How to make a home video
Recently, I spent some time making a film for my friend's 50th anniversary. Through the whole process I knew that making a movie is a task which now everything can enjoy. Here is some of my DIY for your reference:
1. Video record people using a "Digital Video Camcorder". Mine is Panansonic PV-DV702.
2. Capture the video from camcord to your computer through Firewire connection. Firewire connection is very fast while USB is pretty slow, even if it is USB2.0. I use the windows movie maker which comes with windows XP OS to capture the video.
3. Then I used the movie maker which is pretty easy to use to edit the clips, add backgroup musics, add pictures, add video transitions. The whole process is easy, but take some time and you need to be patient :)
4. After finishing the movie edtting, I need to export the movie as WMV file. Here comes the evil of Microsoft: it only support its own format wma instead of industry standards. But it provides multiple exporting choices to fit for PC, WEB or PDA. The only bad thing is that it doesn't allow you to convert into VCD or DVD, so the home entertainment DVD/VCD player can play it on TV.
5. But I do want to have a VCD version of the movie. So I choose to use ULead Videostudio 7 SE (now they should have the version 9, but I only have version 7). However, it tooks me around 3 hours to capture the wma filen and then convert into MPEG format, so a VCD movie can be created.
If you have a wma movie and want to convert into the VCD, please use Rixio CD creator which takes less than 10 minutes and the quality is pretty much the same as the Ulead 7.
BTW, the converted VCD movie from WMA format seems to lose a little bit sound quality.
So if possible, I would like to consistently use the latest ULead software to capture, edit and create the MPEG format video. Later on, I can always easily convert it into other formats.
For building the VCD or DVD, Roxio EasyCD Creator is much better and easier than the Ulead's DVD build function.
Ulead VideoStudio is supposed to be more powerful, but harder to use than windows movie maker.
In summary, the idea way (for me) to build a movie is
1. Capture and edit the movie using Ulead Videostudio
2. Create the VCD/DVD using Roxio
3. Convert the video into wma so you can publish it on the web or PDA using windows movie maker.
1. Video record people using a "Digital Video Camcorder". Mine is Panansonic PV-DV702.
2. Capture the video from camcord to your computer through Firewire connection. Firewire connection is very fast while USB is pretty slow, even if it is USB2.0. I use the windows movie maker which comes with windows XP OS to capture the video.
3. Then I used the movie maker which is pretty easy to use to edit the clips, add backgroup musics, add pictures, add video transitions. The whole process is easy, but take some time and you need to be patient :)
4. After finishing the movie edtting, I need to export the movie as WMV file. Here comes the evil of Microsoft: it only support its own format wma instead of industry standards. But it provides multiple exporting choices to fit for PC, WEB or PDA. The only bad thing is that it doesn't allow you to convert into VCD or DVD, so the home entertainment DVD/VCD player can play it on TV.
5. But I do want to have a VCD version of the movie. So I choose to use ULead Videostudio 7 SE (now they should have the version 9, but I only have version 7). However, it tooks me around 3 hours to capture the wma filen and then convert into MPEG format, so a VCD movie can be created.
If you have a wma movie and want to convert into the VCD, please use Rixio CD creator which takes less than 10 minutes and the quality is pretty much the same as the Ulead 7.
BTW, the converted VCD movie from WMA format seems to lose a little bit sound quality.
So if possible, I would like to consistently use the latest ULead software to capture, edit and create the MPEG format video. Later on, I can always easily convert it into other formats.
For building the VCD or DVD, Roxio EasyCD Creator is much better and easier than the Ulead's DVD build function.
Ulead VideoStudio is supposed to be more powerful, but harder to use than windows movie maker.
In summary, the idea way (for me) to build a movie is
1. Capture and edit the movie using Ulead Videostudio
2. Create the VCD/DVD using Roxio
3. Convert the video into wma so you can publish it on the web or PDA using windows movie maker.
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