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Pinnacle Studio problems

What a nightmare

The software could more accurately be described as bloatware and it kept crashing all the time. Version 10 was just a joke and you can forget turning on background rendering.



I tried out Pinnacle Studio recently, to edit some home movies and I wish I had just stuck with Windows Movie Maker. It would have been a lot less hassle and a lot less crashing.

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03-7-2008I completely destroyed a good PC because of the crappy Pinnacle program, Studio 10. After frustrating hours of trying to remove this "virus" from my program files and/or registry, my boot sector was corrupted beyond repair. I cannot tell you the hours spent trying to install/reinstall this...moreeditorterry@aol.com
18-4-2008I totally agree with this gripe about Pinnacle Studio - I have very, very similar issues and history with Studio 10 Plus and Studio 11 Ultimate. People need to really consider their options with this product. Investigate all the pros but please, please listen to all the cons also. You may just be th...moreDannyF
24-3-2008For whoever had the microphone problem, a way to get around that is to record the voice-overs using some other program (even the voice recorder that comes with Windows works) and then simply import the recordings as sound files into the Pinnacle software. I really haven't had problems with it so...moreLaura
19-3-2008Well you are not the only one to have problems with Pinnacle. I bought a gaming computer, which at first worked fine then I installed version 11 ultimate edition that I bought (should have done my reserch before hand), have sent my computer back 3 times to the maker and still have problems. Going ...moreBen
18-3-2008After working very successfully with Pinnacle 9. The logical update is 10 BUT DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT - impressive features lets you do your editting and THEN WONT RENDER TO DISC. After investigation Pinnacle blamed my Pansonic camera's. On their own admission it does not work properly with sev...moreJules2477
24-12-2007I am looking for an editing software that works - The End!!!cwt
24-12-2007Studio 10+, what is there to say. Bahhhhhh! My USB microphone worked one time with a project. Then on the second project the microphone is not seen in the setup menu. So no voice overs can be created. I guess I will have to use titles and make my DVD look like the old silent movies with captions a...moreSluggO
21-12-2007I upgraded to V11 6 months ago. I cannot render any menus on my project for Christmas. Support says kill these tasks, change media, slow down burning, none of which work. Plenty fast machine, HD, Memory, and Graphics card. Indian support had me run a bunch of config reporting tools and send it in...moreChickenman
04-12-2007I saw Pinnacle in a Magazine saying it was the best siftware on the market. I have purchased 4 versions 8,9,10,11. I should have stayed with 8. Problems after problems I have had with these locking up, don't burn, to slow, just to many problems. I have Emailed the company and have no response. I...moreTORMAN
25-10-2007I have quite a variated oppinion of this program. The first few times I used it, I was satisfied with the system. All I can say now, is that I'm proud of myself for not having thrown any of this out of the window yet. This week I and a group of class mates were making our own News. And we ha...moreAsta
01-10-2007I use Pinnacle Media Suite 10.7 and its a dream. I am only a beginer in this sort of thing but I found it easy to use and did all it claimed and more. I have used nearly all the functions, video editing, backups, copying disc's etc all working really well and never had any problems. I always ed...moreBlue Rinse
27-8-2007Pinnacle is just a bad progam, I've posted here before and after much reading and investigation from the suggestions made here, I've now bought Adobe Elements 3. It cost a bit more than Pinnacle but it isn't buggy. I downloaded video from my VCR, edited the video (scenes, chapters, cre...moreashlar



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