When everything goes wrong what do we do.......

First, consult this tutorial: Optimize your computer before you start editing

In a scenario like this, in many cases, we may have to rely on the knowledge and good will of the mebers of a video forum. We must do some tests to determine the causes of the problems! It may necessary to detail the steps one by one, and isolate the step which causes concern, and finally find the offending step (usually a certain scene is a problem for Studio).

	In Edit mode, take a few scenes (AVI preferably). The maximum length of the movie should not exceed a few minutes so that the tests are fast. Make the necessary cuts, add transitions, titles, music, etc. Delete auxiliary files (warning, when doing this, the music imported from a CD will need to be re-imported - general rule, never use music from CD, always use WAV files that you ripped from your CD).
	(*) For the details of the adjustments, see below In Make Movie mode, make video using AVI DV Encoder (named Essai.AVI). Play the file Essai.AVI with Windows Media Player. If everything is okay continue to the next step...
	In Edit mode, import the file Essai.avi onto the time line and play it with Pinnacle Studio. Apart from the quality being lower in overview mode, if everything is okay continue to the next step...
	(*) For the details of the adjustments, see below Create an MPEG (Essai.MPG) from the AVI file with the above parameters. Play the file Essai.MPG with Windows Media Player. If everything looks okay, continue to the next step ...
	In Edit mode, import the file Essai.MPG onto the time line and play it with Pinnacle Studio. Apart from the quality is lower overview mode, if everything looks okay, continue ...
	In Edit mode, add a menu.
	(*) For the details of the adjustments, see below Create disc content only (only on the hard drive to do the test) from the MPEG file with the above parameters.
	Play the contents (VOB) created by Studio with the help of any software DVD playback file (usually supplied with your DVD burner). If everything is okay we will continue ...
	If everything is ok, then you can proceed in the normal fashion, you do not have a hardware or software problem, your problem may just be a "renegade" scene. The only solution, proceed in the same manner as described above using a video on the order of 10-15 minutes. This may help you find that troublesome scene if you run into a problem doing the above steps...

Parameters to be used for Studio 9.3.5.10 +

Creating a DV AVI file
Creating an MPEG
Creating a DVD

Parameters to be used for Studio 9.4.3 +

Creating a DV AVI file
Creating an MPEG
Creating a DVD

Parameters to be used for Studio 10, 11 or Studio 12

Creating a DV AVI file. The user has a choice between several presets. The help button provides additional information concerning this window.
Creating an MPEG. The user has a choice between several types of MPEG depending on the eventual use of the MPEG file. For each type of MPEG specific presets are made available. The help button provides additional information concerning this window.
Creating a DVD. Depending on the type of disc selected, the parameters for video quality and disk usage can be changed or not be enabled. We recommend that you do not check ‘Use progressive encoding’ or ‘Always re-encode the entire’ film under normal conditions. The help button provides additional information concerning this window.

{Many thanks to Frank Jones for the translation and Loosecannon for the fine tuning}