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*Sarasen*
I'm new to this whole video editing thing, but I've got 3 and 1/2 DV tapes
off my digital camcorder to import to my laptop, edit, do titles/chapters
etc, then edit another 2 video cds (containing analogue recordings) from
another camcorder. I then need to join the 2 edited recordings together to
make 1 movie, then eventually burn that to disc (or discs as I can imagine it
would be), I thought it would be quite expensive if I got a professional to
do all this, therefore I've attempted to do it all myself but have
experienced some problems along the way, that maybe someone can help me
with......
When I first attempted to import the recordings off my Canon DV camcorder to
my laptop, I kept getting alerts popping up on my laptop saying the memory on
my C drive was running low, and as a result of this I was unable to import
all my DV tapes off my camcorder. I had to clear about half of my C drive and
transfer it to my external hard drive which freed up space on my laptop but
still I was unable to import all the tapes in AVI format. I was using Nero
Vision at the time.
I done some research and learned that because of the format of the
recordings (AVI), this actually requires a lot of memory (a lot more than
what I had to spare) to import the recordings, save and edit them later. So I
decided to use Windows Movie Maker and try using another format that would
require less memory space like WMV and I managed to import all the recordings
to my laptop using this format, but later on I noticed that the display
size/pixels was much smaller than the AVI format that I first used on Nero.
I just really want to know if there is anyway around this snag, i.e. is
there another format other than AVI and WMV that gives good quality sized
files, that does not require too much memory space and is easy to edit later?
With regards to editing the video cd (that contains recordings from an
analogue camcorder), I've ripped the vcd using Isobuster, to create the VOB
files and I'm in the process of converting these files to mpeg or wmv (so I
can edit the recordings) then eventually join the 2 edited recordings
together to make 1 movie.
Does anyone know what good free software I can use to convert the VOB files
to MPEG files then edit the MPEG files on later?
Also, if after I convert the files to MPEG format and edit them, can I make
a dvd merging these files together with the WMV files from my digi
camcorder?, Will 2 different formats from 2 different sources on one disc
play back funny in a dvd player?? Or is there a way I can make all the
recordings (incl the VOB files from the VCD) just one standard format on a
disc that will playback in dvd players?
I don't suppose there's any software out there that can just take do
EVERYTHING I need done, is there?
If anyone can shed any light on this topic, it would be much appreciated!
*Sarasen*
off my digital camcorder to import to my laptop, edit, do titles/chapters
etc, then edit another 2 video cds (containing analogue recordings) from
another camcorder. I then need to join the 2 edited recordings together to
make 1 movie, then eventually burn that to disc (or discs as I can imagine it
would be), I thought it would be quite expensive if I got a professional to
do all this, therefore I've attempted to do it all myself but have
experienced some problems along the way, that maybe someone can help me
with......
When I first attempted to import the recordings off my Canon DV camcorder to
my laptop, I kept getting alerts popping up on my laptop saying the memory on
my C drive was running low, and as a result of this I was unable to import
all my DV tapes off my camcorder. I had to clear about half of my C drive and
transfer it to my external hard drive which freed up space on my laptop but
still I was unable to import all the tapes in AVI format. I was using Nero
Vision at the time.
I done some research and learned that because of the format of the
recordings (AVI), this actually requires a lot of memory (a lot more than
what I had to spare) to import the recordings, save and edit them later. So I
decided to use Windows Movie Maker and try using another format that would
require less memory space like WMV and I managed to import all the recordings
to my laptop using this format, but later on I noticed that the display
size/pixels was much smaller than the AVI format that I first used on Nero.
I just really want to know if there is anyway around this snag, i.e. is
there another format other than AVI and WMV that gives good quality sized
files, that does not require too much memory space and is easy to edit later?
With regards to editing the video cd (that contains recordings from an
analogue camcorder), I've ripped the vcd using Isobuster, to create the VOB
files and I'm in the process of converting these files to mpeg or wmv (so I
can edit the recordings) then eventually join the 2 edited recordings
together to make 1 movie.
Does anyone know what good free software I can use to convert the VOB files
to MPEG files then edit the MPEG files on later?
Also, if after I convert the files to MPEG format and edit them, can I make
a dvd merging these files together with the WMV files from my digi
camcorder?, Will 2 different formats from 2 different sources on one disc
play back funny in a dvd player?? Or is there a way I can make all the
recordings (incl the VOB files from the VCD) just one standard format on a
disc that will playback in dvd players?
I don't suppose there's any software out there that can just take do
EVERYTHING I need done, is there?
If anyone can shed any light on this topic, it would be much appreciated!
*Sarasen*