Video transfer explained??

[tuscan_al]

I have borrowed a mini dv camera for the ring trip. I will get a firewire cable to transfer it to my laptop. But can one of a our budding spielburgs on here point me the right way for some free software which will import/edit the footage?

[humpy]

tuscan_al said:

I have borrowed a mini dv camera for the ring trip. I will get a firewire cable to transfer it to my laptop. But can one of a our budding spielburgs on here point me the right way for some free software which will import/edit the footage?

Do you have Microsoft Office? Microsoft Movie Maker is a reasonable video import and editing package.

[Revs_Addiction]

Sorry to hijack!

I have loads of footage I need to edit too! I've tried the windows movie maker, but when trying to edit the footage i can't see the film (picture) itself running, (although the timer is running), and I just get a black screen, so have no idea when to 'cut' and edit the film, as it would be (literally) a stab in the dark...

Any suggestions what I'm doing wrong?!?!

(Sorry Alex)!!

[tuscan_al]

no probs, any q's and help will all be useful, i may well have the same situation.

Yes thik I have movie maker. Waiting on ebay firewire cable now.

[Akers]

Movie Maker is a great program for editing your vids, and is a free component of Windows XP, but does have it's limitations.

Andy,
your footage is most likely using an AVI codec that movie maker doesn't understand, eg. DivX, as my recorder uses. To get round this you need to import the footage to your collections (which it sounds like you have already done), then select ALL the clips and drag them into your storyboard completely unedited. Go to File, Save Movie File and save at the quality you are happy with. Once complete you then have to import this movie into your collections, at which point you should see the picture associated with all the clips.

It's a pain but the only solution I have found.