I've been having a lot of trouble with getting video editing software to work with my Sony HDR-HC7. Take a look at my thread, "HDV Capture Problems" on the Sony Vegas forum.

These are both trial versions of the software and I am attempting to evaluate them. With Ulead VS 11, there are two main problems: There is no Help file/tutorials (an error message says "help file not installed"). And THE BIGGIE: The app will not capture from my camcorder at all. When I attempt to capture, the app immediately hangs up and becomes unresponsive. Anyone have any ideas as to why?

My computer appears to be meeting the system requirements:

Core Duo processor, 1.73 ghz; 1GB RAM; NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
Driver: nv4_mini.sys; two 100GB HDDs. Both have plenty of space on them.

Before I forget, apparently I am not eligible for help from Corel/Ulead cuz this is a trial version. So I am stuck.

Any help will be appreciated!

Hi,
The help files are intentionally left out to reduce the download size of the trial. You can get them at the Corel/Ulead site but...I don't think there will be much help in there for your specific problem.
Go to the Corel VS forum and post the problem there.
Give it a meaningful title to attract attention and put "to etech" in the title. He is the resident HD guy over there.
http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/
Make sure you fill in your system specs and also as much info as possible per the "Read Before Posting" entry there lest you get ignored!

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