Sugguestions: Video Capture/Editing Kit?
 

I have a lot of video tapes which I'd like to transfer to digital media. And then to edit down to viewable 'episodes' etc.

So I'm looking at 2 things:

1) Video capture hardware - reasonable quality/speed, but on a very tight budget, so looking at a good price/performance compromise here.

2) Video editing software - not sure what I want here. Must obviously allow me to cut/splice, but I'd also love to have some blue/green screen capability and anything that helps put title screens etc. together. Well - I think that's what I want.

So I'm hoping that some of you out there have a good handle on this and maybe can guide me. Thanks.

Re: Sugguestions: Video Capture/Editing Kit?
 

By video tapes you mean VHS?

Do you have a digital camcorder. Many have an analogue passthru that will enable you to plug VCR>Camcorder>Firewire port.

Once that is done capture away.

Then for what you need something as simple as MS Movie Maker III would do the job.

I encode / Burn using TMPGenc which costs money, but is v.good.

Re: Sugguestions: Video Capture/Editing Kit?
 

Any camcorder or video device with a firewire connection should do you fine as long as your PC has a firewire port.

As for software Adobe Premiere and After Effects are probably your best choice for features and professional quality.
Premiere lets you arrange and cut up stuff accross a timeline and aftereffects well does what it says....effects and lets you mess around more with your video.

Re: Sugguestions: Video Capture/Editing Kit?
 

Not specifically, but some... Although that's not the priority.

No digital here. Analogue all the way. And no video capture h/w in the computer atm.

I'd like something that would eventually also be usable with digital video, but if that increases the cost a lot then I'll concentrate on the video camera tapes first.

I'll check those out, thanks.

Update: Had a play with Movie Maker - works quite well. Managed to do a bit of editing on files I already had on the computer etc. Certainly a good start!

Re: Sugguestions: Video Capture/Editing Kit?
 

Movie Maker 3 ?? When did that come out?

Re: Sugguestions: Video Capture/Editing Kit?
 

Dunno - on my machine it's version 5.1. Came with SP2.

Re: Sugguestions: Video Capture/Editing Kit?
 

Odd - on mine it's 2.1 - and that was with SP2 ..... :erm:

Re: Sugguestions: Video Capture/Editing Kit?
 

That's the version of Windows NT you are running (behind the scenes, Microsoft are still using the same version numbering scheme, so XP is Windows NT 5.1 and 2000 is NT 5)

Re: Sugguestions: Video Capture/Editing Kit?
 

I personally would buy a cheap tv card,easy to connect a vhs vcr and an analoge camcorder via composite or even rf , then buy a firewire pci card when you want to go digital

Total cost of both cards needs to be no more than £25--£30

My ms movie maker says version 5.2 but it also says underneath version 2.1

Re: Sugguestions: Video Capture/Editing Kit?
 

Best editing software I've had the pleasure to use was Sony Vegas 5.0, not sure how much it costs but it really was the dogs...

Some of the stuff you can do would put BBC to shame!

Re: Sugguestions: Video Capture/Editing Kit?
 

i have a very old hauppage using an 878 chip, and it's plenty more than enough to capture VHS :) you don't need to spend much cash...

as for software, virtualdub for linear operations and capturing, adobe premiere for non-linear (titles and stuff)

Re: Sugguestions: Video Capture/Editing Kit?
 

Ive just reclaimed a card with that chipset works a treat but no remote :(

Re: Sugguestions: Video Capture/Editing Kit?
 

heh, i've got a remote but no IR receiver! between us there's a working system somewhere... :D