to repeat the video capture 4 times before the whole 2 hours of camcorder Hi8 tape was successfully captured.
2. The menu maker for the DVD did not work well. It created the first menu page correctly, but the second and third menu page was just a green background. I can still navigate to my selected scenes, but there were no images for the scenes, just green boxes and green background.
The version of Pinnacle Studio (version 12) is easy to use and intuitive enough for a video neophyte like me to make a decent DVD.
And here's a tip for the first time user. If you are capturing video from a camcorder and the video looks jumbled in the preview box, go to the settings page and check the "VCR input" checkbox. This is not checked for you by default. That should clear up your video.
Overall, it does the job adequately, but it's far from a polished product. If you're willing to live with the problems mentioned above, then it is good investment for making copies of your videos before the magnetic tapes deteriorate and you lose all the cherished memories of kids and family. Good luck.