DVD Maker

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So I decide to look at this. I use start menu and it immediately tells me
it can't run because of limitations of my video card.

Since I also have Roxio software, I install it and bring it up. It has no
trouble finding the DVD drive and seems to have no troubles making DVD copes
from the GBs of info I already have on the local hard drives.

Ed
 
A single dialog about the video card not meeting the hardware acceleration
requirements. This PC happens to be the primary PC is use for video work
every day. I capture video from camcorders, edit using various tools, and
build DVDs from the results.

Never a problem. However Vista can run neither Movie Maker or DVD Maker.

This is a Dell 2.4 GHz PC with 1 GB RAM, gobs of disk, and assorted other
items including a DVD burner.

Ed
 
This Dell system has video built into the motherboard. It seems to work
fine with any number of other third party video/dvd tools in XP.

Ed
 
I understand what you are saying, but that is crazy.

High end video cards do offer some capabilities that motherboard cards do
not offer. They do a great job at games and other applications that require
much higher refresh rates. My grandson plays Halo, and this does very
poorly on low-end video systems. However basic video systems do fine for
photo work, DVD creation, and video production.

However as I said before, this PC works perfectly in XP for all the photo
and video things I do. Vista should be able to do the same. the fact that
is cannot is just one more example why it has problems. To suggest that the
video is the problem is just incorrect.

Ed
 
Ed Dixon said:
I understand what you are saying, but that is crazy.

High end video cards do offer some capabilities that motherboard cards do
not offer. They do a great job at games and other applications that
require much higher refresh rates. My grandson plays Halo, and this does
very poorly on low-end video systems. However basic video systems do fine
for photo work, DVD creation, and video production.

However as I said before, this PC works perfectly in XP for all the photo
and video things I do. Vista should be able to do the same. the fact
that is cannot is just one more example why it has problems. To suggest
that the video is the problem is just incorrect.

Ed
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Unfortunately Andre is right. You will have to get a newer video card to get
Vista to function correctly. I just bought my PC in 2004 and am still paying
on as I speak (just paid $200 on it today as a matter of fact) but it only
has a 64MB video card in it. That means I either a: am going to have to get
a new video card so that vista can function properly or b: wait until the
digital cable ready media center video cards come out and then buy one.
 
He may be right about Vista, but he is wrong about video. This is a Vista
thing and is not related to video capabilities, which already work perfectly
in XP on the same PC.

One element of the future success of Vista will be it;s ability to deal with
today gear, not what might be tomorrow. PCs that work today in XP should
continue to work in Vista.

Ed
 
Not a long way, but not today. However the beta is today, and it fails in
this area. This is a software design issue that hopefully will be fixed.
It has absolutely nothing to do with video capabilities, which work just
fine today in Vista for other products that do exactly the same thing.

Ed
 
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