I'm about to buy a simple IEEE 1394 card, there are many, I narrowed down to
pure Firewire (no USB) and found some for $13-25, but noticed one for around
$30 that has ULEAD "SE" software....I think that's the way-scaled down
version of regular software, or maybe it's a trial disk, don't know.

Is something like this worth it, or should I just skip it and stay with pure
electronics... is the software so scaled down as to be outdated for current
standards, or barely useful for doing a good job on a movie project.

Should I just stick with Win Movie Maker on this WinXP PC for time being?

Thanks for opinions/suggestions,
George

Re: IEEE 1394 with free software...is free good? by Kenny

Kenny
Thu Dec 08 18:36:54 CST 2005

I bought Pinnacle Studio DV in a box which included a Firewire card, FW
cable, Pinnacle Studio 9 and printed manual for same.
Studio 9 has never worked and I invested in Adobe Premiere Elements 2,
Adobe's "Classroom In A Book" and "Premiere Elements for Dummies".

--
Kenny Cargill


"George" <air1@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:OdztsOD$FHA.912@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> I'm about to buy a simple IEEE 1394 card, there are many, I narrowed down
> to
> pure Firewire (no USB) and found some for $13-25, but noticed one for
> around
> $30 that has ULEAD "SE" software....I think that's the way-scaled down
> version of regular software, or maybe it's a trial disk, don't know.
>
> Is something like this worth it, or should I just skip it and stay with
> pure
> electronics... is the software so scaled down as to be outdated for
> current
> standards, or barely useful for doing a good job on a movie project.
>
> Should I just stick with Win Movie Maker on this WinXP PC for time being?
>
> Thanks for opinions/suggestions,
> George
>
>



Re: IEEE 1394 with free software...is free good? by Wojo

Wojo
Fri Dec 09 19:16:28 CST 2005

Well since the difference is minimal I would guess that it is either a trial
or, as you suspected already, a scaled down version. Since pretty much
everything Ulead does is available as a free trial download I would
recommend going back to the lower priced IEEE cards.
-Wojo

"George" <air1@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:OdztsOD$FHA.912@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> I'm about to buy a simple IEEE 1394 card, there are many, I narrowed down
> to
> pure Firewire (no USB) and found some for $13-25, but noticed one for
> around
> $30 that has ULEAD "SE" software....I think that's the way-scaled down
> version of regular software, or maybe it's a trial disk, don't know.
>
> Is something like this worth it, or should I just skip it and stay with
> pure
> electronics... is the software so scaled down as to be outdated for
> current
> standards, or barely useful for doing a good job on a movie project.
>
> Should I just stick with Win Movie Maker on this WinXP PC for time being?
>
> Thanks for opinions/suggestions,
> George
>
>



Re: IEEE 1394 with free software...is free good? by Graham

Graham
Sun Dec 11 14:12:36 CST 2005

Depends on whether you feel you may want to upgrade at a later date.
The se version is a scaled down one, not a trial, so doesn't have all the
functions of the full version. Not knowing which se version it is, it may
also be out of date, Ulead are now on V9.
The benefit you would have from buying this one is that if you wanted to
upgrade to a full version of videostudio you'd get a very good upgrade
price.


--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com


"Wojo" <[REMOVE]wojos_web@[REMOVE]verizon.net> wrote in message
news:M%pmf.5625$7r6.1621@trnddc07...
> Well since the difference is minimal I would guess that it is either a
> trial or, as you suspected already, a scaled down version. Since pretty
> much everything Ulead does is available as a free trial download I would
> recommend going back to the lower priced IEEE cards.
> -Wojo
>
> "George" <air1@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:OdztsOD$FHA.912@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> I'm about to buy a simple IEEE 1394 card, there are many, I narrowed down
>> to
>> pure Firewire (no USB) and found some for $13-25, but noticed one for
>> around
>> $30 that has ULEAD "SE" software....I think that's the way-scaled down
>> version of regular software, or maybe it's a trial disk, don't know.
>>
>> Is something like this worth it, or should I just skip it and stay with
>> pure
>> electronics... is the software so scaled down as to be outdated for
>> current
>> standards, or barely useful for doing a good job on a movie project.
>>
>> Should I just stick with Win Movie Maker on this WinXP PC for time being?
>>
>> Thanks for opinions/suggestions,
>> George
>>
>>
>
>