#Pinnacle moviemaker movie
#Pinnacle moviemaker install
#Pinnacle moviemaker drivers
#Pinnacle moviemaker upgrade

I used Pinnacle 9 years ago and got to know its little foibles but managed OK. Im just hoping it is a better, more productive experience than the one I have had with Pinnacle Studio. Soon, I intend to sample the delights of Adobe Premier. I just need to get this damn project finished, and then Ill throw this software into the bin where it belongs. Also, on the rare occasions that it does crash, this annoying fault reporting dialogue box pops up.

My PC is around three years old now, but it can still play some of the latest games, so that cant be the problem.

#Pinnacle moviemaker movie

I just dont understand why it runs so sluggishly! I know my machine is getting on a bit, but Im not trying to make Star Wars here am I? It's just a stupid home movie with a run time of about twenty minutes. It sucks up all the available memory, and don't even think about turning on background rendering, unless you happen to have a Cray Supercomputer tucked under your desk that is! Big mistake, because my PC just has not been the same since! This software is a perfect example of BLOATWARE in my opinion.

#Pinnacle moviemaker install

This wasnt much use, because most other PCs and DVD players wouldnt be able to play a file with this codec.įed up, I put things off for a good six months at which point, I eventually decided to install version 10 and give it another go. It may have been my fault this time, but for some reason or other I lost the ability to render my movie in anything other than the built in pinnacle codec (MJPEG). Suddenly though, I ran into difficulties again.

#Pinnacle moviemaker upgrade

Also, the performance began to suffer as the project grew in size and that just made things unbearable so I decided to upgrade to version 9.3 and for a while things were good. However, the application kept crashing and it was really becoming a nuisance having to redo all work that I lost every time this happened. a nuisance having to redo all work that I lost The scene transitions were very effective, and the title editor was exactly what I was looking for. Initially I was really impressed with the way you could throw in some cool effects if you wanted to (Yes, some people do go a bit mad with them!), and that you could really control the music, sound effect and audio tracks very precisely. It had all been going so well, and I was actually quite pleased with the results so far. I started using version 9.0 of the software, and I was about half way through making my first movie when I ran into problems with it crashing. Pinnacle Studio seemed to be a really good product at first. Looking back I should have just stuck with Movie Maker! I thought to myself, this is great, but I need to be able to do more.

If anyone has any ideas on how I can get MovieMaker to recognize the Dazzle I would really appreciate it! Or, some other programs that will work without using so much memory.I took my first steps into the world of video editing and producing home movies, using the quick and easy Movie Maker that comes with Windows XP. I tried contacting Dazzle, but since Pinnacle took it over, they say they no longer support MovieMaker and won't even try to help me. I would prefer to use MovieMaker because it uses less then 2,000K of memory, whereas Pinnacle uses over 240,000K! Since I only have 384,000K installed, I have to close everything, including my antivirus, in order to use Pinnacle. But when I try to use MovieMaker, there are no devices listed under Video Device, so I can't use it.

#Pinnacle moviemaker drivers

I can use the Pinnacle software, so I know there's no problem with drivers or anything like that. I have a Dazzle 150 (this would be the hardware) and Pinnacle Studio 9 & MovieMaker 5 for software. I'm not sure if this is better off in the hardware forum or software since it involves both, but I decided to try here first and see how it goes.