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Offline Drunky

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« on: April 23, 2005, 07:26:17 PM »
I'm tired of copying my camcorder stuff over to vhs.

What I want to do is copy from camcorder to my computer as mpg or whatever and then make dvd's from it.

I was hoping to make the dvd with chapters so that each chapter is a different time I recorded on the camcorder, i.e. Chapter 1 is when I recorded on 12/26/04, Chapter 2 is when I recorder on 1/02/05, etc.

Can anyone recommend a good program that I can bitorrent that I can use to do this?  BTW the video card is a Geforce 5200 I think.
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Offline DREDIOCK

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« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2005, 08:04:17 PM »
Would probably have better luck in the hardware, or films& screenshots forums

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Offline Nashwan

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« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2005, 08:42:02 PM »
Ask at http://www.videohelp.com or read their tutorials
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« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2005, 11:02:47 PM »
Do you have video card? I have the ATI 9800 and I can plug my camcorder into it and record it right to my hard drive, opens afterward with media player. 321 studios has a program that then changes that file into DVD format and I burn it to DVD(DVD rom that records needed of course). I have all my old movies on DVD now, it's great.
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« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2005, 11:40:06 PM »
Ulead video studio 6 is what I was recommended when I asked the same question.

You'll need a video-in of some sort on your video card, if your card doesn't have one, acquisition cards are pretty cheap, I think.
I have a spare AIW8500, but the shipping from here is too expensive.
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« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2005, 11:56:32 PM »
Is your camcorder digital?

I use Firewire to transfer from my camcorder to the computer.  Nero is handy.

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« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2005, 06:43:45 PM »
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Do you have video card? I have the ATI 9800 and I can plug my camcorder into it and record it right to my hard drive, opens afterward with media player. 321 studios has a program that then changes that file into DVD format and I burn it to DVD(DVD rom that records needed of course). I have all my old movies on DVD now, it's great.


I have a Geforce FX 5200.  It came with my Dell Dimension 4600.  Of course I don't really know what most of the inputs actually do on the back because they have heiroglyphic symbols instead of actual words and I lost the color sheet that described what each one was.  I R teh dumb.


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Ulead video studio 6 is what I was recommended when I asked the same question.

You'll need a video-in of some sort on your video card, if your card doesn't have one, acquisition cards are pretty cheap, I think.
I have a spare AIW8500, but the shipping from here is too expensive.


If I got another video card would it mess with my current video card settings?  Would I have to mess around with BIOS and all that crap?


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Is your camcorder digital?

I use Firewire to transfer from my camcorder to the computer. Nero is handy.

dago


I have an anolog camcorder with RCA cables.


Long and short, I was hoping to be able to use a converter for the RCA to 3.5mm and find some freeware to make the dvds.

Since I'm on an extremely limited budget I guess I'll have to wait until a later date to do something.

Thank you all for you help.
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« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2005, 07:45:24 PM »
To show that I'm not a complete noob I am including these pictures.

The computer inputs...


and the video card...


So whats all that mean and can I use one of those to import video and audio and make it into something that I can create a dvd?
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« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2005, 08:13:52 PM »
Drunky,

In the first picture there is encircled inputs of the intergrated sound card and in the second a PCI soundcard, which is its own card.
Both of those goes for the audio.

On the second picture, the card above the encircled one, is the graphics card.
There doesn't seem to be any videowhatever-in port, but just the S-video output in the middle (the round one).

In the pictures I don't think I see any inputs for the video.
At least the graphics card doesn't seem to have any input ports, just outputs.

Are there any other inputs outside of the picture area? or in the front panel?


There are also separate video cards available, which will be plugged into the PCI ports.
I suppose there might be also external USB versions available, but I'm not sure about it... at least there is so many things available for the USB ports, even small vacuum cleaners :rolleyes:

Also you need to know what kind of plug your camera has.
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« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2005, 08:30:31 PM »
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Also you need to know what kind of plug your camera has.


Thank you for the help Fishu.

The camcorder goes from a 3.5mm at the camera to two RCA cables, one for video and one for audio.

Also, from what I've read I've heard that the USB input for video doesn't have enough throughput for video and it ends up stuttery.  This might have been old information but I'm not sure.
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« Reply #10 on: April 24, 2005, 08:51:57 PM »
Drunky, yer pics show on board sound cards and the second circled in red show a pcu card. The card directly above that shows your vid card and it has DVI and S-video ports. I would suspect your camera can send signals thru S-video to the computer. If you don't have the s-video cable convertor for your camcorder you can prolly pick one up real cheap on the net.

The question I would have is which sound card are you using? The sound card circled in red or the on board sound? If's it the PCI card (circled in red) is the on-board disabled?

Is this also yer gaming computer? I don't see a lot plugged in to it.
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« Reply #11 on: April 24, 2005, 09:41:05 PM »
The S video port is almost certainly video out only, so you can't capture with it.

You need more hardware. What you need is a capture card. They start at pretty low prices (probably find one new for $30), obviously better quality costs more.

There isn't any way around that, it looks like you have no way of capturing video to your pc, and only hardware will allow you to do that.
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« Reply #12 on: April 24, 2005, 10:14:23 PM »
First off, I resent being called a computer geek.    That said,  here is what I recommend:

http://www.canopus.us/US/products/ADVC110/pm_advc110.asp

I have the model 100.  It's great.  Virtually idiot proof and extremely easy to use.  

I started with an ATI video capture card, but the sound was never in sync with the video!  Using the Canopus ADVC-100 the audio is always 100% in sync with the video due to hardware.  Just capture, re-encode, and that's it!  

The cost is about $300.00 and it requires a firewire port, but if you plan on doing much capturing (or don't want to become a computer geek) it is worth every penny.  Just don't go and buy an ATI All-in-Wonder card first!  Those things are, well, not recommended.  


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« Reply #13 on: April 24, 2005, 11:39:01 PM »
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The S video port is almost certainly video out only, so you can't capture with it.


Actually, that is what I use. My ATI comes with a cable that has S video at one end, and is RCA inputs at the other.
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« Reply #14 on: April 25, 2005, 12:03:20 AM »
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