
I like Pinnacle more - it's just that the only problem is storage space for the clips I capture. Wish I knew what the problem was with Ulead. But when I burn from Pinnacle, the quality is excellent. Yet, I have noticed that when I capture with Ulead, it captures directly in MPEG or at least this is what I think because the files are much smaller? The only problem is that when I try to make a VCD in Ulead, the quality looks worse than a VCR tape. What is going on? Does Pinnacle capture in AVI (LARGE) then compresses to MPEG? Yet after burning to disk they must become less than 700 MB because I can make a VCD for playing in my DVD player. The captures are LARGE (3 Gig, 4 Gig, 2 Gig etc). There is something that is puzzling to me though.

I still don't know what deinterlacing is.

I am not as smart as you guys are though. I too have Ulead and Pinnacle Studio 8 on the same computer + the capture program that came with my ATI Wonder video card. Yes, this was the exact advice Ulead gave me - reinstall. (I was trying to be as detailed as possible here). But it doesn't matter because when I return to "Options" "Capture Options" the audio capture is still greyed out. There is also an audio tab there and when I click on it the audio choices are greyed out UNLESS I go and change the special setting to "User defined 1" and then the "MODE" "Audio Bit Rate" and "Sampe Rate" are no longer greyed out. If I go to "Options" "MPEG Settings" it gives you the choice of "Special settings" where you can set up either MPEG 1 or MPEG 2 at 320, 352 or 720 etc. When under AVI or DV the audio capture is not greyed out. I go to "Options" then "Capture Options" and "video capture" is checked but "audio capture" is greyed out (along with "force to use preview mode"). If I choose MPEG I end up only with video and no sound. If I choose AVI or DV - then begin capturing - then stop capturing and replay what I captured, I have video and audio. There are three choices for "format" - AVI MPEG and DV. I am in the "Capture" section and I am watching the television program with sound. Now I'm up again hoping someone can help me with this problem. I too am suffering from this problem so last night after 4 hours, I gave up and went to bed.
