PD is not designed to circumvent copyright protection. It is illegal in the US (and likely other parts of the world) and Cyberlink would be setting themselves up for a lawsuit if they included the ability to copy copyright video. Regardless, even if you are trying to copy a VHS tape which you recorded yourself with your own camera it is difficult to transfer analog video due to audio sync issues. You would need transfer in small chunks and piece them together at the end.

You also have to remember the PD5 is currently 3 generations old. Q9300 2.5 GHz
4 GB Ram
Nvidia 9800 GT

thank you for your response. i still maintain that this is an inferior product as it touts the ability to transfer vhs to dvd but does not in my view deliver what it states. one other point i would like to comment on is the fact that the forum is filled with pages and pages of people posting issues which seek resolving. that to me sir does not indicate that it is a very stable program regardless if it is version 1, 5, 8, or 58. i still stand by my statement of being utterly disgusted and disappointed and will not in the future purchase any "Cyberlink" software as this has been somewhat of a great inconvenience and a very negative experience and would not recommend it to any one i know. thank you for your time. over and out for the last time.

one other point i would like to comment on is the fact that the forum is filled with pages and pages of people posting issues which seek resolving. that to me sir does not indicate that it is a very stable program regardless if it is version 1, 5, 8, or 58.

This made me think of my Dishwasher story.
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Hi Harry,

You won't find any other legitimate video editing software on the market that will edit copy protected videos, so as far as you are concerned they will all be useless pieces of trash.
PDR8 can import from VHS tapes, but you will need the additional hardware to do it, but as James has correctly pointed out, there will be issues with analogue/digital conversion, so again all the other programs available will also be useless pieces of trash.
You are also talking about a version of PowerDirector that is 4 years old, the current version PDR8 is far more advanced in capabilities, perhaps you should download the trial version and give it a try, you still won't be able to edit copy protected material, because it is illegal to do so.
PDR8 is a very stable program, most issues are caused by users trying to do things that their computer is just not capable of doing, video editing requires very high end computer specifications to edit successfully, especially if you are editing HD files.

I also have Adobe products which have many more issues than PowerDirector, just look on the Adobe forums

Anyway good luck in your endeavours to find a suitable program and don't hurry back as no one on this forum will miss you.

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Cyberlink 5? who use it?

I expected to get a reply from the original poster, but I'm amazed how many users look at forum for the vintage versions of PD. Q9300 2.5 GHz
4 GB Ram
Nvidia 9800 GT