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spokey
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Hi all
Blimey, this digital video stuff ...
Been playing around with some new gear - got the miniDV, got the firewire card ( Pinnacle one off Ebay - £12
) installed - couldn't get the Ulead 5 or MGI 5 software to recognise it so I installed Pinnacle studio 7 LE ( came free with some CD's ) and had a play - blimey - easy interface or what !
Anyway, now I am in a position to download some video - had a "play" with some footage and added a soundtrack - seemed fine, rendered it as MPEG - it played back fullscreen with loads of lines - looked terrible so I did it as AVI - better, but still not great quality - certainly not DVD anyway. Played ok in the small window it opened up in though.
Was thinking of upgrading to VS9, but after reading the comprehensive slagging that it has recieved, I don't think I'll bother
The Ulead one I don't find intuitive at all, the MGI Videowave is better, but not great. I have Vegas 4.0, which I installed, took one look at and though it looked a little complicated so uninstalled it ( this was when I was playing with analogue stuff a while ago )
I only want to do basic stuff to DVD of the kids and maybe a little motorsport so don't need anything too fancy.
If I have a go with vegas 4.0 - will this output to DVD, or do I need to get another software package to transfer to DVD.
One thing I did was edit the video in Studio 7 and then record it back to mini DV - that seemed to work ok - suppose I could always transfer that to VHS, but as I just lashed out on a DVD recorder I'd prefer to do that.
What are your recomendations for software for basic editing and output to DVD ??
Thanks
Spokey
Blimey, this digital video stuff ...
Been playing around with some new gear - got the miniDV, got the firewire card ( Pinnacle one off Ebay - £12
Anyway, now I am in a position to download some video - had a "play" with some footage and added a soundtrack - seemed fine, rendered it as MPEG - it played back fullscreen with loads of lines - looked terrible so I did it as AVI - better, but still not great quality - certainly not DVD anyway. Played ok in the small window it opened up in though.
Was thinking of upgrading to VS9, but after reading the comprehensive slagging that it has recieved, I don't think I'll bother
The Ulead one I don't find intuitive at all, the MGI Videowave is better, but not great. I have Vegas 4.0, which I installed, took one look at and though it looked a little complicated so uninstalled it ( this was when I was playing with analogue stuff a while ago )
I only want to do basic stuff to DVD of the kids and maybe a little motorsport so don't need anything too fancy.
If I have a go with vegas 4.0 - will this output to DVD, or do I need to get another software package to transfer to DVD.
One thing I did was edit the video in Studio 7 and then record it back to mini DV - that seemed to work ok - suppose I could always transfer that to VHS, but as I just lashed out on a DVD recorder I'd prefer to do that.
What are your recomendations for software for basic editing and output to DVD ??
Thanks
Spokey