Video editing software

[landyman Ash]

Its me dads B-day....

Bought a video cam and wants to make crazy vids!!!

So, on a windows system, whats a good package??? :?

[Henry Webster]

Adobe Premiere is one of the best, but expensive.


I am afraid that I don't have much experience of the cheaper options.

H

[dew1911]

If your Machine is Windows XP there is Move Maker on it (Start >> All Programs >> Accessories >> Entertainment) it's not the greatest but I've used it a couple of times.

[strapping young lad]

adobe premier is good but i can advise cheaper and very good alternatives

pinnacle studio
ulead videostudio

both are reasonable on amazon

ive used both and like both but not in anger to say which is better.

but i always use these for capture/editing/burning to dvd from my digi camcorder

the software controls the playback on the camera too which is good.

much better than what comes with xp

[landyman Ash]

Thats great, I love adobe stuff but alas so expensive... :?

Bought the pinnacle one so I'll see how the old boy gets on  

[johnniep]

does anyone know of a way to get an old camcorder to go onto the computer to reord to discs, vis a cable i would asume?!?!
just i dont want to fork out for a digital one,
cheers
johnniep

[paul_humphreys]

You need a tv capture card.

Paul

[strapping young lad]

yes or you could get the capture card from pinnacle

mate in work has it and it converts it from analogue to digital for you.

will ask him tomorrow for the model but i think its called moviebox.

[Sharpshooter]

Try one of these. They are cheap, and my mate uses it all the time. :)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-SEALED-BELKIN-Hi-Speed-USB-2-0-DVD-Creator_W0QQitemZ6842650232QQcategoryZ86700QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[rollazuki]

I use ULEAD
Its easy to use, can cope with a couple of video tracks, a soundtrack and a commentary, has nice fades, etc
Titles are a bit awkward(that may just be me), but overall its a good un.


Warning. When you eventually process the finished movie and process it and send to DVD, it takes ages. Maybe 2 hours to process for a 15 minute film. (thats a pentium 4 Compaq)  Either get a fancy computer, or just be patient and wait for it to do its thing....

[chuggaman]

a firewire card for your pc and the connection leads to your camcorder will bring best results(no loss of data).

as you play the movie on the camcorder in real time you then"capture"the video data on your pc as a digital file.

this file can then be processed in various ways to get dvd or a compressed avi file.

mike

[Tractorboy16]

this mean we going to be seeing endless film footoage of you now ash? hehe

if its as good as that last then i ain't complaining!!! hehe

Me xxx

[strapping young lad]

ah yes defo get a firewire card and cable

that is if your camera has firewire

even though the data transfer rate of usb2 is higher, ive had pixelation problems when using usb to capture but using firewire its all tickety boo

[Xtremeteam]

this mean we going to be seeing endless film footoage of you now ash? hehe

if its as good as that last then i ain't complaining!!! hehe

Me xxx

it might no tbe ash we will be seing endless hours of footage off    

[landyman Ash]

this mean we going to be seeing endless film footoage of you now ash? hehe

if its as good as that last then i ain't complaining!!! hehe

Me xxx

it might no tbe ash we will be seing endless hours of footage off    

Depneds on what we classify as a dity video

[Mace]

ah yes defo get a firewire card and cable

that is if your camera has firewire

even though the data transfer rate of usb2 is higher, ive had pixelation problems when using usb to capture but using firewire its all tickety boo

Too true....my Canon MVX200i is a great bit of kit but I still can't see how I can connect the camcorder to my firewire port on the PC !!!!! I've a mini jack plug and a mini-usb. Stuffed me thinks !!!!

[Damonski]

For those without fireware or usb on the camera ANY TV-Tuner card with a composite or Svideo input will do the job.  My old Sony Handycam connects to my Hauppage WinTV card this way and I capture and chop up my videos without any problems.

I run Gentoo Linux, so I cant comment on any of the windows packages.