Newbie Video Studio problems

[DaveW2]

I am totally new to analog/digital conversions so may be doing something wrong.
I recently got a USB capture device to put my VHS tapes onto DVDs. This device came with Ulead Video Studio 8 SE.
I have captured and edited one tape as AVI files (MS AVI files - OpenDML). However when in Edit mode I send a clip to the video track I get an error saying the file contents are unreadable but the clip goes onto the video track and plays. If I then try to 'save trimmed video' I again get the error 'content of file is unreadable'.

Can anyone offer advice on the above?

I understand that to create a DVD disc the file should be in MPEG2 format, what, on a PC, can read such a file so I can view the file before burning?

I have created one disc but all I get is sound and no video when viewed with VLC.

Many thanks for any help offered.

PS I do have a trial version of Sony Vegas

[senu]

Originally Posted by DaveW2

I am totally new to analog/digital conversions so may be doing something wrong.
I recently got a USB capture device to put my VHS tapes onto DVDs. This device came with Ulead Video Studio 8 SE.
I have captured and edited one tape as AVI files (MS AVI files - OpenDML). However when in Edit mode I send a clip to the video track I get an error saying the file contents are unreadable but the clip goes onto the video track and plays. If I then try to 'save trimmed video' I again get the error 'content of file is unreadable'.

Can anyone offer advice on the above?

I would ditch the USB device and get some thing better.. as well as better software

I understand that to create a DVD disc the file should be in MPEG2 format, what, on a PC, can read such a file so I can view the file before burning?

Anything that will play back a DVD. VLC can too

I have created one disc but all I get is sound and no video when viewed with VLC.

Great you have VLC seems you need better editing software

PS I do have a trial version of Sony Vegas

This is decent software but Im not sure the trial version is mpeg2 friendly. Ulead is now on ver 12 ( called Corel X2)