1) I want date/time to be displayed in my movies. I understand it can be done in V9. I have v8. What can I do ? I did not see an answer in the forum regarding version 8.
2) can the "split by scene" only split by date (not time)?
Thanks!!!
How can I capture data/time and display it in Version 8?
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PeterMilliken
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Actually, it can't be done in VS 9 any better than it can in VS 8 
VS 9 has an option box that allows the date/time that the video was taken (assuming you capture in .avi format - the information is apparently lost if you capture in mpeg) to be "displayed" in the preview window. But to actually get that information into the resulting video is still a manual task even with VS 9.
So any "answer" you have found for VS 9 you can safely use for VS 8. For VS 8, to extract the time/date the video was shot, you can use an external utility to discover the time and date - I can't remember what it is called - you should be able to find a reference to it using a Search.
Hope this helps,
Peter
P.S. I believe that the split by scene is done by time rather than date.
VS 9 has an option box that allows the date/time that the video was taken (assuming you capture in .avi format - the information is apparently lost if you capture in mpeg) to be "displayed" in the preview window. But to actually get that information into the resulting video is still a manual task even with VS 9.
So any "answer" you have found for VS 9 you can safely use for VS 8. For VS 8, to extract the time/date the video was shot, you can use an external utility to discover the time and date - I can't remember what it is called - you should be able to find a reference to it using a Search.
Hope this helps,
Peter
P.S. I believe that the split by scene is done by time rather than date.
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bhbuckeye
date/time
Hi,
Sorry about the rant...but this is a pet peave of mine:-)
My first ? is what are you going for here...most of us here are just going to kid's soccer games, plays, grads, etc. we have learned--hopefully-- to set our cams auto time/date feature to turn OFF after 4 secs or so....it is visually a bit disturbing to sit thru a 10 minute video of your kids grad/wed/etc and to have the overbearing time stamp in the bottom rh corner...we kinda got the point about what day it was after 4 secs or so...
kinda like taping/watching Mary Poppin's off Disney and seeing the mouse ears in the bottom RH corner for 2+ hours...we know who made this movie...
If you are going on federal raids, drug busts, anti-terrorism espionage activities etc... then by all means---and I hope someone here can help...a court of law will certainly appreciate this sort of detail...
but, for the rest of us...if your cam doesn't have auto title/date/time--and please do learn how to turn it off after a few secs if it does---just use the title function for a few secs at the beginning or end of your film...
I feel better...thanks
and I'm sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings
bhb
Sorry about the rant...but this is a pet peave of mine:-)
My first ? is what are you going for here...most of us here are just going to kid's soccer games, plays, grads, etc. we have learned--hopefully-- to set our cams auto time/date feature to turn OFF after 4 secs or so....it is visually a bit disturbing to sit thru a 10 minute video of your kids grad/wed/etc and to have the overbearing time stamp in the bottom rh corner...we kinda got the point about what day it was after 4 secs or so...
kinda like taping/watching Mary Poppin's off Disney and seeing the mouse ears in the bottom RH corner for 2+ hours...we know who made this movie...
If you are going on federal raids, drug busts, anti-terrorism espionage activities etc... then by all means---and I hope someone here can help...a court of law will certainly appreciate this sort of detail...
but, for the rest of us...if your cam doesn't have auto title/date/time--and please do learn how to turn it off after a few secs if it does---just use the title function for a few secs at the beginning or end of your film...
I feel better...thanks
and I'm sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings
bhb