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Best 3-Chip MiniDV Cam
Posted on March 2nd, 2005 | 1 Comments

What is the best 3-Chip MiniDV cam on the market? Or, should would Digital 8mm be the better way to go? Doug Miller alphageek@milmac.com

Problems Reading UK VCD
Posted on March 2nd, 2005 | 0 Comments

A friend of mine purchased a VCD of our graduation in the UK (from a few years ago) and shipped it to me here in the US. I can watch the VCD successfully (albeit with some choppiness) on my DVD...

Solution to my question - of removing blue screen in a video file for alpha export
Posted on March 2nd, 2005 | 3 Comments

Thanks all for your replies. I simply color keyed it, with a feather, and then masked out any other little issues, I am looking for a grainy rough look anyhow. So I exported animation compressor...

Problems playing M-JPEG A Quicktime videos on OSX iMac
Posted on March 2nd, 2005 | 0 Comments

I'm having problems playing several Quicktime videos encoded in M-JPEG A. I can get them to play on an old OS9 iMac running QT 5.0.2, and on a new XP Pro PC running QT 6.5.2. But I can't get them...

Help:Cannot play files created with the Rainbow Runner Studio
Posted on March 2nd, 2005 | 0 Comments

I used to have a Matrox video card and I created some videos with the Rainbow Runner Studio. I'm now using a Pinnacle Dv500 and cannot play the files I created with the Rainbow Runner. anyone knows...

Burning DVD tragedy with Nero_6
Posted on March 2nd, 2005 | 10 Comments

I had no problem with burning DVD disks on standalone computer. When I used Architect to create DVD files and burn on my new powerful laptop it burned not playable disk. Than I tried to burn the...

Good/bad VHS-DVD-Recorder combos?
Posted on March 1st, 2005 | 3 Comments

Looking for something to convert a bunch of older tapes which I could then edit possibly by ripping/transferring to PC in my Pioneer DVD+/-RW drive. Seems like support for DVD-R and DVD-RW is...

Use Keynote in Final Cut Pro?
Posted on March 1st, 2005 | 1 Comments

Hello, I'm doing a promotional video for a friend, mostly an 'infomercial' kind of video. I'd like to use a Keynote presentation as the 'anchor' for the whole video. In other words, I'd like to...

iMovie HD to Final Cut Express HD; volume too low
Posted on March 1st, 2005 | 0 Comments

Just opened an iMovie HD project in Final Cut Express HD and the volume for the main Sequence is too low. I can hear it, but just barely. Clips from the iMovie project that were in the trash are now...

How do I use my Pinnacle AV DV card?
Posted on March 1st, 2005 | 2 Comments

I bought a Pinnacle AV DV card at a yard sale in a pile of computer parts*. How can i get the drivers for this thing so it can work with adobe premiere pro? -- Pic of the...

How to fit lower resolution video into a box
Posted on March 1st, 2005 | 0 Comments

Its a downloaded file and it will appear choppy/low-res when it will fill the whole screen of DVD at 720x480 (mpeg2). I have access to MS Video Studio and Adobe Premier.

Capture Quality in Premiere
Posted on March 1st, 2005 | 5 Comments

Hello everyone. I got an urgent question, because we're working on a project and we're late. So, every help will be greatly appreciated! It's a very, very strange problem. I got a Sharp VL-Z800 DV...

How to create this effect, help
Posted on March 1st, 2005 | 11 Comments

I want to creat the effect of the moving line as it goes across a map. You know when you see in the movies the red line as it starts from some place like New York and goes over the ocean to Paris. ...

Cheap Editing Keyboards
Posted on March 1st, 2005 | 3 Comments

Dear Video Desktop Group Members, Editors Keys would officially like to announce the launch of our new website: www.editorskeys.com We now offer video editing keyboards solutions for Avid, Final...

PAL DivX to PAL DVD: What did I do wrong?
Posted on March 1st, 2005 | 2 Comments

Anyone willing to take a moment from a busy life to offer me a clue as to what I'm doing wrong? I've got an algorithm that works well for NTSC format DivX files and Cinema format DivX files. If I...

Converting from wav to ac3 (large file)
Posted on March 1st, 2005 | 4 Comments

I am having problems converting a wav file to ac3. I did it previously without any problems, with wav files around 200-250 Mb in size, and ~22-23 minutes in length, but today I wanted to do it with...

I G I V E U P !!!!! I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!!!
Posted on March 1st, 2005 | 40 Comments

I have the latest DX, Icon Packager, ShadowFX, WB etc..I am a registered ODT user. I have to spend more time trying to straighten out my desktop than I do actually getting work done with my...

Any thoughts on DivX
Posted on March 1st, 2005 | 10 Comments

what pros and cons are there for this format? I never heard of them until I came accidentally across them. They really are tooting their horm.

TMPGEnc aspect ratio
Posted on March 1st, 2005 | 3 Comments

I need to get things straight on something that seems a little vague to me. I want to create a low-resolution NTSC DVD (352x240), and my source is a 320x240 avi file (My DVD will be in MPEG-2 format,...

vid cap above NNNx240=unsupported video format
Posted on March 1st, 2005 | 0 Comments

Excuse may bad attitude - I'm going crazy with this computer.... How is it that the entire population of planet Earth can post problems with vid capturing above NNNx240 and not get one answer that...