So, my question is this, do any of you recommend any particular software? The first instinct is to get the current version of Pinnacle as it should be reasonable familiar however reviews of the current version don't seem that favourable. The PC has some NERO s/ware installed but it is quite limited and not very intuitive to use. We had to get a firewire connection fitted to the PC as my dad uses mini-dv tapes still (and is working through an archive of 600+ hrs of video) but we are now struggling with what software to get to so he can carry on with his work.
However, naturally, the computer has showed it's age and can't cope with the amount of work my dad is doing so he has replaced it with a new machine which is much better BUT, the Pinnacle program we have doesn't work as it's too old (it's for XP and we're now using Windows 7). My dad spends a great deal of time making railway videos, editing them and putting them on youtube (themichaelwilcock) and, up until a couple of weeks ago, has been using our 10+ year old PC with an old Pinnacle Studio program to do this.
