Using VideoStudio; Recommendations

[BrianCee]

If you hover the cursor over a thumbnail in the library a small pop-out will appear - at the bottom of it is the original recording date.

There is no way to change the file name during capture - although you can change it as soon as you have captured. Many members use a small programme called WinDV to capture their tapes - this does allow naming of the captured scenes.

[lata]

Hi Davec

Just to add to Brains comments, the name format uvs121026-001-2
This is a date format 12 / 10 / 26 = 26th October 2012 the date of the captured files.

There is also another issue where the split by scene seems to be one frame out.
However this does not seem to affect the final rendered file. A little annoying when you notice the frame when editing?

This post provides more info:-http://forum.corel.com/EN/viewtopic.php ... t+by+Scene

WinDV will not capture the recording time stamp either, I do not know of a program that will do this, but will allow you to name the files prior to capture.

Time stamp
Video Studio can display the timestamp when playing the clip, go to F6 Preferences set Display “DV Timecode on Preview Screen” this is not added to the rendered file, only shows in the preview screen.

I use Win DV
http://windv.mourek.cz/

[canuck]

WinDV does "capture" the timstamp when capturing.
When videos recorded on a DV camcorder tape are captured into DV AVI files on a PC, the time codes (date/time when the tape was recorded) are transferred along with the video/audio data to the files. But the time codes are not visible when you view the DV AVI files with most software players. If you convert the avi to another format, this timecode is lost.
I have used a small (not free) utility to "add" the timestamp to video (DV-avi only). It "adds" the timcode to the the video file and creates a new avi file with the date and/or time embedded in the file. The user has many option on location, font, colour even fad in/out and duration.

Here is the link to the website: http://www.dts8888.com

Most likely there are free programs out there that do the same thing

[lata]

Hi canuck

Sorry for any confusion I was intending to say that WinDV will not use the time-code to name the captured files, this option would of course be quite useful, instead of using the capture date.

You can view the time-code using Video Studio, and I suppose if you wish make a text/title to add the code to your project.

[Davec]

Found a neat little free program: DVdate v7.1. It allows you to add the datecode to the filename, overwrite the datecode, or replace the creation date of the file (wich is the capture-to-PC date) with the datecode, and many more. Check it out.

[GaryG45]

This has been an interesting and helpful post. I have a question for Brian regarding a reply he made early in this post. You said after completing a project you move all of the project files, etc. to an external drive. Do you move everything in the /Users/username/MyDocuments/Corel VideoStudio Pro/My Projects folder to a folder on an external drive?

[Old_Friend]

Found a neat little free program: DVdate v7.1. It allows you to add the datecode to the filename, overwrite the datecode, or replace the creation date of the file (wich is the capture-to-PC date) with the datecode, and many more. Check it out.

Interesting program (Ref: your link). I visited the website and read about its features. My only concern is that it is almost (1 month away from today's date) nearly 5 years old! Much has changed since then, and his disclaimer, like most, denies any/all responsibilty for -anything- that could go wrong after installing it. I'd have more confidence if it was up-to-date, including some sort of user forum where I could see how other folks faired with it. Nevertheless, you offered an option to VS users that may indeed help them do what they desire. Nice of you!

[BrianCee]

GaryG45 - in answer to your question

Yes and No.

Yes in that I move all of the files that are in the project folder to an external hard drive - everything - videos (original .avi and mpeg) , images, project file (.vsp) - which is often more than one file since if it is a biggish project I will do a "save as" every so often along the way to create a back up should I need it - DVD folders and or .iso file - Everything except the library (although I could export that) but I see no point - it takes up very little room and is very seldom required again even if there is more editing required.

But NO in that I do not use the /Users/username/MyDocuments/Corel VideoStudio Pro/My Projects folder - I make a dedicated folder under /Users/username/MyDocuments/Video Projects giving it the project name - for instance I am just completing my summer vacation to the US so my working folder is /Users/username/MyDocuments/Video Projects/USA 2012 - every thing used in the project is directed there - so I can just move the folder USA 2012 complete onto an external hard drive.

I have a number of external drives keeping different ones for different aspects of my videos - such as 'vacations' or 'school videos' - it is very easy to re-plug in the required drive and re-link every thing again if further work is required on that project

[GaryG45]

For DVdate 7.1.1 you can go to www.videohelp.com. On the left side of the home page is a list of links. You should use the Tools/Software and Downloads link, and then search on DVdate. There are some comments on the tool. Hopefully they are of help to you.

[Davec]

Some more info on DVdate v7.1: although is an outdated program (and the website doesn't even claim to be compatible with windows 7), so are our camcorders... I've used it for a day or 2 now. I use it for 2 purposes: 1) replacing the file creation date with the datecode of the DV tape & 2) fixing my WMP-unplayable files by converting to AVI type 2 and next converting it back to AVI type 1. Works great and easy to use and (so far) never failed me.
I have to report two minor inconveniences: 1) prior to saving my preferences in the registry, the program would occasionaly not end in a normal way, and 2) It would not let me delete the type 2 conversion file from my harddisk unless I closed DVdate first. Probably has to do with windows 7 anyway ...

Still wondering if anyone else has ever experienced a WMP-unplayable file capture? I encountered 1 to 3 unplayable scenes per DV tape! All captured with VS-X5 from a SONY DCR-TRV60E camcorder using firewire connection. I used a variaty of DV tapes: TDK, Panasonic, SONY.
to be clear on this: those WMP-unplayable files could be played back in VS-X5 & DVdate (didn't try any other players)

[canuck]

Some more info on DVdate v7.1: although is an outdated program (and the website doesn't even claim to be compatible with windows 7), so are our camcorders... I've used it for a day or 2 now. I use it for 2 purposes: 1) replacing the file creation date with the datecode of the DV tape & 2) fixing my WMP-unplayable files by converting to AVI type 2 and next converting it back to AVI type 1. Works great and easy to use and (so far) never failed me.
I have to report two minor inconveniences: 1) prior to saving my preferences in the registry, the program would occasionaly not end in a normal way, and 2) It would not let me delete the type 2 conversion file from my harddisk unless I closed DVdate first. Probably has to do with windows 7 anyway ...

Still wondering if anyone else has ever experienced a WMP-unplayable file capture? I encountered 1 to 3 unplayable scenes per DV tape! All captured with VS-X5 from a SONY DCR-TRV60E camcorder using firewire connection. I used a variaty of DV tapes: TDK, Panasonic, SONY.
to be clear on this: those WMP-unplayable files could be played back in VS-X5 & DVdate (didn't try any other players)

Have you ever tried to capture DV avi with WinDV? It captures to Type-1 or Type-2, creates separate files for each scene based on the timestamp and names the captured file based on the timestamp. In my opinion it is the best utility for capturing DV avi if you want "scenes" capture and it's free. Unfortunately the creator has not developed it any further since DVD-avi has been superceded by newer formats

[Davec]

Hi canuck,
Yes I tried winDV... and didn't find anything of my intrest that VSX5 couldn't do while capturing. I must admitt that I'm not interested in the filenaming (I use another small progam to rename my files in batch (just Google Bulk Rename Utility - a great little tool). I'm mostly interested in the file's properties, i.e. the original creation date (= shooting date / I have to appologize: I don't know the exact English term as I'm running a Dutch windows version). However I found that DVdate can set the file creation date (which is set to the capture-datestamp by any capture software I used so far) to the datecode (= shooting date), so I settled for this option. By the way DVdate is also able to change the filename by adding the datecode to it (it even has several option on the 'dat format'), just to mention that there are different option out there and it really comes down to individuals preference which way to go ... Hell, I even used Windows Moviemaker to capture/edit/share, and guess what, I does a fairly good job as long as you're not to demanding ...
Whatever capture-software works for you and your PC configuration, just use it. My current workflow to capture is: 1) Capture with VSX5 - 2) Use DVdate to change the file creation date (and to clean up some capture issues - see previous posts) - 3) use Bulk Rename Utility to rename the files - 4) Use the renamed files in VSX5 to edit.