SFKenK

I'm trying to convert a DVD with prism. It says could not set up output file. NCH says this is a problem with Vista. The only thing is I DON'T HAVE VISTA. I have XP.

 

The file I want to write to can be written to. I don't understand what the point of this software is. It doesn't work at alll, no matter what I try.

Strangely enough I had the same issue. Try a small test with another output format, say wmv. Their FAQ about it being a VISTA problem is certainly not complete. Am just trying out the product, converting flv to avi. I am running XP Pro. The issue turned out to be Prism did not like the avi codec - here's what I did, first try the same conversion to wmv that worked fine, so I knew it was not an issue of not having access rights to a particular location. Swapped the codec to a different one (encoder options button next to the output format selector), worked better but then crashed. Restarted Prism, it asked if it had just crashed (very interesting if not psychic). I said yes and Prism offered to switch to its own codec set. I said yes. Now on my second test looking good. Sorry I can't check the settings right now. In middle of long test.

Can Prism convert dvr-ms files ? like Recorded TV from Windows Media Centre

 

Also, separate question ... does Prism use muliple cores if available ? I have a quad core and woud like to ensure it's being used efficiently

 

thanks,

Duncan

Can't answer the first part, but will use multiple processors. Just looking at the software myself, it's runing 64%, 68%, 84%, 72% across my processors. Gateway FX7020 with AMD Phemon 9600 quadcore , XP Pro Service Pack 3. Testing an flv to avi.

Ken