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Re: Looking for affordable audio/video editing [Re: PHeMoX] #160002 10/11/07 07:50 10/11/07 07:50
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,121 Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany Machinery_Frank Senior Expert
Machinery_Frank Senior Expert Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,121 Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany	Quote: Quote: Phemox is writing again the most off-topic posts in the forums No, you said ... blah blah I really enjoy all the lenghty excuses of Phemox for being off-topic. On topic: What is the best way to connect a camcorder to my PC? Firewire, USB2? Does every new camcorder support this? Models, Textures and Games from Dexsoft

Re: Looking for affordable audio/video editing [Re: Machinery_Frank] #160003 10/11/07 11:51 10/11/07 11:51
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,093 Germany T Toast Serious User
Toast Serious User T Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,093 Germany	For connecting camcorders to your PC you have to use Firewire as this is kinda a persisting standard. Though when you look into the camcorder's specs you will rarely see a "Firewire" but "disguise names" like "DV (In / Out)" oder "i.Link" which is what Sony tends to call it. But in the end it's all just Firewire... Camcorders today also have USB-Ports but that's more or less just for interaction with the flash memory you can insert and save photos or small MPEG Videos on or even use it as a webcam... Enjoy your meal Toast

Re: Looking for affordable audio/video editing [Re: Machinery_Frank] #160004 10/11/07 12:01 10/11/07 12:01
Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 8,177 Netherlands PHeMoX Senior Expert
PHeMoX Senior Expert Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 8,177 Netherlands	Quote: :) I really enjoy all the lenghty excuses of Phemox for being off-topic. At least be a man and quote me properly, perhaps that will make you see that you're wrong time and time again Frank. Cheers PHeMoX, Innervision Software (c) 1995-2008 For more info visit: Innervision Software

Re: Looking for affordable audio/video editing [Re: PHeMoX] #160005 10/11/07 12:17 10/11/07 12:17
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,121 Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany Machinery_Frank Senior Expert
Machinery_Frank Senior Expert Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,121 Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany	You are the man, Phemox! Models, Textures and Games from Dexsoft

Re: Looking for affordable audio/video editing [Re: Machinery_Frank] #160006 10/11/07 12:27 10/11/07 12:27
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 4,801 Richmond B.C., Canada Captain_Kiyaku Dichotomic
Captain_Kiyaku Dichotomic Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 4,801 Richmond B.C., Canada	@Phemox and Friendly_Frank, please stop private argumentation and be on-topic, this will lead to verbal conflicts. Thank you. Last edited by Don_Kiyaku; 10/11/07 14:56. My Blog "Tag und Nacht schrei ich mich heiser, Wind weht alle Worte fort, Tag und Nacht schrei ich mein Kr�henwort!" Subway To Sally - Kr�henk�nig

Re: Looking for affordable audio/video editing [Re: Machinery_Frank] #160007 10/11/07 12:32 10/11/07 12:32
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,044 Deutschland Iron Chancellor Senior Developer
Iron Chancellor Senior Developer Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,044 Deutschland	Quote: On topic: What is the best way to connect a camcorder to my PC? Firewire, USB2? Does every new camcorder support this? It depends on your hardware and the type of camcorder you have. If you have a miniDV camcorder, you should use Firewire, as USB will not give you the best quality. However, if you have a camcorder with a HDD, it doesn't matter.

Re: Looking for affordable audio/video editing [Re: Iron Chancellor] #160008 10/11/07 12:43 10/11/07 12:43
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Machinery_Frank Senior Expert Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,121 Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany	Thanks for the replies. I hope that my PC has a fitting plug then. To be clear: I even do not have a camcorder but I want to buy one to be prepared when my daughter will be born in upcoming January. So I still have to decide what is the best solution: HDD, DVD, MiniDV, tape or whatever. I find it maximal confusing to be honest Models, Textures and Games from Dexsoft

Re: Looking for affordable audio/video editing [Re: Machinery_Frank] #160009 10/11/07 16:57 10/11/07 16:57
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,093 Germany T Toast Serious User
Toast Serious User T Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,093 Germany	Quote: So I still have to decide what is the best solution: HDD, DVD, MiniDV, tape or whatever. I find it maximal confusing to be honest Well you can already exclude the DVD-Camcorders because they are just crap. Here you have an on-the-fly MPEG Encoding which results in typical block artefacts as you don't have the power of a workstation and enough time for motion scanning and so on to use the little bandwith you have to its limits. When you're even going to cut your videos and encode it yet again then it gets even worse so don't touch those... So what stays is HDD and MiniDV (what is a tape). I'm not up to date with the recent HDD cameras but my recommendation would go to the MiniDVs. This method is cheaper and you are more flexible with this. Besides I don't know if some HDD Camcorders still do the pretty much the same as the DVD camcorders do (i.e. save the video as MPEG-II files) or if they use something else now. If you consider to buy a High-Definition camcorder the HDD versions might just be fine as they should record in WMV9 or something. But there still is the price tag because 40GB aren't that much and when it's full it gets rather complicated to tape even more as you have to save your 40GB of film somewhere to get your small hard drive free. That's the point where the tapes are very handy - just throw in another tape which will give you an hour or two of filming and put the first tape in your cupboard... Enjoy your meal Toast Last edited by Toast; 10/11/07 16:58.

Re: Looking for affordable audio/video editing [Re: Toast] #160010 10/11/07 17:06 10/11/07 17:06
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 4,134 Netherlands Joozey Expert
Joozey Expert Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 4,134 Netherlands	Quote: Quote: too bad that exactly the PowerDirector doesnt support greenScreen.. or did i miss something? That's true. Then you might better go with ULEAD Video Studio or Pinnacle Studio. Even Adobe Premiere Elements does not support this feature. That site does not speak the truth then, as greenscreen in premiere IS possible. http://www.digitalvideofuel.com/greenscreeninprem.htm And guess what, also powerdirector does have greenscreen options: http://www.cyberlink.com/english/products/powerdirector/tutorial/ck_tutorial/step_1.jsp Google for specifications and features you need for a program, do not believe all the specs of a program on one site. There may be plugins for programs that create features and extra functions as well while originally not provided with the program. Last edited by Jostie; 10/11/07 17:10. Click and join the 3dgs irc community! Room: #3dgs

Re: Looking for affordable audio/video editing [Re: Joozey] #160011 10/11/07 17:29 10/11/07 17:29
Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 8,177 Netherlands PHeMoX Senior Expert
PHeMoX Senior Expert Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 8,177 Netherlands	Yes, Adobe Premiere does, but Adobe Premiere Elements doesn't. The "Elements" version is a stripped down one... Cheers PHeMoX, Innervision Software (c) 1995-2008 For more info visit: Innervision Software

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