VCD or DVD play back speed

[vcd_user]

I want to convert some Hi 8 tapes to VCDs or DVDs to be play back on normal DVD players. These Hi 8 tapes are scenery of a trip which I took when I first got my Hi 8 Video camera a few years ago. Because I had no experience in taping movies, I moved the camera too fast while I was taping. So it always make me dizzy when playing back those tapes. I like to slow down the speed when I copy these tapes to VCDs or DVDs. I have not done this before. Any advice on how to do this properly will be greatly appreciated.

[northcat_8]

You'll need a video editing application that allows you to slow the video.

or....

you can do it by hand basically all the software does is duplicate frames so it gives the appearance of being slower. Your video will still run at 29.97 fps NTSC or 25 fps PAL. But considering each second of video is 30 frames (NTSC) that means you would have to duplicate 150 frames in 5 seconds of video you don't want to do that.

I know Pinnacle Studio 8 has a slow motion feature in it, but the software pretty much sucks and I only use it for minor editing like slow motioning a clip and some other things.

[vcd_user]

Thanks for the response. You said "you can do it by hand basically all the software does is duplicate frames ". Please excuse my ignorance, do you mean that I need to do it at capture time ? I am planning to use the ATI USB 2.0 TV Wonder to do the video capture. This is again new to me. I just bought the TV Wonder.
Is this "duplicate frame" function a feature of the capture software or a feature of the VCD or DVD author software ?

[northcat_8]

it's a function of the video editing application (program). You can't do it as you capture it, unless you play the original video in slow motion when you capture it.

It is a little more than just duplicating the frames. You would have to take the video in, output it as a series of "jpegs", then duplicate all of those and then re-encode the video.

You seriously don't want to do that, it's forever long, and painstaking. Too many frames and it doesn't look slow it looks jerky.

Just get a software that allows you to slowmotion a video clip.

[vcd_user]

You said, "Just get a software that allows you to slowmotion a video clip."
I need to clarify this.
Do you mean just to play back the Video in slow motion ? I like to have the video clip on VCD or DVD already in the speed I like. This will allow me to send the VCD or DVD to my friend without telling them that they have to play it in slow motion.

Let me understand the process.
Step 1 , Play the VHS tape using my VCR and use my ATI TV wonder to capture the VHS output as mpeg file. There will be not change in speed (i.e. the same as the VHS tape)
step 2 Edit the captured video using Video authoring software to duplicate the frames or slow motion it ????
Step 3 burn the output of the video authoring software to VCD or DVD.

The question that I am still not clear is step 2. The latest response said that duplicating frames may not be an option because it is too difficult to do. Can anyone recommend any softeware that can do what I want easily ?

[northcat_8]

as I said....

Pinnacle's Studio 8 has a slow motion feature, Studio 9 is the newest version, I would assume it has it as well.

Your steps would be.

1. Capture the video at normal speed, just like you filmed it. I would capture it as a DV-AVI file if you can, MPG is a compressed format and does not always edit very well.

2. Take your captured video into your video editing application and apply the slow motion setting.

3. Encode the video to MPEG-2.

4. Author your DVD.

The only reason I even mention Pinnacle Studio 8 is because S8 allows you to cut the video up and just slow motion certain parts of it. You can slow the video down or speed it up. There are 10 different levels in each direction.

I would think you could do the same thing in Adobe Premiere but you are talking a $900 difference in price.

I think the Studio 9 will run you about $75 or so.

I'm not aware of any freeware that can slow motion a clip...but I haven't used many video editing free softwares.

[babyboo]

S8 allows you to cut the video up and just slow motion certain parts of it. You can slow the video down or speed it up. There are 10 different levels in each direction.

Not to hijack the thread but is this what you used to create the high speed effect in your trip to work video?

[Richard_G]

As Northcat_8 says. Capture your video as avi (definitely NOT mpeg) and dump it into the video edit module of Ulead MediaStudio Pro (30 day free trial available for download from www.ulead.com). Select the start and end points of the bit you want to slow down and tell it to slow it down. You can slow down or speed up by as much or as little as you want (you can also play it backwards if you want). Once you have it at the speed you want, create a new file (which can be mpeg) that you can then put into your VCD creation software.