Poster: A snowHead
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I've been trying to split some of the video I took on my most recent trip, but I've been having nothing but problems so far. I don't know if perhaps I have a plug-in issue which I need to deal with, but could anyone suggest a piece of software that should work? All I really need to do is cut small bits out of long videos.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I just use a Mac with iMovie + iDVD. Saves all the hassle.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Thanks, but unfortunately that's not really much use to me since I don't use a Mac.
I've managed to find some software that will convert my files to a more agreeable file type, but Windows Movie Maker is still playing up a bit, so could still do with some (ideally free) video trimming software.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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have you checked for patches for MovieMaker ?
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bloxy
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8tj6 wrote: |
Thanks, but unfortunately that's not really much use to me since I don't use a Mac.
I've managed to find some software that will convert my files to a more agreeable file type, but Windows Movie Maker is still playing up a bit, so could still do with some (ideally free) video trimming software. |
Probably the best Windows software (but sadly not free) would be Adobe Premier Elements.
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8tj6,
Video file splitter ..?? Virtuldub... pretty basic but does the job.
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8tj6, Have you editted on your PC previously??...if so what did you use?
How are you importing your footage?? USB or FireWire.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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I just use a Mac with iMovie + iDVD. Saves all the hassle.
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Having struggled for years with Pinnacle on my PC, and given up, I have just switched to Mac and iMovie does it all so easily. Joy
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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As JT suggest, Virtual Dub is a fantastic free piece of software to do basic split of video files, rescaling the video and deinterlazing (and many other things). It can also be combined with some plugins to stitch files together again. If you want to use moviemaker you could do your splitting in Virtual Dub and perhaps reencode to moviemake suitable format. For a PC I think this is a good solution when we are talking freeware.
Keep in mind that your PC needs tons of memory to perform quick video editing. Once the PC begins to swap memory the experience becomes less enjoyable. Have you considered if your PC is up to it? I think consensus is that a minimum would be around 1GB for editing. Should be no problem when splitting a file though.
As for a really good program, not by any means free , Adobe premier I think is a really nice tool. It will not do menus however, you then need to purchase another program for that.
//fish
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Have you bought a Mac?
No?
Do you own a Mac?
No?
...I would give up if I were you!
"Once you've had Mac, you never go back!"
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PowderHunter wrote: |
Have you bought a Mac?
"Once you've had Mac, you never go back!" |
Is that because you cannot figure out how to work two buttons on the mouse? Fun intended
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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PowderHunter wrote: |
Have you bought a Mac?
No?
Do you own a Mac?
No?
...I would give up if I were you!
"Once you've had Mac, you never go back!" |
I'm too much of a gamer to feel like spending money on a Mac, although I would love to have one as a means of getting more involved in media editing etc.
Thanks for all your advice everyone! I've never really done much video editing before, nope...and I looked into patches for movie maker but to not much avail. There's no issue with my PC as suggested; it rocks Oh, and I did try Virtual Dub but I didn't know what the hell I was meant to do with it; it made me play it all through whilst it dubbed it or whatever, and then it all went fuzzy.
Bottom line: I've succumbed to Elements, so thanks for suggesting that. Making the most of the 30 day trial but I'll buy it in the end. I've actually been really enjoying playing around with it since I downloaded it the other night, video editing can be quite addictive!
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Poster: A snowHead
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8tj6 wrote: |
I'm too much of a gamer to feel like spending money on a Mac, although I would love to have one as a means of getting more involved in media editing etc. |
Get yourself an Intel one, dual boot into Windows for games - job done
in some recent tests the fastest Vista laptops were Macs!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Bottom line: I've succumbed to Elements, so thanks for suggesting that. Making the most of the 30 day trial but I'll buy it in the end. I've actually been really enjoying playing around with it since I downloaded it the other night, video editing can be quite addictive!
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Sony Vegas is also worth a look. Very slick.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Have a look at the latest Nero (Vision is the video editing component). A free download for evaluation, but I was sufficiently impressed to pay for it once the eval expired. But do make sure that whatever you buy handles the format of your video files [Nero is one of the few to do AVCHD.]
Whatever you do avoid Pinnacle: everyone I know has problem with it - it's okay if it's the *only* application on your PC, otherwise expect extreme grief!
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