Best Video Editing Software?

[dazuk1972]

What is the best video editing software? As well as Windows Movie Maker 2, I use Cyberlink Power Director but the problem with those two is, they mostly produce to a screen size from 352x288 and when I've burnt to DVD, the picture quality has enlarged so much is destroys a lot of the picture quality. What I've filmed was 740x480, something like that. I can't remember the exact measurements. As I said, the softwares that I tried shrink each frame of film right down to 352x288 and destory the picture quality. Is there any better software? Please tell me the title/titles.

Many thanks.

Darren.

[atifsh]

power director will do good , u just have to choose correct resolution check the profile ur using to get ur final video, should be dvd or manually set it higher. 352x288 is VCD/ VHS.

[degsvalencia]

Pinnacle And Avid Are The Professional Editing Software For Video, Everything I Here, Try Also Final Cut Pro

[bilmo]

power director will do good , u just have to choose correct resolution check the profile ur using to get ur final video, should be dvd or manually set it higher. 352x288 is VCD/ VHS.

Hi. I just joined this forum. not an eggzspert on any of this stuff
is power director a good software for converting old VHS movies,
TV shows etc.. to DVD? thanks for any feedback on that!

Bill

[ed klein]

If I remember correctly on the old school editing for std def only:

TMPGEnc Plus, HC023, Dvd Shrink

[rago88]

Ulead Video studio 8SE is good analog to digital software.
Been using to convert VHS and old 8mm tapes for years.

btw; Have 8mm tapes from old Sony Camcorder back in 1990 and amazed that tapes looks as colorfull and sharp today as they did then..
Can't say the same for VHS...
many from 20yrs ago are faded......

[dazuk1972]

power director will do good , u just have to choose correct resolution check the profile ur using to get ur final video, should be dvd or manually set it higher. 352x288 is VCD/ VHS.

That's the one that I use. What I don't like about it is, sometimes I see markings in the produced video but not always. These markings are known as Infragments. I might have got the name wrong but I'm sure you know what I mean. I think I spelt the name wrong.

Many thanks.

Pinnacle And Avid Are The Professional Editing Software For Video, Everything I Here, Try Also Final Cut Pro

Many thanks for the info. I tried that one some time ago but I got rid of it because it took ages to launch. I don't know if mine had a fault. I also tried Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0 but I got problems with that, too. When I tried to add footage through one tool, I got an option flashing violently with some of the other options inside going and coming back and it kept crashing-up my PC. I wish that one would work because you can do much better menus for DVDs through it compared to Power Producer that I use at the moment.

Ulead Video studio 8SE is good analog to digital software.
Been using to convert VHS and old 8mm tapes for years.

btw; Have 8mm tapes from old Sony Camcorder back in 1990 and amazed that tapes looks as colorfull and sharp today as they did then..
Can't say the same for VHS...
many from 20yrs ago are faded......

I have the same software but I can't find the option to create a menu ready for DVD.

Many thanks.

[bilmo]

Hi! I didn't mean to hijack your thread!

What is the best video editing software? As well as Windows Movie Maker 2, I use Cyberlink Power Director but the problem with those two is, they mostly produce to a screen size from 352x288 and when I've burnt to DVD, the picture quality has enlarged so much is destroys a lot of the picture quality. What I've filmed was 740x480, something like that. I can't remember the exact measurements. As I said, the softwares that I tried shrink each frame of film right down to 352x288 and destory the picture quality. Is there any better software? Please tell me the title/titles.

Many thanks.

Darren.

sorry about that

should have started my own. I can't tell if any of the replies are
for me or if they are all for you. I just want to take VHS tapes and make
DVDs. I don't have a camera of any kind. neither still frame or video.
anyway..............

[dazuk1972]

sorry about that

should have started my own. I can't tell if any of the replies are
for me or if they are all for you. I just want to take VHS tapes and make
DVDs. I don't have a camera of any kind. neither still frame or video.
anyway..............

Don't worry about a thing. You didn't need to apologise anyway because I never thought anything bad from it.

With your question, I've never really done VHS to DVD through a PC exactly. What I mean is, I tried it years ago but I came-up with so many problems such as the picture quality going downhill and sometimes the audio wasn't playing in the right spot where the dialogue never always went with their mouths. I ended-up getting a DVD and video recorder all built in and used the Dub mode and I got things going. I know it's more money to spend but I'm sure you can get a DVD recorder at a low price and then just plug it into your video recorder and back-up your VHS tapes that way.

If you want to do anything special in your PC, you can always rip the DVD copies to a video file to import into your software. Avoid VR Mode because PCs sometimes have problems reading VR Mode recordings. They act as if there's a blank disc in the drive. Some VR Mode DVDs have worked in my PC and some never. I did remember to finalise all the DVDs as well.

I know how you feel about this because I wanted to back-up old VHS home movies to DVD ages ago.

[bilmo]

VHS to DVD, response to dazuk1972

Don't worry about a thing. You didn't need to apologise anyway because I never thought anything bad from it.

With your question, I've never really done VHS to DVD through a PC exactly. What I mean is, I tried it years ago but I came-up with so many problems such as the picture quality going downhill and sometimes the audio wasn't playing in the right spot where the dialogue never always went with their mouths. I ended-up getting a DVD and video recorder all built in and used the Dub mode and I got things going. I know it's more money to spend but I'm sure you can get a DVD recorder at a low price and then just plug it into your video recorder and back-up your VHS tapes that way.

If you want to do anything special in your PC, you can always rip the DVD copies to a video file to import into your software. Avoid VR Mode because PCs sometimes have problems reading VR Mode recordings. They act as if there's a blank disc in the drive. Some VR Mode DVDs have worked in my PC and some never. I did remember to finalise all the DVDs as well.

I know how you feel about this because I wanted to back-up old VHS home movies to DVD ages ago.

>>>I ended-up getting a DVD and video recorder all built in and used the Dub mode and I got things going. I know it's more money to spend but I'm sure you can get a DVD recorder at a low price and then just plug it into your video recorder and back-up your VHS tapes that way<<<

that's a good idea. actually, it's easier to buy a combo unit with
both VHS and DVD recorders nowadays than to buy seperate components.

not sure what I was thinking

because while the software discussed in this thread is quite reasonable, the high end stuff like adobe/steinburg etc is more than a physical unit
such as you mentioned. I hadn't realized one could do such a thing as
dub a DVD right from a tape or another DVD. I found some good deals
on amazon last night. thanks for the reply!!

[drfsupercenter]

Ulead Video Studio version 9 is what I use... best video editor IMO

10 and 11 work too but they don't have any new features and just take up more space. (Get a free trial, if you like it it's only like $80 at Amazon)

[rago88]

Agree,,,

I have Ulead 9 for all digital capture and also have there analog capture version for vcr and old tapes..
UVS 8 SE.

[drfsupercenter]

For analog capture, I have a settop DVD recorder + Auto Gordian Knot (Actually with my encoding knowledge, I usually do it by hand in VirtualDub or mencoder... but AGK works too since it's obviously not encrypted)

[dazuk1972]

>>>I ended-up getting a DVD and video recorder all built in and used the Dub mode and I got things going. I know it's more money to spend but I'm sure you can get a DVD recorder at a low price and then just plug it into your video recorder and back-up your VHS tapes that way<<<

that's a good idea. actually, it's easier to buy a combo unit with
both VHS and DVD recorders nowadays than to buy seperate components.

not sure what I was thinking

because while the software discussed in this thread is quite reasonable, the high end stuff like adobe/steinburg etc is more than a physical unit
such as you mentioned. I hadn't realized one could do such a thing as
dub a DVD right from a tape or another DVD. I found some good deals
on amazon last night. thanks for the reply!!

You're welcome. DVD recorders and video recorders all built in together are at lower prices but I only mentioned about you only buying a DVD recorder because you already have a video recoreder, of course. I know you can't create fancy menus with a DVD recorder the way you expect where the options are in wanted spaces with a background picture and audio but at least the VHS tapes get backed-up to DVD. Test the recording speeds first because some DVD recorders record to LP where LP looks like VHS and some DVD recorders allow LP to look like SP. I remember a Philips DVD recorder with LP only made VHS to DVD look bad but LP recordings from TV to DVD was looking like SP. I got a Sharp DVD recorder and video recorder and when I recorded from the TV using DVD LP, the playback looked like VHS. When I got a Sony DVD recorder, I can recorded from TV to DVD with LP and the picture looks like SP.

Out of all things, avoid Philips for crying out loud with a hard drive if you chose a DVD recorder with a hard drive. I know you don't need a hard drive for your purpose but I'm giving more and important information. When I bought a Philips DVD recorder, they caused so much hassle with a stupid non-stop buffer. Everytime you turn the DVD recorder on it goes on auto record even though you don't want to record and when you turn the recorder off just like that it does an auto erase of everything. Put it this way. Suppose you don't get the hang of it and you record something on purpose for keeps and you switch the recorder off, it will erase what you want to keep because from the non-stop recording with that buffer unless you learn the ropes. Another dumb thing from Philips. If you edit out the commercials from a TV programme or film in the hard drive before dubbing to DVD, you'll only edit the commerials out for that Philips model number only. When you play the DVD back in the same model after editing the commercials, they won't show. If you put the same DVD in another make and model DVD machine, the commercials will show. They are not erased from the DVD, only from the Philips playback on any Philips DVD machine playback. This means you're not even freeing disc space on the DVD discs.

With my Sony DVD recorder with a hard drive, I can record to the hard drive easy. Not a problem. It's just as easy as recording to a video cassette. When a TV programme or film starts, I press Record and it records and when I press Record Stop it stops recording and that recording is in the menu where I can edit it, re-title it or protect it without the worry of losing it when turning the recorder off and back on. No buffer in the Sony recorder at all. Sony built a few models like this. They are so easy and trustworthy to use. I understand if you want a basic DVD recorder without a hard drive, I was giving you more useful information. Keep well away from Philips first thing otherwise you'll be buying big trouble.