Cutting videos captured from Hi8 tapes/Need advice on best software

[alegator]

I'll be capturing DV-AVI NTSC video from old Hi8 tapes into my PC using Canopus ADVC100 unit with Adobe Premiere Pro 2. I want to store all captured videos in their original captured format in an external hard drive. What software can I use that will cut unwanted scenes from the captured videos and leave the remaining part untouched in its original format? Is Womble MPEG Video Wizard DVD suitable for doing this?

[edDV]

I'll be capturing DV-AVI NTSC video from old Hi8 tapes into my PC using Canopus ADVC100 unit with Adobe Premiere Pro 2. I want to store all captured videos in their original captured format in an external hard drive. What software can I use that will cut unwanted scenes from the captured videos and leave the remaining part untouched in its original format? Is Womble MPEG Video Wizard DVD suitable for doing this?

You have your captures in DV format from the ADVC-100.

You say you have Adobe Premiere Pro. You will use that to edit your DV video.
Project format should be DV
To do what you want you would "Export Movie" as DV format.

You weren't specific on NTSC, PAL-N, PAL-M etc. or country so I can't get more specific.

[alegator]

I did mention the original movie is NTSC.The original Hi8 movie was recorded in a SONY Video HI8 HandyCam CCD-TR101 NTSC. So I'll be using DV-NTSC Standard Project Preset in Premiere. Should I use 32KHz or 48KHz?...I guess 48KHz...
So you suggest to use Premiere to cut unwanted scenes and preserve original format? Any other details to keep in mind for doing this? Thanks.

[edDV]

I did mention the original movie is NTSC.The original Hi8 movie was recorded in a SONY Video HI8 HandyCam CCD-TR101 NTSC. So I'll be using DV-NTSC Standard Project Preset in Premiere. Should I use 32KHz or 48KHz?...I guess 48KHz...
So you suggest to use Premiere to cut unwanted scenes and preserve original format? Any other details to keep in mind for doing this? Thanks.

Best to convert audio to 48KHz so it is DVD ready for the future.

DV-NTSC 720x480 29.97fps is the correct setting and that should also be your "export movie" format when you are finiished editing.

Premiere Pro 2 is a very high end program that requires a fast computer to do fancy things, but you should be OK for cuts. It is a very expensive program that you probably don't need. Premeier Elements would do better on a typical home computer.

[alegator]

Well, I haven't done any pro stuff other than basic editing and encoding with Premiere, but my purpose is to learn its advanced features. It runs very stable in my PC, although I notice it's a resource hog (I probably have enough RAM, but lag CPU power).Whenever I work with Premiere I close all other running tasks. Yet it is unquestionable that a faster CPU would improve things. And the reason I use it over other "home" applications I tried is its stability as mentioned and its highly customizable options.

[edDV]

Well, I haven't done any pro stuff other than basic editing and encoding with Premiere, but my purpose is to learn its advanced features. It runs very stable in my PC, although I notice it's a resource hog (I probably have enough RAM, but lag CPU power).Whenever I work with Premiere I close all other running tasks. Yet it is unquestionable that a faster CPU would improve things. And the reason I use it over other "home" applications I tried is its stability as mentioned and its highly customizable options.

That is good that it is stable for you. My history with Premiere going back 15 years has been that it takes all the computer resource in current version. Older versions preform well as if by magic. I've been delaying upgrade until I get core duo. Premiere Pro 2 demo swamped my 2.8GHz P4. I like Sony Vegas v5 or v6 for it's efficency in idle state. I can do other things or even have two Vegas projects open at once. Once rendering or encoding starts, it is time to use one of the other computers.

I'm just saying Premiere Pro may be overkill for you.

[alegator]

I tried Sony Vegas 6 with latest update and it's impossible to keep it stable. Even when capturing it freezes forcing me to shut it down from task manager.

[edDV]

I tried Sony Vegas 6 with latest update and it's impossible to keep it stable. Even when capturing it freezes forcing me to shut it down from task manager.

I guess these things vary by motherboard hardware. I usually use WinDV for DV transfer since it is light on resource. The rest of Vegas has been stable for me.

[alegator]

Yes I agree, from my experience Premiere, Vegas and other video software are all hardware specific in their performance/stability.