Un-Stable Living Room 'N Slide Show - Where Bapu Will Sleep I still hate editing video

I love it.

Dora seems like a great assistant engineer... maybe she should edit the video?

I also see that Lew the Fish is apparently a LOT smaller than you indicated previously. Apparently Lew has some sisters... why did you keep that a secret?


So I have to ask... what's your actual goal with your video?

There are a few video folks here who might be able to help.


What Camcorder are you having trouble with?


best regards,
mike

It seems better than staying in a stable.

Yes? No? Fixed?

the shaky hand held camera made me dizzy but it worked for that crazy scary witch spooky moive

noooooo that had FLYING MONKEYS

i'm speaking of the blair witch project ....

So I have to ask... what's your actual goal with your video?

takelessons.com asked all of us to do a introductory video and a lessons video to help us get more private students .... I saw some of the videos and most were OK - but not slick - so I am trying to figure out how to make a fancy slick intro video - perhaps with some pre-recorded music - but synced really well - not live to make the audio quailty not so bad - 


I dunno - trying to come up with ideas - 


the camera I used was a web cam 


my cam cord that has issues with rendering video that sony vegas   has is an insigma ns-dv720p


when I import video from the camera - it shows a shaky blurred video and no audio - and this after I downloaded the codec for it - before the codec - i wouldn't import it 

the 2nd project I am going to do -- we are recording a worship team CD at my place for the church - over 25 musicians will be in and out of here laying down there tracks over the next two months - 


I want to take little clips of every one working and recording - and make a music video out of it with one of the songs from the completed CD - for the church 




hows that mike?

bapu


So I have to stay in an un-stable living room.

Figures.

I was literally walking around with my lap top in one hand and the camera in the other - it didnt seem as unstable as it turned out - ehhh 


You're still a stupid face. As long as you're sober when you get here.... the room will be stable 

I dig the White Stripes tune Mooch and not that I'm brown-nosin' or nothing but you don't look like you've aged one day from the pic with your cousin till now.

Oh, and you might want to keep a count of your fish while Bapu is there. He may need a mid-night snack one night.

I'm just sayn', that's all.

Mike 

Hi Mooch,

 I just did a search for that Cameras native CODEC and it seems like it has been frustrating for everyone.

 This link to Insignia's own support site:

http://community.insignia...-Movie-Maker/td-p/4926


 Will show you that in fact Insignias own support doesn't really know what CODEC the camera is running. It seems evident that Insignia buys and sells these with no idea what it is.

 They describe the CODEC as "Dix/X like". Div/X is popular CODEC in Europe and has been adopted by many game manufacturers for use with their videos that play on application launch. I think this is because Div/X works well and it is either a cheap or free license.


 When you see mention of .AVI or .Mov these are wrapper containers that can work with many CODECs.

 When you see mention of H.264 especially in that thread I linked to... it is a definition of a small family of CODECs. Many people speak of a H.264 CODEC, but they are mistakenly thinking within the context of what they are using and not necessarily acknowledging the fact that various implementations of H.264 are dissimilar.



 Having said all that it is routine for most footage shot on a video camera to be converted to some other CODEC for editing. It usually an up-convert, but if you have a top of the line pro camera it may be a down convert.

 Your camera shoots to a highly compressed format that is CPU hungry. When you go to edit it, it will be problematic because the compression is a hindrance. Furthermore it is evident that the CODEC is not easily recognized by many edit applications.

 So, you need to find a way to convert to an easy to edit CODEC for Vegas.

 


 I really dislike the fact that Insignia's support says "try a few CODEC packs"... that is just a ridiculous response. They also seem to admit that the bundled software doesn't actually function with the CODEC. That's UGLY.


 You are going to have to figure out a work flow that lets you up-convert to something that works in Vegas.

 I had hoped to use my familiarity with the jargon to find an easy work flow for you... but there isn't one... so you are going to have to experiment.

 Read that link and try a few of the suggestions and let us know how it is working out.



 FWIW, Most seasoned video people shop for cameras with the CODEC in mind. It's a very important first step when selecting a camera. So this is the primary reason you are facing the frustration that others seem to avoid.

 The CODEC I use for my Canon HDSLR makes it possible for me to edit video on my laptop. The native CODEC is unusable in editing unless you have a super computer and run a CUDA card.




 Re Music video for church....the easiest way to make a video with an need for sync is to start AFTER the song s recorded. Then you use the song as the reference while taping people performing along with it.

 If you start with a click track and tape while you produce the song it can work.

 It will be LOADS of work, but it seems like a good project.


 
 Don't give up.



best regards,
mike

 
Wow, you let George Michael play with your instrument....
 
 

 
 
 
You musta had faith

bapu

SteveStrummerUK



Wow, you let George Michael play with your instrument....






You musta had faith

But who's the dude behind George holding that Big White Thing?

 
LSHGMCOMN
 
 
 
But I wouldn't be you for all the tea in China when Moochie finds out you've been dissin' his cousin
 
 
 

Here you go to convert video camera video files first before importing them into vegas: http://www.koyotesoft.com/indexEn.htm and it's free...just download the free video converter..along with the free .flv file converter... anyways...I do this all the time:)  

Thank's so much Einstien!!




and yes Mike - that you too for the info 


vegas worked with the file after I converted it with microsoft movie maker but it was taking forever to convert 

I am going to try ensteins converter and see if thats faster 

Sorry to hear about your uncle, Paul.

Your quite welcome...I do almost everything so I always look for ways to do it better and quicker..:)

"vegas worked with the file after I converted it with microsoft movie maker but it was taking forever to convert"

Hi Mooch, I use Premiere but one of the cool things about Final Cut is the Pro Res built in converter. It is scalable and helpful at cutting down time.

The conversion process is always a time hassle... and the effect is that it should encourage you to be more selective with what you bring on to your computer.

We log clips and attempt to throw out unusable stuff before we do much work.

Some conversions are faster than others so sometimes I'll import everything letting the computer work overnight other times I'll be very specific and just bring in 3 or 4 minutes of footage to cover a 30 second final output.

Have fun!

BTW My wife's Uncle George is flying down from Mundaline to visit tomorrow... I'm gonna ask him if he knows "mooch".

best regards,
mike