[NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3224] RE: Video editing software

From: Bruce Moon (bmoon@teachertech.us)
Date: Thu Apr 15 2004 - 12:40:45 EDT


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There are a few ways to go on this, but I've only used one. The way I do it
is to hook my video camera to the VCR outputs using the cable that has three
ends, red, white, and yellow. I just set my camera to record. Then I use
firewire to bring the video into my computer.
Other more elegant ways to do this that I have no experience with are:
1. Buy a video card for your computer that has an analog input. If you don't
have video editing software, Pinnacle sells a card with their package. 
2. Buy a video bridge that has an analog input. Hollywood seems to be the
most popular provider of this piece of hardware.
3. Some higher end VCR's have a digital output that you can hook into your
computer. Finding one of these may be a challenge, though

Once into your computer, you probably will want to save them in a more
computer friendly format like Quicktime, Mpeg, or Real. Video editing
software will let you do that. 
See my other e-mail about editing software. Either Roxio or Pinnacle's
Studion DV would be my suggestion. After you get them in a digital format,
I'd probably opt for Quicktime for the computer format. You can pay $29 to
Apple to upgrade your Quicktime Player to Quicktime Pro that lets you
convert other formats to Quicktime. This is much smaller and if you want to
use the web, it is preferable to Real which is very annoying with all the
commercial buyins they bombard you with.
Bruce Moon
Old Marchall School ESL instructor
Sacramento, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: nifl-technology@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-technology@nifl.gov] On Behalf
Of Donovan, Carol
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 8:28 AM
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Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3222] RE: Video editing software

Along the same line, does anyone have suggestions for software, or
hardware to facilitate the transfer of VHS tape to DVDs? We have some
video tapes we created in our program and would love to make them
computer friendly, but don't now how. 

Carol Donovan, Instructional Specialist
Calvert County Adult Education
4105 Old Town Road
Huntingtown, MD 20639
(410) 535-7385
 
-----Original Message-----
From: nifl-technology@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-technology@nifl.gov] On
Behalf Of Jana Hutton
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:02 AM
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Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3221] Video editing software

Hi, I am looking for a good, user friendly, video editing software for
the pc. I teach computer skills to adult learners and I maintain our web
site. We are purchasing digital video equipment with the hope of having
our students record their stories on video & publish them on our web
site. However, we only have pc computers and I am finding that most of
the recommended editing software is for Mac. Has anyone used a good pc
editing program and have a recommendation? Thanks, Jana

Jana Hutton
Adult Basic Education
245 37th Ave. N.
St. Cloud, MN



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