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Comment on Converting VHS to DVD by Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:32:07 +0000

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http://www.TransferThisToThat.com

Comment on DV Camcorders with pass-through by JP

JP — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:44:08 +0000

Any info on if either of Sony DCR-HC62 or DCR-HC52 do or do not support pass through? Thanks

Comment on Converting VHS to DVD by steven

steven — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:38:38 +0000

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Comment on Creating Videos For YouTube by Steve Able

Steve Able — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:26:57 +0000

I wanted to thank you for all this hard work you have done.

I had a major problem. I had recorded some footage with a HD Camera at 1080i. I then played the recorded footage straight to DVD, via my standalone DVD recorder. The Vob files were moves to my computer, converted to avi with Super, edited in Movie Maker and exported as a wmv file. So they went on quite a journey.

I wanted to burn the file to DVD as well as put onto youtube, but there was a serious quality loss at some point and I couldn’t figure out why. I had changed the encoding settings to mov, avi, xvid etc. At some stages the picture went very pixelated.
Other times the audio went out of sync, and again I changed the settings to mp3, wav, etc.
I never had this problem before, when I used old camera.

Then, after reading your well evidenced article,. I checked the bitrate and saw that it as still encoded at 1080!!! I was shocked that even through all the devices and conversion software the footage went through at the start, it had somehow maintained the bit rate.
I can change it with ‘Super’, which will hopefully solve my problem.

Thank you for your excellent article.

Steve

Comment on Video Tutorial For Windows Movie Maker by jim g duran

jim g duran — Tue, 27 May 2008 09:37:45 +0000

dear home video 101,video got me back into a groove for getting started again…i haven’t made anything for a while..advice like broadband @ 512 for youtube will come in handy

Comment on Editing Home Videos by webmaster

webmaster — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:46:59 +0000

I would consider the Flipcam or a digital camera with video capabilities like the Casio Exilim series.

Comment on Editing Home Videos by Ed Silva

Ed Silva — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:03:59 +0000

Hi, I’m new on the home video stuff.
I’m trying to create some videos about gps units and then upload them to youtube.
I just found out that my camcorder Canon DC100 won’t do the job.
At this time I don’t want to spend much money in a new camcorder. Would you recommend a webcam? or which camcorder would you recommend me?

Thanks,

Ed Silva.

Comment on DVD Burning and Media by Peter Michael

Peter Michael — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:36:48 +0000

Terrific article. You cut through all the jargon and finally helped me figure out the difference between +R and -R. LOL Very informative. Keep up the amazing work.

Comment on Codec Hell by Tom Tillander

Tom Tillander — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:23:15 +0000

Thanks a ton. I was going nuts trying to burn some avi files to a DVD in Movie Factory 6 and kept running into “Unspecified error” and no burn.

Your trick of renaming vidc.dvsd to xvidc.dvsd in the registry fixed everything.

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