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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
My first machine that was capable to perform video editing was a Dell Pentium 2.4Ghz and worked perfectly fine. My current machine is an HP with an Athlon 64 3700+ 2.2 GHz, 1G Ram, 200GB primary drive, 160GB drive slave and a 250GB external drive.
The good news is that you can get a pretty decent […]
Codec Hell
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007I was converting a VHS tape to a DVD that was close to two hours in length. Therefore I was not going to be able to encode at much higher than 5300 Kbs. At VideoHelp I once read that noise in the video can waste bitrate trying to recreate the noise, instead of improving the […]
DV Camcorders with pass-through
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
I have compiled a quick list of DV camcorders that have “pass through” capabilities. It is not a complete list since I did not include all brands or discontinued models. I will keep adding to this list and start to include older models. If you have any input send me an e-mail
What I found is […]
Panasonic DV Codec
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
If are using VirtualDub to process DV you will need the Panasonic DV Codec.
WARNING ! These instructions are intended for experienced computer users. Editing your registry can cripple your PC. If you are using XP I would do a System Restore Point.
Install Instructions:
* Download here
* Unzip the […]
Pinnacle Studio version 11 Is Released
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007It looks like Pinnacle Studio version 11 is available for purchase. In the past Pinnacle products were not my favorite. They were riddled with bugs and crashed all the time. However since Pinnacle was bought by Avid I have been keeping an eye on the product line. Version 10 seemed to […]
Flip Video Camcorder
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
Video is exploding right now thanks to sites like Youtube and Google Video. However in the past it did take a a somewhat tech savvy person to create, edit and upload videos to the web. Not anymore.
When I first saw the Flip Video Camcorder I admit I was skeptical. However this […]
DVD Recorders
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
Who’s not for ?
If you enjoy making nice DVD navigation menus and want to create custom chapters then a stand alone DVD recorder is not the end all solution. However a stand alone player can still save you a lot of time because you a bunch of time. You can import the recorder DVD into […]
DVD Recorders
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
Who’s not for ?
If you enjoy making nice DVD navigation menus and want to create custom chapters then a stand alone DVD recorder is not the end all solution. However a stand alone player can still save you a lot of time because you a bunch of time. You can import the recorder DVD into […]