I want to buy a camcorder but haven't decided which type to get yet. Either the miniDVD or the minidv tapes look appealing. My purpose would be to record many discs of material and then take selected scenes from each, cut them into one continuous film and then burn onto a regular DVD like a movie-movie. Is this possible and/or very difficult? I haven't owned a camcorder since the VHS days so I'm thrilled at the new media possibilities. Any tips or advice would be wonderful!
I need: easily archived media (mini dvd, mini cassette) which will upload into a movie editing program to allow me to dub music over scenes, cut scenes, splice, etc etc...is this going to be the hardest thing I've ever done, or fairly simple?
Advise away....
2006-12-28 03:43:02 · 4 answers · asked by snaggle_smurf 5 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Camcorders
You want miniDV. Period. It will drive you insane editing a DVD. Also, miniDVs have better quality. If you have windows movie maker or imovie, either one are easy to use for inexperienced users. Im not going to go into the technical details of editing, but you should be able to figure it out. As for a camera, Im not going to suggest one either, but just try to get one with 3ccds and optical stabilizer. It sounds like your just making home videos, but if im wrong, get a cam with more manual functions. And obviously, editing a film is helluva lot harder than editing a home video. Sometimes I wonder how many people out there actually know how hard editing (a film) is. But of course, if its a home video, dont worry about it, its one of the simplest things youve ever done. Hope this helps!
2006-12-28 03:53:46 · answer #1 · answered by evilgenius4930 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No matter minidvd or minidv tapes your still gonna have to stream live record it into the pc before editing and thats a hassle but if you have a harddrive cam like me all you do is copy the video files over to the pc and use a editing program and just make your story lines into a full length movie. All 3 formats are good but as to the speed in playback and transferring you can't beat the hard drive camcorder.
2006-12-28 11:56:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do this all the time with my Sony DVD 201 camcorder. I know that everyone says if you are going to edit get a DV camcorder, but I love the ease of use and immediate share-ability of the miniDVDs. I use Pinnacle Studio 10.5 (costs about $80); it has a feature that will import from DVD. Then I can edit as much as I want and burn it. (I actually prefer to use Nero to burn, but Pinnacle will burn DVDs, too.) It's very easy and lots of fun to do--especially since I'm usually editing video of my kids. My favorite project was compiling old family videos of my sisters and myself into a birthday video for each of them, including background music and still pictures fading in and out between the videos. I did everything directly in Studio except the burning. (To capture the old family videos onto DVD from VHS, I hooked my DVD camcorder up to the VCR and recorded as it played. Before that they were on 8 mm reel-to-reel and I just videotaped while showing them on a white wall.)
Good luck and have fun! This is my favorite hobby!
2006-12-29 08:52:33 · answer #3 · answered by Donnie83 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pinnacle Studio Pro
2016-03-28 22:20:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋