Editing software

DaveBloor · #1 (**permalink**) 02-10-2006, 12:05 PM

I mainly shoot family tryp video, birthdays ebents etc. I have always used Premier Elements to edit my movies.

However there is a bug with version 1 of Elements where if you have a dual core CPU the application crashes when capturing the movie.

I have upgraded to version 2 to get around this problem but now Elements refuses to see my DVD burner. i have spoken to Adobe tech support and they confirm that this is also a known issue but with no fix available at the moment.

What would you reccomend as an alternative.

Thanks

Alan Mills · #2 (**permalink**) 02-10-2006, 12:52 PM

Premiere Elements is supposed to be pretty good. Do you get on with it for editing? If so then does it have the option tobuild a DVD image to your hard drive. If so then just use that. Then you can use a bespoke burning application (I use Nero) to actually cut the disk itself.

I prefer this route as I then have a copy of the DVD on my HDD and I can burn as many copies as I want at leisure.

DaveBloor · #3 (**permalink**) 02-10-2006, 02:37 PM

Its just the burning issue which is the problem, its just annoying that i paid £50 to fix one problem and then end up with another problem!

I can use all the other features of Elements no problem.

Thanks

Alan Mills · #4 (**permalink**) 02-10-2006, 03:08 PM

Do you have soemthignlike Nero for burning or copying disks? If so then if Premiere Elements can burn the DVD disk image (VIDEO_TS folder) to your HDD) then you can by-pass the limitation it has.

This is my workflow using Adobe Encore. I have little doubt it works fine but I always build the VIDEO_TS folder on my HDD and do the burn in NERO.

Team Man · #5 (**permalink**) 02-12-2006, 04:32 PM

Alan,
I found this thread quite interesting, I have just obtained Nero (my wife had it with her computer I've just found out) do you export your timeline to Mpeg 2 and use that in Nero to burn the DVD, at the moment I make DVD in Prem Elements 1, but the menu is a bit limiting so would like to use Nero, I could export the timeline to AVI or Mpeg2. Perhaps you could suggest, .....would be most grateful.

Marc Peters · #6 (**permalink**) 02-12-2006, 05:15 PM

Alan was refering to burning the disc only with Nero. He does all his authoring within Encore, but burns the image he creates using Nero.

Team Man · #7 (**permalink**) 02-12-2006, 05:31 PM

Thank you Mark