How to slow down speed of Mpegs?

[lillei55]

Hello all,

I'm a real newbie - this is my first time on this board and my first attempt at editing any videos.

I had some old super8 home movies transfered to DVD and I want to make a customized DVD. The files are all mpegs with no audio.

However, the movies seem to play faster than what seems normal human speed - like they are going in fast forward (the frame rates are all 29.97fps) and some portions of the movies go even faster than other parts.

What I want to do is to slow down these faster portions of the videos to a more human speed. Is there any program out there that will let you do this?

Any help will be most appreciated.

Cheers

[PhilippZ]

I use Ulead Video Studio 9SE which came bundled free with some hardware I bought. It has a setting for Playback Speed.
http://www.ulead.com/runme.htm

[MOVIEGEEK]

It sounds like they captured at 24fps and encoded at 29.97fps,as was mentioned VideoStudio has a speed effect and so does Arcsoft Showbiz.
The problem is it will slow down an entire clip so you will have to split the slower scenes.

[lillei55]

Thanks for the quick response. I will definitely try these.

I hadn't thought of splitting out the really fast scenes, that might work out beautifully.

Thanks again

[lillei55]

Just wanted to thank you guys again, I tried VideoStudio 11 and it worked like a charm. It even gave me the ability to brighten things up and adjust the coloring.

You guys are the best.

[MOVIEGEEK]

You guys are the best.

Tell my ex-wife that,she never believed me. :P