I'm editing some general family footage & wondering if I can edit in Windows Movie Maker v2 & then use VS 10+ to handle the menu'ing & burning side of things?
I've got both bits of software but I find the basic editing that I need to do is an awful lot quicker to learn & perform in WMM. I appreciate that VS is vastly more sophisticated but it's taking me a lot more time to learn than I've got at the moment.
I'm using .avi files (captured from a Sony Digital-8 camera) & was wondering if I could capture with VS but edit the .avi in WMM. Then output it from WMM (as an .avi?), load it back into VS & then follow the recommended procedure to burn it.
I'm concerned about a loss of quality, so I'm wondering what steps I should take to make sure the quality is OK.
Regards,
Michael
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I would vary the work flow just a little to be on the safe side. After you have produced your final DV/AVI in Movie Maker, open the Editor in VS. Insert the DV/AVi file into the timeline and go to Share > Create Video File > DVD. This will produce a DVD-compliant mpeg-2 of your file (which is something which Movie Maker cannot do, of course).
Then you empty the timeline and click on Share > Create Disc. Click on the first Add Media icons in the top left and point it to where your new mpeg-2 is stored (usually in the Working Folder assigned in File > Preferences > General). It will be inserted in the burning timeline. Create your menu and burn.
You could try burning straight from your DV/AVI file, but this means that the burning module has to combine the complex conversion process with the complex multiplexing process and actually burning, all on the fly. Some less well-resourced computers cannot handle the demand. That is why we usually suggest you first convert the DV to mpeg-2 as a separate step.
Then you empty the timeline and click on Share > Create Disc. Click on the first Add Media icons in the top left and point it to where your new mpeg-2 is stored (usually in the Working Folder assigned in File > Preferences > General). It will be inserted in the burning timeline. Create your menu and burn.
You could try burning straight from your DV/AVI file, but this means that the burning module has to combine the complex conversion process with the complex multiplexing process and actually burning, all on the fly. Some less well-resourced computers cannot handle the demand. That is why we usually suggest you first convert the DV to mpeg-2 as a separate step.
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I agree. Many of us use more than one video program from more than one vendor. As long as you stick with those nice big DV files you shouldn't have any problems. If you start working with WMV files, or some of the more-compressed AVI variants, you could get into trouble.
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Many thanks for the responses. It sounds like it isn't too foolish an idea.
On Ken's advice - I did try doing it without following the procedure outlined and the finished footage was lousy.
I then found the "Recommended Procedure" post (which is pretty much what Ken outlined) and had far better results.
Regards,
Michael
On Ken's advice - I did try doing it without following the procedure outlined and the finished footage was lousy.
I then found the "Recommended Procedure" post (which is pretty much what Ken outlined) and had far better results.
Regards,
Michael