Vista And Video Editing

[Darin Brunin]

Through some research I have found that almost every mainstream video editing program including Premiere, Liquid, and Vegas are not compatible or have problems with Microsoft Vista. I do believe that Pinnacle has released a patch that has solved compatibility issues but who really wants to use Pinnacle? It's rediculous that Microsoft would release a product without consulting companies to make sure that their product is compatible before forcing every person who buys a new machine to have Vista and not be able to do anything besides basic editing. These are mainstream products that many people use and problems should be taken care of before it hits the market.

I have tried to be patient and give Vista a chance but it is almost time to go back to XP(actually I am planning on it in the next few days most likely) if things don't change quickly. I know some of the blame has to fall on the software companies, but why weren't any of them ready when it came out? It seems like the problem would ultimately fall on the monster in Seattle.

Also, it seems that Microsoft has tried to one-up Mozilla by making IE a lot more stable and than Firefox when running on Vista. /endrant
STAY WITH XP!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Joey Ketcham]

That's what I've heard. I heard that Adobe has no plans on making Adobe Premiere compatiable with Vista. Not sure if that's true, I can't see them doing that since eventually most people will probably be using Vista, but for right now I refuse to use Vista.

My brother has Vista installed and keeps trying to get me to install Vista, but there's no way on earth I'll switch to Vista.

 

[Tarmo Tanilsoo]

Same here. I agree with both of you. If you have XP, stay with it!

 

[Chris Strahan]

I agree that you should stay with xp for a while too, but I have vista buisness edition, and have no problems running Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5. Although I have heard from Adobe that you should not expect anything to run in Vista, unless you buy their latest version like creative suite 3.
*come to think of it, photoshop cs2 works fine for me as well on vista*

 

[fplowman]

Consensus..

Why fix the wheel that isnt broke? lol

 

[Ryan McGinnis]

The CS3 suite is going to be coming out soon (end of the month), and all of the aps will be Vista compatible. Upgrading isn't really the greatest solution (more $$$), but it might be the only one in this case.

 

[John Wetter]

I really don't think Microsoft is to blame here. They've had the API's out to software builders for a long time. It's a matter of whether the companies want to upgrade or not. Vista supports a larger set of drivers than XP did when it launched. I'm not an MS fan, I use a Mac... And Windows... We just need to be realistic about our expectations for a just-launched operating system.

Most custom computer builders let you choose your OS and of course as has been said, for chasers it's likely a better idea to stay with XP.

-John

 

[Joe Stuart]

STICK WITH XP.......................

I did one even better than that. I have kicked Bill Gates ENTIRELY off of my home machine and switched to Ubuntu Linux. I was a little scared at first, But I've been running Linux for a couple of weeks now and completly love it. With a little practice and alot of reading Linux can do everything Windows can do and more. I haven't switched over my notebook yet, but i think I will real soon! There is definatly a learning curve but it's well worth the effort. I love not having to worry about spyware, viruses(there are a few viruses written for linux but they are FEW and not mainstream), or malware. I have yet yet to find a good radar program written for Linux so if anyone knows of one let me know, but on the upside Gr3 works quite well on the Linux platform with a windows emulator Of course all the web based radar and satellite works just fine.

All in all yes I agree with everyone else, don't waste your time with Vista, keep with xp untill Bill realizes that quality should be BUILT IN, not TESTED IN, but if you feel [SIZE=-1]adventurous Just know that Linux is a viable alternative.
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[rdale]

I have Vista and Linux, and there are clearly some thing that each does but I'd be hard-pressed to say you can equal all the video editing capabilities of Vista with Linux...

 

[Joe Stuart]

True enough, But that is only because the programmers and software corporations are mostly focusing on the Windows and Mac platform. I forsee a huge upswing in commercial program development for Linux in the very near future given the number of people and businesses that are migrating to Linux/Unix systems in the wake of Vista. In the meantime, Using a good book and fine open source programs such as wine the possibilities limitless.

And as I said, I've only been running Linux for a couple weeks but I can do just about everything that I did with windows on this machine and I'm a Linux/Unix newbie, Although I am Comptia A+ and Network+ certified.

Edit: Also the Gimp Image Editor for Linux Seems to be a very "worthy" program. But again there is a learning curve that I am still on the front side of.

 

[Jesse Risley]

I just received a new Dell laptop last Monday. I was not able to order the thing with XP, but I'm seriously considering taking Vista off and putting XP in its place. I've had problems loading Swift WX (still unresolved) and my coveted Microsoft Publisher on Vista, so stick with XP for now if you can!!