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11/28/2005 11:34:19 AM · #1 |
Sorry if this topic is not stricly "camera or photo" but...
I have an analog cam-corder, want to put movies on to pc and then manipulate and burn dvd; Any suggestion for the transfer? software, cables, etc? its a sony hi-8.
Also, what software do you recommend for homemovie editing and or photo inclusion into the video or the like?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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11/28/2005 11:51:13 AM · #2 |
I have a Sony 8mm cam and use Pinnacle as my primary editing software. It's wonderful.
To transfer the video from the cam to the PC I use my Pyro A/V link that I bought at Best Buy. It's about $100 but worth it. The cam plugs into the front of it, the cables come out the back of it and into your PC. It has a firewire connection and is fast. Here is a link to one but shop around for your best price. |
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11/28/2005 12:14:53 PM · #3 |
You can use most MinDV cameras to do the transfer. They usually have input jacks for analog, and then firewire to the computer for digital. Saves you from investing in interface hardware specifically, and if you are buying, you get a digital video cam in the process.
I like Pinnacle Studio--I've used various versions of the years. But the first few point releases of their software is usually very buggy.
If you use Nero you can use their NeroVision software for basic editing and conversion. It can save to MPG directly from the digital camera interface, and then do editing and write to DVD. Many of the other programs I've used, including Adobe Premiere Elements and Pinnacle Studio (through version 8) still have difficulty working with MPG as their native format, rather than AVI. But if you encode to AVI rather than MPG, you need a ton of disk space--4 GB gets you about 15 minutes of video if I recall correctly. On the other hand, 4GB gets you about 60 minutes using MPG format in best quality mode.
The new version of Nero (7) finally fixes the problem that you could never reencode the MPGs to fit more than 60 minutes on a DVD (which is necessary for me for "direct copies" because my tapes are 90 minutes long.
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11/28/2005 04:27:17 PM · #4 |
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11/28/2005 11:36:31 PM · #5 |
Another thought. If you don't want to invest in a miniDV, there's another alternative.
I recall reading when this first came out that this worked pretty well:
Sony Stand-alone DVD recorder
And then there's always the stand-alone DV Recorders. I have a Panasonic one on my TV which has a 160GB hard drive, and can record DVD-Rs. You can easily go from tape to DVD (or the Hard Drive for editing) in real time with great quality. Those are going for about $300 or so these days.
Again, it depends on whether you are going to do editing. Editing is much better on the computer.
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11/29/2005 01:24:56 AM · #6 |
Magix Movie Edit Pro 10 is probably an excellent package...still you would have to something to capture analog to digital.
I haven't tried this one but I do use their 64-Track Recording Studio software and the Audio Cleaning (Record/Cassette to CD/MP3) stuff and both packages are awesome and easy to use. |
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11/29/2005 01:26:53 AM · #7 |
I was shopping for a digital camcorder and software last week. I saw some pinnacle software packages bundled with the a/v connection equipment and i think the packages were around $100. I saw these at circuit city... u may wanna check that out.
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