Pinnacle Studio Version 8 | 
 enlarge | From: Pinnacle Systems
Category: Software
Buy New: $3.82
New (2) Used (2) from $3.82
Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 3764
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: No Operating System
Media: CD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 8.5 x 2.5
Model: 2099272
UPC: 613570207870
EAN: 0613570207870
ASIN: B000099SKS
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | A total video-editing solution providing all the tools you'll need | | • | Professional editing features include scene transitions, title effects, & fast/slow motion | | • | Easy drag-and-drop and frame-by-frame editing; preview window for instant viewing | | • | Import background music; record your own voice-over; create custom soundtracks | | • | Share your movies on videotape, DVD, CD, or the Internet |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 A Good package April 29, 2004
Marco (Holland)
Well i have an moviebox usb too and ehh no problems at all !
Only rendering is quit slow (i'm using FULL h/w acceleration now and it takes about 5 hours for an 2 hour dvd, but while most people are complaning about the a/v sync, its better here than the Ulead media software witch gives me over 5 seconds delay!
It seems that studio is also depending on directx (and youre video-adapter)
i'm using
Hardware: Amd 2000+ with 512 mb ram 80gb and 120gb harddrive,NEC1100a dvd-burner.Gforce 4MX440(64mb),sb-audigy,usb 2.0 bla bla bla
Software : windows XP,Pinnacle Studio 8.10,directx 9 and always the latest drivers!
And its realy giving me no trouble, by the way, if you record youre video directly on the disired bitrate then rerendering is very fast!!
 Do Not Buy Any Pinnacle Products! November 19, 2003
Tells It Like It Is (Brooklyn, NY United States)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought the Pinnacle MovieBox USB which came with Studio 8. The device has been making grinding noises after only 10 uses, and there are major bugs with Studio 8 which render it useless. And most importantly, Pinnacle DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY SUPPORT! They only have user forums (which I suggest you read first). If you don't believe me, just try finding a technical support phone # or e-mail address! The most blatant problem which has been outstanding since I purchased it is the "OOS" (audio out of sync), which makes the sound of any DVD you create a few seconds ahead or behind of the actual video. There is NOTHING you can do to fix the problem except hope it doesn't happen to you (usually for vids over 1 hour). The second biggest problem is the PC freezing every 30 seconds which even CTRL-ALT-DEL doesn't let you close the app. And you lose all your edits! I don't know what else is out there, but this was a $200 bust for me. BTW, I have a top-of-the-line PC. Before you buy any capture devices/software, you should have a fast CPU, lost of RAM, at least firewire or USB 2, and a large and fast hard drive (pref. 2). Otherwise, you'll have choppy video.
Maddening with no support October 22, 2003
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is the most frustrating software I've ever used at home. I've been trying to get it to work since March (7 months), and it's STILL a no go. I've spent countless hours dong everything from building a new high-end system to flashing my BIOS. Each phase fixes one problem only to run into another one. I can capture from 20 seconds to 4 minutes of video before my PC locks up so tight I have to call the power company to shut down our local grid to reboot. If it worked, it would be a AWESOME product. However, after seven months of scouring the Pinnacle web and other sites, and many Pinnacle updates - it still doesn't work. If you want frustration, then this is THE product for you!
Just some advice October 22, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Do yourself a favor, google search for +pinnacle +audio +synch (or better yet "oos" for "out of synch"). Do it for either for web pages or (news)groups. You will find expert after expert computer users who all come to same problem. this consistantly creates dvds where the audio and video are not synchornized. Your end product, no matter whether you captured off TV, you video taped home movies, or a state of the art home digital source, like a $1,500 digital movie camera, will all come out like badly dubbed Kung Foo movie.Pinnacle's own web support boards are filled with people having this problem, and many others and stunned by the total lack of technical support, or any Pinnacle response for that matter. If, by hook or by crook, you do get someone from pinnacle support to answer you on audio synch they will tell you the problem is with your capture and not the studio 8 program. You can explain til the cows come home that every media player on your computer results in a perfectly synched playback of your original so it is not the problem. Last you will be steered to their apparently endless set of "beta" fixes...they are on 8.10.4.0 as of today. None of the last dozen or so beta's have fixed this problem, but it will keep you busy installing.
I'd give it negative stars if I could October 10, 2003
Don't buy it. My kids will probably all gratuate from college before I can get a DVD project completed with this software. It is a lemon. It has awesome features, which makes the experience all the more bitter. You think you've created a masterpiece, and then some software bug corrupts your project and makes a DVD unproducable. It'll fail you when you most need it.If Pinnacle ever gets their act together, I'll revise this review. But for now, I'd give it negative stars if I could.
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