Video Editing Feature On Panasonic DMR48V?

[JasonQuinn1992]

Is there a video editing feature built into the Panasonic DMR48V? I run a video transfer business and need to do some editing of a video for a customer... I realize I could burn the DVD from a computer but the last time I did that the DVD's turned out really choppy and skipped alot. Can someone please help me?

[DB83]

You run a video transfer business and can not create a properly working dvd ?

[filmboss80]

You run a video transfer business and can not create a properly working dvd ?

My sentiments exactly. If you're going to charge money for what you do, you have a moral obligation to paying customers to know what you're doing. You wouldn't want a car mechanic with similarly limited knowledge to work on your car, would you?

First, you shouldn't edit a video on a DVD recorder. You should transfer the footage to hard drive and use decent editing software. Then you do DVD authoring and burning to disc. And you never use crappy DVD media to distribute to clients.

For someone who's running a video business, the nature of the question, and the details therein, shocks me. Those poor customers.

[JasonQuinn1992]

I've tried importing the video onto a computer, it worked before perfectly but for some reason the last time i tried it as i said the video turned out really choppy and I was using the same discs the entire time... All I would like to know is if there is a video editor on this machine so i can edit this video. I dont feel like being criticized

[DB83]

Well you invited criticism by your apparent naivity. If you have a capture problem then you really should sort that out and not resort to 'cheap' methods.

Editing on a dvd-recorder (I assume this is a dvd-recorder) is very basic trim or section remove. And once it is gone it is gone. Make a mistake on a PC and atleast you still have the original capture.

Panny's usually only support dvd -R or their own proprietory dvd-ram. You really need to outsource a manual for the unit - it does not appear to be a very current machine.

[JasonQuinn1992]

Ok I will double check Thank you!

And for the record I just started my transfer business

[filmboss80]

And for the record I just started my transfer business

You OWE it to your customers to give them the best service possible. Whatever format they bring to you, you should be equipped to digitize it to hard drive, preferably using a lossless format that can be edited on the frame without re-encoding. That footage should be cut, processed, color-corrected and whatnot with professional editing software (like Vegas, Edius, or Premiere). The finished project should be output to MPEG-2 with the best possible bitrate settings that will maximize quality for the movie's running time and DVD disc size. Thereafter, you can use DVD authoring software to place menus, chapter points, and various navigation commands. Burn to disc with reliable software like Imgburn, and use good blank DVDs, like Taiyo Yuden or higher-end Verbatim discs.

I don't write this to bust you in the chops. I tell you this for the sake of your customers. Your business will not last long if you remain as far in over your head as you are now.

[Hoser Rob]

I agree. It's ridiculous in this day and age to expect your customers to pay for your obviously deficient learning curve.

[DB83]

I'll echo what the others have said. Any start-up business relies on 1. Faith and 2. Feedback. Lose these and you would be better off frying burgers in a parking lot.

[mammo1789]

Oh my, the recorder talked about is a vhs/dvd combo ( the worst source for vhs transfer at first place), it is not very old and it has HDMI out but i think that orsetto ( and i trust this guy ) sad that it is very bad model ( aside from being combo which is bad by it self).
So you have very limited equipment and knowledge and have transfer business ( most of the guys here have 3-5 vcr and 3-5 dvd recorders all pro aces models, and knowledge to make miracles and do it for fun at least i do), and want to grow costumers.
I must agree with others.
It is shame that many start that kind of business (especially in my country) and have 0 clue about video basis, that's why when someone suggest professional service i do it myself ( with the help of this community) sorry LS you are too far from me

[chowmein]

That Panasonic looks like a piece of shit. The VCR section is apparently flimsy plastic crap. This unit has no hard drive, it records straight to disk, so no, it has no editing functions. Don't you have the manual to check this yourself? As for why burning DVDs from your computer turn out "choppy" etc, well it could be many things.

btw how much do you charge for VHS-to-DVD conversions? I have some precious family footage on VHS I need converting, best quality possible.

[Cornucopia]

I would also NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS suggest a VHS-to-DVD transfer that didn't include TBC+ProcAmp in the chain (unless "quick & dirty" were the advertised phrases, and then editing wouldn't be part of the picture). Particularly difficult are home movies (which I assume the OP is targeting). No way to do that with a combo unit.

Scott

[JasonQuinn1992]

That Panasonic looks like a piece of shit. The VCR section is apparently flimsy plastic crap. This unit has no hard drive, it records straight to disk, so no, it has no editing functions. Don't you have the manual to check this yourself? As for why burning DVDs from your computer turn out "choppy" etc, well it could be many things.

btw how much do you charge for VHS-to-DVD conversions? I have some precious family footage on VHS I need converting, best quality possible.

I charge $10 per tape and $5 for extra copy of DVD.... The price is kinda low only because im a begginner and want to get the word out about my service....

[JasonQuinn1992]

That Panasonic looks like a piece of shit. The VCR section is apparently flimsy plastic crap. This unit has no hard drive, it records straight to disk, so no, it has no editing functions. Don't you have the manual to check this yourself? As for why burning DVDs from your computer turn out "choppy" etc, well it could be many things.

btw how much do you charge for VHS-to-DVD conversions? I have some precious family footage on VHS I need converting, best quality possible.

I charge $10 per tape and $5 for extra copy of DVD.... The price is kinda low only because im a beginner and want to get the word out about my service....

[JasonQuinn1992]

The reason I posted in this forumn and started this thread was to solve the issue of if the Panasonic had an editing feature and why my computer burner makes the video choppy, not for your guys to be bashing my process.... so if your going to complain please stop

[Cornucopia]

The answer as to why your video is choppy:
1. Bitrate/VBV incompatibilities (non-compliant)
2. Bad media (cheap discs)
3. Bad burning app (non-compliant)
4. Bad authoring app (non-compliant)
5. Bad playback units
6. Incompatibility with source vs. edit vs. distribution framerates
7. Bad editing (broken GOPs - non-compliant)
8. TBC-less frame stability capping problems

Probably other possibilities. We couldn't help further with the technicalities until you gave us more info, which you don't seem to understand (or don't know the lingo enough yet to get what we're suggesting).

Thing is, we aren't "complaining". We are giving that "tough love" kind of criticism ("critique") that is supposed to help you improve yourself. Also, we aren't supposed to be just helping YOU - we also want to help your potential customers. I, for example, wouldn't want to "help" someone who came to this site asking how to fleece customers or purposefully create a shitty product or circumvent a product they don't have a legit reason for having. You do want your customers to come BACK, don't you?

You still have a lot to learn.

Scott

[Cornucopia]

I charge $10 per tape and $5 for extra copy of DVD.... The price is kinda low only because im a beginner and want to get the word out about my service....

There are plenty of pro houses that charge $10-$25 per (2hr) tape (and use Pro workflows which justify it). Also $5 per disc is exhorbitant, when the customer themselves could have a disc-to-disc copy done themselves for $0.30.

And I for one will gladly explain how to do it for those customers:

1. Put disc in drive
2. Run ImgBurn, create disc image from disc read
3. Take out disc and put in blank
4. Run ImgBurn, burn disc from just-created image
5. Take out burned blank. DONE!

Scott

[classfour]

You're still charging too much.

Look at the final product: Would YOU pay $10 for a crappy DVD copy of a VHS tape?

Look at other threads: Look at the work flow that many of us have paid hard money to achieve. I guarantee that the quality of my capture from an AG-1980 into a Hauppauge PVR-250 is superior to whatever you can put out - without dragging out a TBC or BVP-4.

I initially did transfers for nothing because I have standards - I did not want to rip people off.

You might as well find a hard drive DVD recorder (I have an RCA) and feed the VHS into that - it won't help.

You're even avoiding the editing and authoring portions of the process - both cost time and money. The results are well worth it.

[turk690]

I do it for free. But only if I really like you. And never with a DVD-recorder. Why, I have two VHS machines. You can't get more linear than that eh