Date/Time stamp with Quick Scan

[ozzy667]

Hello all,

I've downloaded the trial version of Video Studio 11 and have been playing around with it few days. Forgive the questions - I'm new to video editing.

I'm trying to get the date/time stamp display to work and have a couple questions...

What I'd like to do is transfer the video from the DV cassette to my hard drive with the date displayed regardless of the player used to view it. Is this possible? (I'll still us VS to burn DVDs, but when I view the file years from now it would be nice to have this info there...)

Is there an option to only have the date shown - not the time? I'm pretty sure my camcorder setting was for date only - it only displays the date on playback, so I don't know if the tape even captured the time.


Thanks

Brian

[ozzy667]

Ok - I think I figured out how to get rid of the time display and save the file.

If I go into the timeline screen of Editor I can click on the layer for the date/time stamp and manually remove the time - just like editing any other text box.

And then if I go to Share -> Create Video File I can save it for playback on any program.

Which leads to some new questions...

Can I change the format of the date? ie from '18/12/2006' to 'Dec 12 2006'

What would be a good format to save the files as - for basic storage - something that will be flexible for future programs? I selected 'Same as project settings' and it recorded as a 'Microsoft AVI File', which seems to work well

[MrA]

What would be a good format to save the files as - for basic storage - something that will be flexible for future programs? I selected 'Same as project settings' and it recorded as a 'Microsoft AVI File', which seems to work well

What your camera sent it to the PC is, the format you want to keep. AVI is the BEST format for editing, MPEG-2 is the BEST output for DVD. For the Internet, MPEG-4, for local PC viewing, probably WMV. All of which is debatable.

Try this link for a start, eventually read ALL the tutorials, and if you have more questions, search first then ask.

http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=25214

[heinz-oz]

What would be a good format to save the files as - for basic storage - something that will be flexible for future programs? I selected 'Same as project settings' and it recorded as a 'Microsoft AVI File', which seems to work well

What your camera sent it to the PC is, the format you want to keep. AVI is the BEST format for editing, MPEG-2 is the BEST output for DVD. For the Internet, MPEG-4, for local PC viewing, probably WMV. All of which is debatable.

Try this link for a start, eventually read ALL the tutorials, and if you have more questions, search first then ask.

http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=25214

That statement of yours is not debatable. Mpeg2 is the only format for DVD. Sure, some players can play DivX etc. but technically, a DivX movie, burned to a DVD blank, is not a DVD.

[MrA]

That statement of yours is not debatable. Mpeg2 is the only format for DVD. Sure, some players can play DivX etc. but technically, a DivX movie, burned to a DVD blank, is not a DVD.

LOL, you just debated me.. Just kidding Heinz.. I know that, but, you never know.. (Hmm ACHDVD is now there..blue ray, etc.)

[ozzy667]

Thanks for the link - some very good stuff there.