DV to Video - full download (one AVI) and then split up?

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Spar

DV to Video - full download (one AVI) and then split up?

Post by Spar »

Is it possible to have the DV fully downloaded from the camcorder in one AVI file, and then have it split up automatically into various AVI segments after?

I have been having trouble with the downloading process not stopping and downloading correctly and figure the way described above would be much easier.

does this make sense?
BrianCee

Post by BrianCee »

Yes - it most certainlty is possible to import the whole video as one .avi file and then split it - either automatically using the 'Split by Scene' option within VideoStudio (highlight video in timeline and look to info panel above right hand end of timeline) - or by using the 'Multi-trim Video' option (same place) - or manually splitting in the time line.

The third option is by far my personal preffered choice and I describe the procedure I use here :-
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/bri ... page3.html

sorry thats for version 9 (I really must update that info) but although the screen layout is a bit different in V10 and V11 the basics remain the same.
Spar

Post by Spar »

Thanks for the quick response. I will give that a try in a bit.

Waiting for a slideshow to burn on a DVD right now... man that takes a long time!
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Post by Ken Berry »

It will only take a long time to burn if you have been naughty and not first produced a DVD-compatible mpeg-2 of your slideshow before going to the burning module.

If you had done that, then to burn it to DVD would normally not take more than about 30 minutes to burn one hour of high quality video to a single layer DVD at 4x speed. The actual burn only takes around 14 minutes, and the rest of the time is taken to convert the menu and multiplex the video and audio.

You can of course do it the way you are apparently -- but the conversion of your slideshow to DVD-compliant mpeg-2 is added on the fly to what is already a complicated burning process. A lot of people find that this increases the chances of something going wrong. And it certainly increases the burning time.
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Spar

Post by Spar »

Now I know :)

Thanks for the idea!
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