capturing software

[King Evil]

i'm looking for a simple to use software that will allow me to capture video clips from a camcorder. it will be used for casting purposes. we will be recording 10 second clips, once the 'stop' button is hit, i would like the video (from a dv camera) to save as a quicktime file. after i record the next 10 second file and hit stop, i would need it to save as a seperate file. each 10 second clip needs to be saved as a seperate quicktime file. any suggestions?

[redwudz]

You can split DV files easily enough, WinDV can do that through a FireWire input. As far as converting to a different format, that would require an additional program. Why Quick time? It's not really compatible with much of anything for mainstream video. (Others, don't flame me for this. I do have a Mac.)

But you can save the DV to your hard drive and later convert to any format you want. For Quicktime conversion, try Quicktime Pro.

DV from a camcorder outputs as DV to your hard drive, nothing else.

And welcome to our forums.

[King Evil]

thanks for your reply. here's the scenario: i cast for print ads. we see anywhere from 50-200 people a day, we take their photographs and make a nice little preview web site for our clients. they pick the talent they want to use in the ad. now, some of our clients are asking for short 10 sec video clips also. the reason why i would like an all-in-one program, is to save time. editing 200 clips would take a long time. and, i only chose quicktime because i have seen other casting agents use that format. are there any other you would suggest?

ideally, i would like to:

record a 10 sec video clip
press stop
have a program size to 300x250 (or whatever the ratio would be)
save as a compressed quicktime file (or something better?)
hit record and start all over again, each time saving as a new file.

am i dreaming here?

[Bjs]

No ... not dreaming ... try ulead video studio as an all in one sollution to meet those needs of yours ... even an se version from ebay (v9) will do the job .

Just capture the entire lot in one go , break the clip up into piece's , click each thumnail to highlight it ... output as required .. no hassle's .

Stopping and starting dv / ieee device's all the time is not practical , and could present problems unseen at this time ... that may appear later .

[thecoalman]

Windows Media Encoder will capture and encode directly to WMV on the fly, ideal for websites. I'd even suggest it's better since just about any windows machine on the planet can play it.

[bobkart]

That Sanyo HD camcorder records MPEG4 to flash cards (I forget which type). Just pop the flash card into a PC's card reader and copy the file off.