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  1. 28th Apr 2006 05:48 #1
    themoog
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    OK so my old man has recorded the family videos from the old hi-8 digital sony to dvd. Whats the best format/software/method of getting this dvd video into pinicle for editing???

    No problems with command line software its quality im after...

    Many thanks in advance

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    Use Vob2mpg and convert the DVD VOBs to one mpeg2 file.
    Import the mpeg2 in pinnacle.
    If pinnacle doesn't support mpeg2 input then open the mpeg2 file Virtualdubmpeg2 or VIrtualdubMOD and convert to dv-avi,huffyuv or frameserve directly to pinnacle.
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    framesevre whats that mean and what the process there???
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    But if you want to the best quality, less reencoding of dvd video, I would use MPeg VIdeo Wizard, it just reencode the transitions and such.
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    Whats the best format/software/method of getting this dvd video into pinicle for editing???
    How involved is the editing??
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    As simple or involved as you want it to be. I've spent as little as 20 minutes editing one video, and as much as 120 hours editing another. It all depends on how much stuff you are cutting and changing. The one I spent a lot of time on, was 6 hours of video, covering 15 yrs of off and on stuff with my kids. I had lots of frames with ex wifes, their kids and family, sideways video, etc... It all cleaned up very nice, but it took a lot of frame by frame. Other videos involved cutting out a few dark/blank frames, adding a transition or two, a menu, and it was done..
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    Originally Posted by themoog
    framesevre whats that mean and what the process there???
    https://www.videohelp.com/glossary?F#Frameserve
    "Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." - Frank Zappa
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    The reason i ask..
    There's different approaches depending on the complication of edits...

    That will let me tell him whether he should use an Mpeg cutter, recompress out to .AVI, or simply recapture...
    I know what your talking about..When i put together a montage, i calculate an hour per every minute of final output...That doesn't include rendering or authouring time either..

    At least i'm getting faster.. :P :P
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