Where is date/time of original video ? Ulead VS11

[robertj8142]

Where does the time/date go? I shoot my Mini-DV tapes on a Panasonic camcorder(below). When I play them on the camcorder, I can see the date and time. I go into VS11, I CAPTURE them. The capture goes OK, but where does the date/time go?? I would love to have the option to turn it on/off in some segments. Otherwise, when I am watching the movies on the PC, I have to guess when the footage was shot. This is crazy. What is the point of having digital tapes and the date/time if it doesn't carry over to the software? Thanks, Robert









AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+, 2GB RAM, 256MB GeForce 6800 video, 4TB in disk space(6+ drives), 5 x DVD burners(all Firewire), Ulead Video Studio 11,Windows XP Media edition(similar to XP Pro), Silicon Image RAID5, Panasonic PV-GS65 Mini-DV Camcorder

[Ron P.]

Press F6 or File menu>Preferences. Then look towards the bottom for Display DV timecode..

[robertj8142]

Thanks. But, does this just show the date when I look at preview? Or, will it stay there during editing and when I create the final big file to go to DVD? I'd like the option of leaving the dates on in the final DVD.

[lancecarr]

Yes it will only display in the preview window and will not show on the final output. This is because all digital formats embed the date/time info in the program stream not as part of the video like the old analogue system.
So, to be able to include this as part of the video you need a third party application like :DVDate or DV Timestamp. Just do a search and you should fine them easily.

[skier-hughes]

I have several of those apps listed on this page,
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/WebPages ... rammes.htm

[Black Lab]

I could be mistaken, but I thought v11 could embed the date/time (don't have it on this pc).

[Torch]

Sorry to reactiviate such an old thread, but I can't find the answer anywhere including in the documentation, and this is the closest place I could find that addresses my question.

Just for kicks, I used to DV to DVD wizard in VS 11, and was pleasantly surprised to see that the date and time popped up for a couple seconds every time there was a scene change. I have since (50+ hours of trying and searching while editing) tried to recreate that using the editor, as I prefer to be able to cut my own movies. I haven't figured out how to do it though.

Also, and maybe it is because I am not too smart, but I can't get a single music clip to repeat (I read about the need for it to be greater than 30seconds of audio in the manual) for the entire DVD without dropping the file into the audoi stream repeatedly. Note, the DV Wizard did this on its own too!

While I'm posting, after watching some tutorials, I am curios if you must insert video tracks into the overlay portion in the editor if you want a title screen to appear at the beginning of a video. I ask because I haven't had any luck being able to shift the video over on the timeline in the video track portion and I don't want the titles to go over the video (opening title sequesnces for instance).

I recall, years ago when using MSMM, I could easily insert colour panels and put text over them. I believe I have figured out a way to do it (and the manual does make mention of colour panels...) but I think there must be an easier way.

I moved from MM to Pinnacle (because a trial version came with the new PC I bought for editing) and have now graduated to ULead's video studio and I really do like it, but I am having a hard time being able to learn how to do everything I want to and can do on each of the other platforms all in one!@

Thanks for any responses.

[Ron P.]

Welcome to the forums,

If you look at my first post in this thread, I show how to enable displaying the date/time code. This however will only work for DV video files, and only while previewing in clip mode. There's one final requirement, you must have a VMR (Video Mixing Renderer) compatible video card.

While I have played around a little, with the Movie Wizard, I've never tried using the DV to DVD Wizard. I like getting my hands dirty editing. So I'm clueless about your issue with the audio looping.

With VS all clips in the Main video track automatically ripple to the left to fill up empty space. So you're correct, you must place a color clip in the main track to keep all the other clips to the right. Then you can place your text/title so it overlays the color clip.

[Torch]

Thanks for your response, and far be it for me to make suggestions to you, but here goes anyway, you should try the wizard just to see what effects it has. I thought it was really cool when I first saw it, and with a small bit of video it would take too long...

In order to insert the colour panel, is it best to just create a solid colour background in MSPaint or some other similar program and drop it into VS or does the program have a method of accomplishing this. (As I type this, I see what an easy solution to my own problem this may be)

Also, the date/time stamp does appear on the burned DVD when using the DV - DVD wizard, but I cannot replicate the settings since there is no way to view them. It is totally hands off, and like you, I like getting my hands and feet wet, though I often end up in over my head

In order to have a soundtrack for an entire clip/scene I have been using a 35s clip and dropping it on the audio track repeatedly. In the DV - DVD wizard, it loops the track (though I guess it could automatically be doing what I am doing manually, though that seems unlikely) Somewhere in my reading I came across something that said your audio clip must be longer than 30s to loop, but I can't find a loop feature.