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WinTV Nova USB problem
Posted on January 5th, 2006 | 0 Comments

i have just purchased a Hauppauge WinTV Nova USB tv card for my pc. i am having difficulty installing the software, because when it has finished installing and i open the program a message appears...

Video Card Recommendations
Posted on January 5th, 2006 | 3 Comments

I am in the market for a good video card with an output to Color video production monitor. While I will never say money is not an issue, I am curious what people think is the current standard and...

dressing up text labels
Posted on January 5th, 2006 | 3 Comments

After shooting a stage performance consists of different groups singing, dancing, etc, I'm asked to add text labels to name each program and performers. Just putting plain text is boring. I see that...

Quirks of Sonic MyDVD 5 build 93887
Posted on January 5th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Sonic's MyDVD 5 (build 93887) ("Sonic") is a quirky, veritable pain in the ass to use. Benefit from my bitter experiences (and don't waste so many blank DVDs) by reading these tips first. First:...

Re: Beau Blue Presents - 7 new flash videos
Posted on January 5th, 2006 | 0 Comments

"Jinn Wins" wrote: Or do it "Godard style", write up character synopses and let our "actors" go with it, shoot loads of footage and edit at the RV Park... http://www.atomfilms.com/ have you seen...

CDFS.VXD, Blue Screen of Death, and Nero 6.6.0.16 !
Posted on January 5th, 2006 | 22 Comments

A report about the most recent attack of the infamous Blue Screen of Death ! My system runs on Microsoft's Windows 98SE, and it has a Sony CRX-168B CDRW. It's been very reliable, it may be a little...

DV video to PC through USB2.0
Posted on January 5th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I am using Sony DCR HC21 Mini DV camcoder and 2.4GHz with 512MB RAM computer. When capturing with picture package softwear through USB 2.0 I can get only 320 X 240 resolution. This resolution is not...

Sony Vaio Giga Pocket
Posted on January 5th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Is there any way to use the Giga Pocket NTSC tuner in countries with a PAL system? Advice will be appreciated.

using pc-monitor as camcorder monitor
Posted on January 4th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Hello, my (probably rather simple) question: how can I use my laptop monitor as output for my camcorder without capturing and saving a sequence on my laptop? Just using the pc-monitor as a monitor...

How to imort DVD content including menu?
Posted on January 4th, 2006 | 0 Comments

If I have a DVD and want to add a short tag segment to the beginning before the menu, leaving the menu intact, how can this be done? Pinnacle Studio will the rip the DVD content, but apparently not...

Transcoding AVI
Posted on January 4th, 2006 | 4 Comments

Dear all Is there any software that can transcode avi, apart from Virtualdub. I have a number of Avi files with Xvid codec and I need to cut some part of it off from the main video, Then I want to...

Easily appended video file format
Posted on January 4th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Hi. Is there a video file format where I can concatenate movies by simply concatenating files. I have a program (written in Java) which I would like to modify to dump movies, of about 1/4 hour to 1...

Length of title
Posted on January 4th, 2006 | 2 Comments

I'm new to this. In a sequence where you have title>transition>clip>transition>title>fade>clip>fade and so on, how long should the titles remain on the screen? I'm creating my titles in Photoshop...

Topfield TF5000PVRt - Any Problems with it?
Posted on January 4th, 2006 | 4 Comments

Hi All, I have been offered a Topfield TF5000PVRt, very top dollars also here in Australia :-( How good are they? And what experiences have you had transfering files via the USB port to PC for...

Re: Question on Divx and Xvid
Posted on January 4th, 2006 | 4 Comments

Wilbur Post wrote: My Phillips (not sure on the model), seems to play damn near everything I throw at it. Much easier to watch D/L'd episodes of Smallville & Lost without having to author, and I...

Need camcorder capture software
Posted on January 4th, 2006 | 5 Comments

I have a Sony DCR-HC90 miniDV video camera. I am looking for a simple Video Capture software to download video to my PC. I need these features: 1. Separates each "clip" as a separate .mpg file...

FA: Sony TRV 80 Digital Camcorder
Posted on January 4th, 2006 | 0 Comments

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Deleting files
Posted on January 4th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I recently purchased my first video camera. I've completed some movies in both MovieMaker and Pinnacle Studio 10. The projects are done and burned to DVD. I have files in "My Videos" that are .cos...

On Board Intel Video Chip Seems Great
Posted on January 4th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I have an Intel Mother Board D-8645GBF Chipset that includes an on-board VGA chip in my office.It always keeps 16 MB of RAM for itself and shows 496 Mb (Total=512) in the System window.I never found...

Abobe Premiere 6.0 Photo Montage
Posted on January 4th, 2006 | 7 Comments

Many years ago, the magazine VideoMaker had a small blurb on how to create a photo montage in Adobe Premiere 6.0 by numbering photo files (jpegs) and placing them in a project timeline through a...