[eight_bit8]

I need a good program to capture video from my usb video camera. The program I have right not really isn't good. Does anyone know of a good program for this? Thanks in advance

 

[Davey7549]

eight_bit8
Are you looking for a program that will capture and allow editing?
What program are you currently using and what problem are you experiencing with it that you comment it is not good?

Dave

 

[eight_bit8]

Im using Imagemixer vs1.5 to capture. And I do want to edit it. The audio is about 2 seconds off from the original, and every 2 seconds or so, it will pause for about a second

 

[Davey7549]

eight_bit8
The out of sync audio, delays, and dropped frames may be a system capacity problem. When you do the captures have you shut down all running processes?

Dave

 

[eight_bit8]

No, i guess I should try that

 

[Davey7549]

eight_bit8

Let me know what happens.

Dave

 

[MustBNuts]

Also, give us an idea of what kind of pc you've got: CPU, RAM, HDD, OS, etc.

MBN

 

[Davey7549]

Hi MBN
Have you ever used Studio Version 8?
I have finally worked the bugs out of it, and man were there the bugs, but the program is super. Fantastic transitions including FX, unlimited menus\chapters, background music using .SDS format and sound effects.
Pinnacle is currently having a problem on some systems with smart rendering so I would not recommend for casual user until this is fixed.

Dave

 

[MustBNuts]

hi davey, I've only ever used Ulead; started with Video Studio, now work with Media Studio Pro....and I've been known to use M$ MovieMaker for quick and dirty video captures....

I've just bought a DVD burner, so the next thing on my list of things to do is figure out how best to create those...so far I've been using those huge DVD-Rs to back up my PC's (time to get those pesky ghost images off the D drive!).

MBN

PS: I found an add-on FX pkg called Hollywood FX, not sure what prods it works with, but has just a boatload of FX to choose from...

 

[Davey7549]

MBN
That is what I use for Studio 8 except I have the Hollywood FX Pro version.
Once you get to using those DVD-R for creaitng video DVDs you will have a ball! Svcd is OK but it sure is nice to have 1.5 hours of great resolution video on one disk with all the bells and whistles!

Dave

 

[Davey7549]

MBN
Here is the stats on the computer I built just for video. Nothing but video and graphics Proggies run on it. No net connection, IE or anything to slow it down.

P4PE-Black Pearl Asus Motherboard 845 chipset
Intel Pentium 4/ 3.06 GHz 800 MHz FSB Hyper thread
2X Kingston 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200 Total 1GB
Thermaltake W0010+PFC Silent Purepower 480W
160GB Hatachi 8MB cache 7200 formatted NTFS
80GB WD 8MB cache 7200 formatted NTFS
Sony DVD-R+R Burner
Snazzi* DV.AVIO (EVO Edition) Capture card
WinXP Pro

Complete 1.5 hour AVI's with full bells and whistles render and compile in about 2 hours.

Dave

 

[MustBNuts]

The machine sounds great! The thought of 1.5 hours of home movies may turn me prematurely gray!

I am one of the few, apparently, that really does do home movie editing and burning....trust me when I say that an VCD is about all I can take of family!!! He77, now I may go and return that DVD-R....

The first machine I ever edited on was a 450MHz Celeron, yup, a Celeron, with 256 RAM and a 40G HDD....I'm thrilled to death with my 1.8 GHz, 1G RAM, 140 tot hdd (2 drives).

My one big expenditure was an ATI AIW 8500DV...and these days I use it mostly for cable tv watching in my office.....

everyone have a great weekend...it's miller (or Coor light) time here in California....

MBN