RE: Success - capturing from a Sony DVD201E camcorder

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From: Nimuemusic (Nimuemusic_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/06/04 

Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 03:48:02 -0800

"Noelle" wrote:

> Thank you for the replies PapaJohn and Graham.
>
> I have finally succeeded in my endeavour to burn a normal DVD, from the
> footage shot with the Sony DCR-DVD 201E. which uses a DVD mini disk. And am
> extremely happy with the results.
>
> They compare more than favourably with the DVDs from my
> last camera a Sony TRV740E Hi8.
>
> Pixela Imagemaker itself which comes bundled with the camera, offers only
> basic editing, and I needed to import the files into WMM2 to edit them, and
> here I ran into problems.
>
> Tried several methods ie saving the mpg files to DVD-AVI in Imagemaker
> itself (previous email), but eventually decided the resulting files in some
> cases where there was lots of movement, were not up to the quality I was
> expecting.
>
> Finally, in WMM2 I went to Tools/Options/Compatability and through a process
> of elimination, I disabled the filters, eventually leaving only the XL
> Decompress, AVI_PASS, only two of the Neros: Nero DVD Decoder and Nero Video
> Encoder but disabled the Nero Digital Audio Encoder (as this appeared to
> mute the sound), and left in the Pixela AC-3 Encoder and Pixela MPEG2 Video
> Decoder.
>
> Bingo, success at last!
>
> Using Imagemaker, I imported the footage from the
> finalised disk in the Sony into the Imagemaker Capture folder.
> I then opened (successfully) imported these scenes into WMM2, edited them,
> added transitions etc., and saved them to my Hard Drive as DVD-AVI files.
> Using Nero Express S2 burned them to DVD.
>
> To make sure things go smoothly prior to a session with
> WMM2 I always defrag the Hard Drive beforehand.
>
> Oh, and another thing worth mentioning, the Take Picture from Preview
> option in WMM2 Tools and import into Collections. This works like a charm.
> If you select the best shots they come out crisp and clear. Used some to
> overlay titles on within the movie.
>
> Regards
> Noelle
>
>
>
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> Dear Noelle,

I wonder if you can help me as I am completely new to capturing video and
making home movies? I have a Sony DCR-TRV340E and wish to transfer some
footage onto my PC. Unfortunately I do not have the CD which was supposed to
come with the camera so do not have Pixela ImageMixerr Ver. 1 Im am sure the
CD was never supplied but cannot go back to the retailer since the Handycam
was purchased in Gibraltar. I downloaded the USB driver from the Sony
website but can find no mention of Pixela ImageMixer. Do you know either
where I can download the Pixela software or will Movie Maker do the same job?

Reading your notes it sounds very complicated and any help you can offer
would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Lee

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