Re: Hardware Requirement for Movie Capture and Editing
- From: "MikeG" <MikeG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 11:28:06 -0700
Wojo,
For what it's worth, you are correct. Firewire is sufficient and in all
respects superior to other video capture methods. No other card is needed.
On another note, THANKS for all your responses to Peter and for sharing your
web site! I've only read some of it so far, but I'm excited to read the rest
- very helpful already!
I do have one question, though... I searched the Windows Movie Maker forum
for 'hardware' and yes, I actually read through all the results. (This is
actually my first time here, but I do understand it's important for us
newbies to look to see if someone has already answered our questions. I
appreciated your comment about that in your first reply.)
When I select "Save to CD", I get an error message... "A recordable CD
drive was not detected... "
I can write CD's and DVD's with other software (Roxio, Sonic). I have a
single combo drive - Philips DVD+RW. No other problems with the device at
all.
Any suggestions?
Again thanks for the help you've already provided!
"Wojo" wrote:
> You shouldn't. If you have the firewire port then you should be video
> capture ready.
> I don't work with video capturing myself yet, my camera records right to CD,
> but AFAIK the firewire card should be all you need.
>
> "Peter" <Peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:97A2F4C4-56A6-4F22-82AC-983E124BC3B5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > One very important question I forgot to ask earlier is do you need a video
> > capture card if you have a firewall port to capture video from miniDV?
> >
> > "Peter" wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks so much fot the speedy response Wojo. The really helps. At least I
> >> know I don't have to waste the money on the graphics card which I may not
> >> need later. One last "stupid" question, are you from Microsoft or
> >> affliated
> >> with Uncle Bill?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> "Wojo" wrote:
> >>
> >> > I am saying the on-board 128MB is sufficient for now. Upgrading later
> >> > may be
> >> > something you want to do but not because of the 128MB so much as the
> >> > quality
> >> > of the card which, of course we don't know yet, but for now I would say
> >> > don't waste your money.
> >> > And yes I would definitely say WMM is the perfect video editing tool
> >> > for a
> >> > novice.
> >> > Yes if you read this forum there are many people that have problems but
> >> > there are also solutions. You will also read that many people posting
> >> > their
> >> > problems here didn't read through the forum first or they would have
> >> > seen
> >> > there problem, in most cases, addressed and fixed many times in the
> >> > past.
> >> > As you familiarize yourself with WMM I guarantee you will add other
> >> > tools to
> >> > your video editing software other than WMM but I would bet you will
> >> > still
> >> > use it along with these other tools. I have many different programs I
> >> > use
> >> > for different things but usually put them together with WMM.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Wojo
> >> > www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/Wojo's_Place/
> >> >
> >> > "Peter" <Peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> > news:AB7D99A8-F3E8-4672-B884-458EFD131060@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > > Thanks very much for the reply Wojo. Are you saying the on-board
> >> > > (integrated)
> >> > > graphics with up to 128MB of memeory is sufficient? Or are you
> >> > > assuming a
> >> > > dedicated grahic card? Also, would you recommend MS Movie Maker for a
> >> > > novice?
> >> > > I read from this forum that this is not the easiest tool to use.
> >> > > thanks.
> >> > >
> >> > > "Wojo" wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > >> If your current graphics card is 128MB I see no reason to purchase a
> >> > >> different one at this point. I do a lot of video editing and I only
> >> > >> have
> >> > >> a
> >> > >> 64MB graphics card and it works just fine.
> >> > >> If you end up doing a lot of video editing the things I would look
> >> > >> at
> >> > >> first
> >> > >> are:
> >> > >> 1 - Additional memory - 512 is ok but 1024 is much much better and
> >> > >> memory
> >> > >> is
> >> > >> cheap
> >> > >> 2 - The size of the HDD - Video clips, especially when rendered to
> >> > >> DV-AVI,
> >> > >> take a lot of space plus you need a place to store them until
> >> > >> projects
> >> > >> are
> >> > >> finished etc... I personally have two 160Gig HDD's in my system but
> >> > >> that
> >> > >> is
> >> > >> likely overkill for most.
> >> > >> 3 - Make sure your computer has a DVD burner and decent DVD
> >> > >> authoring
> >> > >> software (there's a list of quite a few different programs I have
> >> > >> worked
> >> > >> with on my website in the "DVD Programs" section. Even if you don't
> >> > >> think
> >> > >> you will be making DVD's I assure you once you start video editing
> >> > >> you
> >> > >> will
> >> > >> be hooked and it won't be long before your making DVD's and using
> >> > >> DVD
> >> > >> disks
> >> > >> as storage for seldom used clips etc...
> >> > >> --
> >> > >> Wojo
> >> > >> www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/Wojo's_Place/
> >> > >>
> >> > >> "Peter" <Peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> > >> news:E486BC99-CAC0-476C-A10B-8C98223CE5A9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > >> >I am planning to get a PC to do some occasional video capturing and
> >> > >> >editing
> >> > >> > from my miniDV tapes. Will the following spec suffice for such a
> >> > >> > job:
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > Pentium 4 3.0Ghz, 512 RAM with on-board graphics memory (up to
> >> > >> > 128MB).
> >> > >> > Specifically, I would like to know do I really need a separate
> >> > >> > graphics
> >> > >> > card
> >> > >> > instead of the integrated one? This is what the salesman trying to
> >> > >> > sell
> >> > >> > me.
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > Thanks for any advise in advance.
> >> > >>
> >> > >>
> >> > >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
>
>
>
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