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I am considering purchasing Vegas Movie Studio+DVD. I want to take existing MPEG, WMV, and AVI files, edit them, and (occasionally) burn them to DVD. Many of the MPEGs are files that I have captured with a Hauppauge PVR-250 capture card.
Pinnacle Studio 8 and 9 (when it isn't crashing) produces inconsistent results. However, I *do* like Pinnacle's editor. Roxio's editor and DVD creator seems more stable, but doesn't seem to have many features.
Since I'm primarily interested in a user-friendly and powerful editor, I was leaning towards TMPGEnc's MPEG Editor, VideoRedo, etc., when Vegas Movie Studio+DVD caught my eye. It looks like an impressive product. PC Magazine gave it a mixed review, especially the DVD Architect. Of course, they praise Pinnacle Studio year-after-year--even though Pinnacle is a very unstable product.
Has anyone else traveled this road? Will I like Vegas Movie Studio+DVD? Am I better off with something else? Will I be able to edit MPEG, AVI, and WMV files--or does that require additional software?
I am considering purchasing Vegas Movie Studio+DVD. I want to take existing MPEG, WMV, and AVI files, edit them, and (occasionally) burn them to DVD. Many of the MPEGs are files that I have captured with a Hauppauge PVR-250 capture card.
Pinnacle Studio 8 and 9 (when it isn't crashing) produces inconsistent results. However, I *do* like Pinnacle's editor. Roxio's editor and DVD creator seems more stable, but doesn't seem to have many features.
Since I'm primarily interested in a user-friendly and powerful editor, I was leaning towards TMPGEnc's MPEG Editor, VideoRedo, etc., when Vegas Movie Studio+DVD caught my eye. It looks like an impressive product. PC Magazine gave it a mixed review, especially the DVD Architect. Of course, they praise Pinnacle Studio year-after-year--even though Pinnacle is a very unstable product.
Has anyone else traveled this road? Will I like Vegas Movie Studio+DVD? Am I better off with something else? Will I be able to edit MPEG, AVI, and WMV files--or does that require additional software?