this program studio 17 seems to be a piece of crap....it took me 1 hour to load it from its disc...has anyone else had that trouble...i
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the software works for me. I don't use it much and it is not intuitive but it does the job. take a deep breath and let go of your frustration.... :) I hope this helps
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It takes a long time to load and also to run every time. It takes a lot of memory, and often the computer will crash after opening it. It is quite frustrating and you must be prepared for long wait times and patience with this program. There is no support from pinnacle either. If you can get the program to run, it is very user friendly, but, the computer crashing really makes it annoying. Sometimes the program will have a patch to download, which helps for a few days, but, then it reverts back.
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It does take forever to install, and eats up a huge amount of disk space. It's very full-featured. It has some warts, like any program, and I've been able to do a lot of great stuff with it, but it can be frustrating. Previous versions were smaller and simpler and I thought more stable (I started with version 8).
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Am I crazy, or is it more than a bit offputting that, after buying a machine, you then have to start getting upgrades for it just to be able to play newer discs? My machine's about two years old, and the last disc I bought wouldn't load. Seems like a rip-off to me. And it's not like blu-ray sales have been strong enough to justify this sort of customer fleecing.
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I bought your toy on Amazon.....in Upload disk, startup file is missing......support service in the company- is not working ...!!!!! I sent an email ... no answer!!!!!!upload the missing file (or full soft from the Site!!! - not possible too!!!not running !!!)contacts on the site, does not work too ...I will try to call later,but something tells me, is useless.....
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No. The DVD I owned was very bad, I did not use it a lot. It won't play smoothly, it froze quite often and stop played. I throw it away.
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Don't get hung up on the software. Its a trial version that expires after awhile. I was disappointed in that. You will need a master to work with in the duplicator. If that's not a big deal then you won't need the software. Remember it won't duplicate copy protected discs. If you do need software for your master at least you can try out Nero.
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My computer also slowed, and showed the spinning hourglass for 20 seconds between entries. Not a very good program, not worth the money. Try to update and see if it's any better. There has been at least one update in the last few months.
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Yes, I went from 14 to 17 with the same concerns. Everything worked as expected. All of my projects converted using the import feature and then were editable in 17. I bought 17 exclusively to burn Blu Rays and so far I have not had any issues and have created several Blu Rays from content that was created in Studio 14.
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It is kind of screwy. The disc says go to track 3, from track 1, when the music is done. Obviously, the cleaning takes place on track 2. How does a company like Maxell put out a product with such a huge blunder? I dunno.
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I was never able to get it running - it requires a software update download from them, but there is some kind of bug or quirk to get it to install. I was on line with their help desk for hours, installed it on three different computers - no luck. endded up returning it.
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Yes really easy n great program, there is a 7 out but 6 is good. Just record then bounce it to mp3 or what ever format then its over on a cd then ur a millionare lmfao peace n bless
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I couldn't either! I had to call their customer service number and they helped me to download the program so I could. I would suggest you do that too.
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Pinnacle has their own site that you might find answers to all your questions. There on the forums you will quickly find out whether it's a good to have or not. I understand their live support sucks... How's the software? I have studio 9 and need to upgrade NOW!!! Had a few problems in the past but it was sorted eventually? Do I want to go through it again?
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you may have to delete one of the programs from the finalizing process! you may have noticed there are 2 ways to put stuff on the dvd, one way is more automated, the other lets you take more control. one you go from the program list and add them, the other you choose in settings to make a disc, that is the better way. best wishes
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Mark thanks for saying that you hadn't tried it, cause I was feeling really stupid that I had not put an audio in mine either. The kids' music is all on iPod and hard drive (streamed, when it works...). I hardly get to play all my CDs any more and after all this $$ just spent, I think I deserve it. Maybe I will just burn a bunch of Blu-rays of the CDs now that they came out with a burner/sw to do so on the Mac. Spending $ as fast as I earn it, but what is money for? Oh yeah, college...
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No, please don't buy this thing. It is a waste of $$. Try some free on-line programs which are much better than this. A big NO on this product.
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No, after my friend updated everything it still ran soooo slow, im going to change my reviee since it was a waste of my time. Unfortunately i wish i never got it and do not recommend. Sorry dude but it runs so bad
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It played a few for me, but not many. With most discs I tried it told me I needed to install the latest patch. I installed the patch and it still told me the same thing. Some of the ones it would *not* play for me were The Amazing Spider-man, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Dark Knight Rises, and Game of Thrones. These are some pretty high-profile titles for it to not work. I think I was able to play Grimm Season 2 and that was about it. It played DVDs with no problems, but the interface is pretty terrible so it's not worth it.