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drmax
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21. October 2008 @ 07:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My OS is XP. I simply want to take my valuable canon optura 100 tapes and get them onto DVD. What is a stable, simply software to use?
I was thinking windows movie maker for it's most likely already on my
system, or if not I can get it free. Just want to keep it simple, stable and preferably freeware. Thank you for any suggestions.
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21. October 2008 @ 08:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Your computer needs to have a firewire connection, as does your video camera.

Your video camera does, so check your computer to see if it has a firewire connection. You can find out if it does, by going to Device Manager, and check to see if you have a listing for IEEE 1394 Bus Controllers.

Get a firewire cable, with ends that match your video camera and the connection on your computer. Usually it will be a 4-pin to 6-pin cable, that you need.

For a free software, that can capture from the video camera, via firewire, get WinDV, here:

http://windv.mourek.cz/

Capture as a DV-AVI file. You will need a large hard drive, if you are going to be doing a lot of video work.

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drmax
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21. October 2008 @ 09:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by GrandpaBW:
Your computer needs to have a firewire connection, as does your video camera.

Your video camera does, so check your computer to see if it has a firewire connection. You can find out if it does, by going to Device Manager, and check to see if you have a listing for IEEE 1394 Bus Controllers.

Get a firewire cable, with ends that match your video camera and the connection on your computer. Usually it will be a 4-pin to 6-pin cable, that you need.

For a free software, that can capture from the video camera, via firewire, get WinDV, here:

http://windv.mourek.cz/

Capture as a DV-AVI file. You will need a large hard drive, if you are going to be doing a lot of video work.

yes, have all the connections. cable in the mail. 160gig hd.
cool, i'll try that proggy you suggest. i have maybe 8 60 minute tapes that i really want to get transferred and burned. i have dvdflick for converting avi.
just curious as how the taped info. gets converted. pretty neat.
any info is extrememly helpful. thank you
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21. October 2008 @ 22:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by drmax:
Originally posted by GrandpaBW:
Your computer needs to have a firewire connection, as does your video camera.

Your video camera does, so check your computer to see if it has a firewire connection. You can find out if it does, by going to Device Manager, and check to see if you have a listing for IEEE 1394 Bus Controllers.

Get a firewire cable, with ends that match your video camera and the connection on your computer. Usually it will be a 4-pin to 6-pin cable, that you need.

For a free software, that can capture from the video camera, via firewire, get WinDV, here:

http://windv.mourek.cz/

Capture as a DV-AVI file. You will need a large hard drive, if you are going to be doing a lot of video work.

yes, have all the connections. cable in the mail. 160gig hd.
cool, i'll try that proggy you suggest. i have maybe 8 60 minute tapes that i really want to get transferred and burned. i have dvdflick for converting avi.
just curious as how the taped info. gets converted. pretty neat.
any info is extrememly helpful. thank you
I use Roxio Creator 2009 for my video editing. It isn't free, though.

Life is good!
GrandpaBruce - Vietnam Vet - 1970 - 1971
Computer: Intel Core i7-920 Nehalim;Asus P6T Deluxe V2
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22. October 2008 @ 12:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Nero8 does cracking HD capture.. way better than winDV .. It's not very often you hear me say anything good about Nero.

I use cinelerra for video editing, but it's not available for mickey mouse operating systems.. If you only want quick cut/join type edits then avidemux will do those for you for free.
If you want more features (and this one feels like ulead movie studio in use.. if anybody remembers that far back) and free then how about http://jahshaka.org/

the download links are confusing for somebody who may never have seen sourceforge before.. you want the installer.exe versions.. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles...ackage_id=32439 the 5th one down doesn't include the player.. which may be better or not.. Don't know.. My version uses mplayer.

If you give it a spin (remembering it's still in beta) let us know how it works out.

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 22. October 2008 @ 12:16

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