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Total video noob, need to edit & convert videos |
| HDn00b posted 2009 Nov 05 15:10 |
| Hello everyone.
I'm totally new to video editing and am very lost reading any of the articles. :cry: Just got a new Sony HDR-CX100 and I'm not sure what software will help me the most. I basically just want to edit video (in SD & HD) both from my camera and from other sources (various family videos relatives have recorded over the years). So I'd like to be able to import from a variety of formats, and also export my edited videos for DVD, Flash, YouTube, etc. If I take the videos straight from the import folder they're unwatchable in VLC (very choppy), so i found I have to convert them out to MPEG2 to even watch in a media player outside of the Sony provided software (PMB). Is this a hardware or codec issue? Thanks for the help! |
| Baldrick posted 2009 Nov 05 15:20 |
| Try play your video using Splash or Media Player Classic HOme Cinema. They are very good AVCHD players.
And have you tried any editor? I would probably try Vegas MOvie Studio or maybe Pinnacle Studio or Nerovision are simpler to start with. And see http://www.videohelp.com/tools/sections/video-editors-advanced?orderby=Rating And remember that editing AVCHD/HD may be very slow if you don't have a very fast computer. |
| HDn00b posted 2009 Nov 05 15:26 |
| Thanks for the advice!
No, I don't think the computer is too fast.... I have a decent video card for gaming, not sure if that helps. |
| Bjs posted 2009 Nov 06 00:58 |
| Id go with adobe premier elements 7 for hd editing and covers most of the formats you mentioned and mobile devices |
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