Editing programs recorded on AIW8500DV

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When I record programs on my AIW8500DV I would like to be able to edit
them in order to remove advert breaks etc for putting onto DVD-R. Can
anyone recommend suitable software to do this ?

Cheers,

FB
 
When I record programs on my AIW8500DV I would like to be able to edit
them in order to remove advert breaks etc for putting onto DVD-R. Can
anyone recommend suitable software to do this ?

Cheers,

FB
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For PIN-POINT editing I find ULead Video Studio to be pretty good.

Compared to other (low or moderate-cost) programs I've seen (such as
MyDVD) this Ulead product allows me to select right down to the frame
level. Others seem to require moving a slide bar to select the
starting point and ending point of the trim which I find very
difficult to accomplish. In Ulead, by clicking within the time clock
of the clip, the actual minutes, seconds and frame of the starting
point and ending point can be selected with pin-point accuracy.

Version 6 of Ulead Video Studio may have been bundled with your
AIW8500-DV. It was with mine. While I recently upgraded to version 7,
version 6 should be more than adequate to accomplish what you wish.

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For PIN-POINT editing I find ULead Video Studio to be pretty good.
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Alternately, Womble's Mpeg2VCR is the ultimate for editing mpeg2's...it
couldn't be easier.

If I don't have a great deal of cutting to do, I just import the file to
TmpgEnc DVD Author and make the appropriate cuts and burn. It's about
the easiest authoring program I've found. The menu art work is rather
droll, but if you only want to view what you've burned on TV, it's
great. Otherwise, I use Mpeg2VCR to cut commercials, then import to DVD
Author. Mpeg2VCR does not re-encode, so it's a very fast editor.
 
Alternately, Womble's Mpeg2VCR is the ultimate for editing mpeg2's...it
couldn't be easier.
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I've just recently become aware of Womble and do intend to look into
it. I'm somewhat new to this area of capturing video, processing and
burning to DVD. That is to say, given the unexpected complexities of
the field, my 3-4 months experience is almost infantile.

One reason for suggesting Ulead Video Studio is because it came
bundled with my video card, which is the same card as the OP. I just
assumed the OP might already have it available to him for that reason.
But there are, without question, other products out there, Womble
being one of them. Thanks for your suggestion. I, too, will try it.
If I don't have a great deal of cutting to do, I just import the file to
TmpgEnc DVD Author and make the appropriate cuts and burn. It's about
the easiest authoring program I've found. The menu art work is rather
droll, but if you only want to view what you've burned on TV, it's
great. Otherwise, I use Mpeg2VCR to cut commercials, then import to DVD
Author. Mpeg2VCR does not re-encode, so it's a very fast editor.
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Both TMPGEnc and VirtualDUB are, from most accounts, two very good
products, but to tell you the truth, as much as I've read and
researched, and spent uncounted sums of money to try this and that,
I've yet to be able to figure either of these programs out. I don't
yet know how to configure either of these programs in a manner that
will accomplish my goals.

Unlike others, whose aim seems to focus moreso on moving recorded home
movies from Cam Corder to DVD, or ripping the movies from a commercial
DVD, my goals are (I thought) far simpler. I simply want to capture
some preferred analog cable TV programs, trim the commercials and burn
to DVD for long-term keeping and personal viewing. I simply want to
put about 90 minutes of captured material on a DVD with the best
quality possible.. Learning how to do this has been unbelievably
time-consuming, complicated and confusing. And, in three to four
montys of daily research, I've been EVERYWHERE in search of knowledge
and information.

I'll eventually get around to using TMPGEnc, but first I want to learn
more of the basic fundamentals of video recording. Sadly, there is
little I have found in any one place.

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Check out http://www.dvdrhelp.com/ fir information on using TMPGenc to do
exactly what you want to do. It's about the easiest program to do it with.
Basically, once you start the program, go to Project Wizard (which the
program should begin with anyway), select the type of file you wish to
create (VCD, DVD, etc.), click next, select the video (and seperate audio
file if need be), click next, select "Source Range" to actually cut out the
commercials (set the start and end frames of the portion to cut out then
select the "cut editing" button and choose "cut currently selected area")
repeating for each section you wish to remove. Follow the prompts to save
the new file. It's fairly intuitive and easy to follow once you do it a
couple of times. I do this on an almost daily basis to archive various
programs and movies. http://www.dvdrhelp.com/ has a lot of usefull info on
the procedure as well as numerous tutorials.

D'n C
 
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