http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: 'video editing software' - Recent Posts en Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:21:33 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/is-there-video-software-with-these-editing-solutions-that-would-help-many-people#post-57645 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:45:40 +0000 Richard Hole 57645@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>  Hello</p> <p>Do you know of any video software that can enable the below or do you have any that can do this? It would be very useful for many people and save them a lot of time. If you do not know of any, do you know of someone who may be able to write software or modify existing software to do this?</p> <p>Currently I am using Media Portal to record TV programs from my duel tuner Hauppauge TV Tuner card. Portal saves the files as TS files. I play them back with VLC Media Player that has advantages over other software I have seen as they can be played back at double speed while understanding the audio. However, I want some software to simply edit the files and trim unwanted parts out.  I have not found software to easily do this with TS files and I would rather avoid converting them to another format unless there is an advantage. This is because I have a lot of them to convert and an extra conversion step would be required for each file. Alternatively, a better way would be to use some software other than Media Portal to record the videos that records in another format. Media Portal has some bugs and disadvantages so I would be happy to use some other software if that is better. The TS files take up a fair bit of space on the hard drive. I would rather save files in another format if they take up less space. </p> <p>It would be good if there was video editing software that enabled viewing the video so that the screen of the video take up at least two thirds of the computer screen where the window can easily be resized. Some editors restrict you to a very small viewing size. It would be good to have a program like VLC media player but additionally enabled editing while playing the files back at double speed and understanding what is being said. I would like to click a button to start a section of a video to keep or delete and then another button to end the section to keep or delete. This would enable saving parts of the video and deleting unwanted parts.</p> <p>It would be good to be able to press a button or keystroke to hop back or forward a minute with one click and two minutes with two clicks etc. Another button or keystroke to go back less than a minute would also be good. This would enable replaying something just seen. I would also like the scroll bar to be easily moved by the click of the mouse to a position anywhere in the middle of the video. As an added bonus it would be good if it could be used like Media Portal to record TV programs. However, this feature would not be as important as I could use some other software to do this</p> <p>Currently I have a lot of videos of documentaries and I would like to have them play one after the other in the background while I work without having to manually go to the computer to start playing another one when one of them finishes. Is there software or a method that would easily enable doing this without having to join the files up in one file? If not it would be good to have the video editor easily enable joining files.<br />What software do you suggest to do the above or could it be easily created?</p> <p>I am running Windows XP Home Addition.</p> <p>There is a list of free open source video editors at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_editing_software">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_editing_software</a> . Are any of these likely to be able to do what I want?</p> <p>Your help is appreciated<br />Regards Richard.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/canon-hf100-avchd-format-vs-editing-software-and-performance#post-43681 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:45:32 +0000 Tomsde 43681@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I have a 2.4 Gig Quad Core processor with 3 gigs ram, and am running Windows XP home edition.  For the most part I have been able to edit small movies with Pinnacle Studio and Sony Vegas Movie Studio Premium Pro with little problem.  In Pinnacle Studio background video rendering is slooooow, but it eventually gets the job done.  I don't know how working with larger projects will be.  Vegas Movie Studio is very responsive, so I expect that Vegas Pro 8 would work well also.  I have the Canon Vixia HF10 (which works with flash media and internal flash).  I purchased AVCHD Upshift from New Blue FX to help handle these files, but I really haven't had to use it.  Pinnacle Studio can't open the converted files, but Vegas can.  You might want to try to download the trial and see if Avid Liquid can use the converted files.  I was able to open the files in Vegas Movie Studio 8 without a hitch (the version of the program I have is not supposed to be able to use AVCHD files at all--but it can read the .mts files that the converter makes).  I have seen no degradation of image quality in the converted clips--but they using the best quality settings they can end up being bigger than the original compressed files.</p> <p> My advice to you would be to download trials and see how things perform on your system to see what will work best for you.  It is a shame that the crappy Pixella Mixer software that Canon bundles with the cameras can't do more things.  I rarely purchase software without using the trial versions first, when I haven't I've regretted it because as you know, software is usually not returnable.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/canon-hf100-avchd-format-vs-editing-software-and-performance#post-43314 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:20:51 +0000 shippocaio 43314@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> BTW, i use Windows Vista Ultimate, with a AMD athlon x2 (dual core) of 2.6 GHz, 2 GB of RAM, and an HD of 500GB. It works perfectly!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/canon-hf100-avchd-format-vs-editing-software-and-performance#post-43313 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:18:52 +0000 shippocaio 43313@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Well, i use Sony Vegas Pro 8, and i don't have any problems editing AVCHD footage.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/canon-hf100-avchd-format-vs-editing-software-and-performance#post-43305 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:13:21 +0000 chrisColorado 43305@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I see you tried Sony already, but you didn't say which software you tried, Vegas Pro or Vegas Movie Studio. I have edited AVCHD a little bit, but the computer my boss had at the time wasn't quite powerful enough, so we switched to shooting only SD footage.</p> <p>We used a PC running Windows XP (Home Edition, I believe) with Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum. My experience tells me that the latest version of Sony Vegas Pro (version 8) should have no problems at all. Windows Vista didn't work very well with Vegas for most people i've talked to - including me.</p> <p>NOTE: If you only tried a demo version of the software, that is basically asking for trouble. Also, Vegas works differently from other software, so it would probably be very easy to mess yourself up that way if you only know Avid. Vegas, for instance doesn't import footage the same way other software does. This is a concern if you're using AVCHD in my opinion. I personally love Vegas.</p> <p>Let us know if you still need help with something, and good luck. chris</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/canon-hf100-avchd-format-vs-editing-software-and-performance#post-43303 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:50:37 +0000 Johnboy 43303@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>you need to have a truly top of the line computer in order to edit avchd with no stutters or pops.  Sony's Vegas Pro will edit avchd.  You may need to work with intermediaries for editing and use the original footage for rendering.</p> <p>John</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/canon-hf100-avchd-format-vs-editing-software-and-performance#post-43302 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:37:25 +0000 Ken 43302@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Lasereye,</p> <p>I have no experience with AVCHD, but I've seen posts on this and other forums saying that Sony Vegas works fine with AVCHD. (Not sure if they meant the Pro version or the consumer version.) Since Sony makes some AVCHD camcorders, they are highly motivated to support AVCHD in their editors.</p> <p>Ken</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/canon-hf100-avchd-format-vs-editing-software-and-performance#post-43299 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:16:26 +0000 Lasereye 43299@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I am going crazy here. I am pinned to the floor!</p> <p>I think I put myself not only the bleeding edge of software technology - but on its very sharp sword tip!</p> <p><strong>Pulling the blade out of its sheath</strong><strong><br /> </strong>Bought a Canon HF100 - Loved the camera - size, picture, quality - extra features - no tape required! (Wow)</p> <p><strong>Running my finger across the blade</strong><strong><br /> </strong>Got a nasty cut - when I found out my editing software (Avid Liquid 7.2) would not edit AVCHD format.</p> <p><strong>Riding the tip of the blade while hurdling to the floor</strong><br /> Started my search on the Internet - looking for video editing software that would work natively with AVCHD format. Received disappointing results in my search and trials - (jerky video, freezes, loooong convesion times, limited editing) - tried software from Sony, Pinnacle, Corel with similar disappointing results. I even considered Adobe with poor results for a while (came to conclusion, way to expensive and complicated - plus - software suffers from "window's "pop-disease" -  got to pop open a new window everytime you want to do something - they should be paying me to use it!).  Even tried conversion software to convert AVCHD to a usable format - still no satisfaction.</p> <p>Now here I am, pinned to the floor with the bleeding edge of technology through my body - waiting for AVCHD video editing software that works natively with the AVCHD format with no jerks, freezes and stops.</p> <p><strong>QUESTION</strong>: Can or has anyone (who is not affiliated with a manufacturer - I'm looking for real life user) had proven success (with great performance and no glitches) with your Video Editing software (or conversion software) which works natively with AVCHD files with speed, accuracy and knock-your-socks-off performance?  If so, please, share with me the software, the PC you are using and the configuration.  I am loosing blood fast - help heal a poor soul who needs you success to keep going!</p> <p>Best Regards,</p>