Need help with MiniDV camcorder software.

de8212

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I have a canon minDV camcorder. What is the best software to transfer the video to my pc, edit it, and burn it on a dvd. That is, if there is one software that can do all this. If not, what are the best programs to do this with. i want the highest quality, etc.

Thanks
 

Drakkon

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you can do it with windows movie maker, it'll capture, encode, edit, all that, and for HQ just setup for highest bitrate settings. Its not the fanciest but it gets the job done.
 

mechBgon

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Adobe Premiere Elements could be worth the money if you're going to do lots of this stuff. I got Premiere Elements / Photoshop Elements bundle for $130-ish and I don't regret it, although it's not the fastest thing under the sun and it takes getting used to.

If you have a DVD burner and it came with Nero or Roxio, you can try those as well.
 

de8212

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Thanks for the info.

Where can I change the settings in Movie Maker?

Also, I do have NEro but are you saying it has a built in capturing/editing, etc.? Where is it?
 

de8212

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OK, I used Movie maker and the only setting I saw was a High Quality Video NTSC. I did two files.
One is 8 minutes 45 seconds @165MB, bitrate 3305kbps, 720x480.
The other is 2m 18s @16.6MB, bitrate 1574kbps, 720 x 480.

Can anyone tell if that is the highest quality?


Aslo I tried to burn one of the files to DVD with NEro Express but it gave some error and said I needed Nero Vision or something?????? Is that a whole seperate program ? I have 6.6.0.13. I thought is was the Ultra edition that has everything. How can I tell?
 

mechBgon

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Go to Start > Programs > Nero, and NeroVision Express should be in one of the subfolders, Nero Digital if I recall correctly from my work rig. If it isn't there, maybe you didn't opt to install it when you installed the Nero suite, in which case you can install it now that you need it.