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Bought a video camera two weeks back for my sister's wedding. Having installed the supplied software, and then read the small print in the manual I see: 'This software will only import still images - not video'. Nice! Sell you a video camera but don't give you what you need to actually do the doings. Any recommendations for a simple-to-use and modestly priced package for an XP machine that doesn't have gallons of memory (64Mb iirc). Ta everso. |
Video editing software - recommendations?
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boo 13,426 posts
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Movie Maker should be built into XP, which should work fine, but any sort of importing and editing would absolutely destroy a 64Mb machine.
If it's not built in, just grab it from MS here.
But again, the RAM is a major factor.
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boo 13,426 posts
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Registered 15 years agoCheers Gremmi - I'll get our resident PC tech support person (Mrs Boo) to have a look. -
MetalDog 24,080 posts
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Registered 16 years agoHow in the hell do you get anything done with only 64mb RAM? -
boo 13,426 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI'm pretty sure it's 64mb. The bog standard machine only had 32mb but the Dell guy persuaded me to upgrade.
All we use it for is writing letters etc, and web surfing. I run iTunes on it but all the files are stored on a external 320gb drive. I don't do PC gaming, so we've never really needed a powerful machine.
Of course I could be completely wrong - I'll check the spec when I get home, but I think it's 64mb... -
Lukus 21,194 posts
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Registered 13 years agoIt's probably just the (integrated I assume) graphics card. -
MetalDog 24,080 posts
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Registered 16 years agoThat sounds more like graphics card RAM to me, but I am a PC gamer, so...
/licks 2gig matched RAM -
boo 13,426 posts
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Registered 15 years agoDid I say 64mb?
/looks at config
504mb.
That's close! -
OnlyMe 3,136 posts
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Registered 14 years agoHeck, my AMIGA have 128 megs! (at least before I removed the 128mb simm and put in a 32mb simm for better compatiblity with games) -
Lovemoose 1,001 posts
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Registered 16 years agoSony Vegas is ace, but probably (more like definitely) more than you need. They do a cut down version though, and it also includes DVD authoring stuff.
details and trial download here. -
superfurryanimal 1,023 posts
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Registered 11 years agoInstead of creating ANOTHER video editing thread....
I am a big fan of UFC and MMA in general, and was thinking of cutting a few fighter highlight reels together, using my fighty dvd collection.
Is there an idiot proof bit of editing software for my pc laptop you can recommend?
I am a tech tard, so will appreciate some spoonfeeding. -
HiddenAway 15,272 posts
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Movie Maker should fit your needs as said in the first few posts. Failing that freebie, erm, I'm not sure actually. If you want to go the commercial route, I liked Pinnacle. However, I've not really used anything apart from those 2! -
superfurryanimal 1,023 posts
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Registered 11 years agocheers fella! -
Feanor 14,272 posts
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Registered 16 years agoWindows Movie Maker is nice and easy to use. I made all my Pro Evo vids using it.
I also use RAD Video tools to compress video clips before using them in WMM. A 13 second PES 6 clip in 640 * 512 is 240 MB, but I can compress that down to about 60 MB using RAD Video tools and the Indeo Video 5.10 compressor. -
superfurryanimal 1,023 posts
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Registered 11 years agowow
that sounded good.
.....will check out nice and easy WMM. -
superfurryanimal 1,023 posts
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Registered 11 years agoI have it!
it looks easy, thanks a lot! -
superfurryanimal 1,023 posts
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Registered 11 years agoRight.
My missus has thrown a spanner in the works of my UFC highlight reel creation plans.
She says it will be a pain in the anoose to rip the relevant sections of action from my dvds.
Can anyone recommend some software? -
HiddenAway 15,272 posts
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Registered 12 years agoIf only I had access to my bookmarks at home, I could tell you straight off. All I know is that VLC will help you make movies into the WMV format, but my memory fails from there.
VLC is free by the way - and as a bonus, plays a lot of video and music files too.
Edit: It's just so damn hard to find information about it
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pistol 13,018 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI have Pinnacle Studio and it's pretty good. -
heyyo 14,356 posts
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Registered 12 years agoSony Vegas is good, you can open 2 instances of it side-by-side which you can't do with any other video editing program - comes in very handful if you're a noob like myself. -
Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 15 years agoCyberlink Powerdirector often tops the charts when it comes to home video editing (it get's beating by Adobe Premier - but that's a pro tool really). It costs about £50 new from play.com and is really sweet.
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Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 15 years agoActually, whilst this thread is open - can anyone recommend a good DVD menu building app? All of the ones I've tried that are integrated into video apps are a bit pants/limiting in my experience and I'm sure a dedicated app, with decent templates, would work better.
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If you're ripping DVD footage for editing then you'll want either DVD Shrink, DVD Decrypter or DVDFab (the latter is the best imo) to copy the files onto your Hard Drive. The you can convert it into editable footage using something like Xvid4PSP.
@MH: I personally use Encore DVD, it's an Adobe program though so I'm not sure whether it's at the level you're after. -
Red-Moose 5,344 posts
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Registered 15 years agoboo wrote:
Bought a video camera two weeks back for my sister's wedding. Having installed the supplied software, and then read the small print in the manual I see: 'This software will only import still images - not video'.
Nice! Sell you a video camera but don't give you what you need to actually do the doings.
Any recommendations for a simple-to-use and modestly priced package for an XP machine that doesn't have gallons of memory (64Mb iirc).
Ta everso.
You can get Premiere Elements (comes with Photoshop Elements) for around €120 I think. Premiere Elements is not bad, I put together a few movies with it importing video from a JVC DV camcorder, full control over Firewire.
as said above, 64MB is simply n ot enough for even basic VGA 640x480 editing. Really. 1GB on XP is plenty, 2GB will be rocking, and will cost you very little.
EDIT, ah I see you RAM is now 504MB. You probably have shared video/system memory. An extra 1GB will cost you aroudn €25 and is well worth it. -
HiddenAway 15,272 posts
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Registered 12 years agoOK, I had a quick look and here's how I managed to get it to work. Be warned that it's fairly complex so if you want to take an easier route, by all means go ahead. I won't be offended. Really! It also might not work depending on how the DVD is set in terms of chapters and titles.
Oh, and I seriously suggest that you find a very short section of the DVD to test this on first as it's not fun to find the process taking 30 minutes, only to find it's worthless.
1. Download VLC
2. Install VLC.
3. Open VLC.
4. File - Open Disc...
5. Select DVD (DVD (menus) won't work)
6. Change the title and chapter settings a little (usually the title first), and click OK to find the section you want. Note that you'll have to take the whole section rather than just one tiny 5 second bit, but it might help in the long run!
7. Once you've found the bit you're looking for, tick the Stream/Save box and click Settings.
8. Tick the File box, click browse, go to the folder you want to save the new file into and then type in a filename, putting .wmv at the end (if you're using Windows Movie Maker still). Then, click OK.
9. Select ASF for the encapsulation. Tick Video Codec, use WMV2 and set the bitrate to how you want it. Tick Audio codec, use mp3 and again set the bitrate to how you want it.
10. Click OK twice. Now, it should be converting your DVD section into a wmv file. Once it finishes, play it in Windows Media Player. If it plays, you should be able to import it into Windows Movie Maker.
If you need to make more videos from VLC, make sure you change the filename from step 8. VLC will overwrite files without warning! If you're opening a newly created video in VLC, make sure you uncheck the Stream/Save box, otherwise it will wipe your whole video! -
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HiddenAway 15,272 posts
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Registered 12 years agodisussedgenius wrote:
Clearly I didn't get here fast enough.
What are you talking about? I referenced you in my long post
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Was that were you said "take an easier route, by all means go ahead"? -
HiddenAway 15,272 posts
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Registered 12 years agodisussedgenius wrote:
Was that were you said "take an easier route, by all means go ahead"?
Yeah, mainly because I spent a week trying to do it for my PSP -
Thanks a lot guys, really appreciate the effort!
Will get back to you with some well edited violence at some point!
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