[Dave Petteruto]

OK Neal, you are starting to clear up the picture for me on this HD stuff. Your last post really helped. I will try to get some info on the computer for you so you can advise me on that end of things. I’m guessing that the computer the coaches have is not beefy enough for HD, but you never know. Going to the stand alone DVD burner sounds like it may be the best choice.

“Out of curiosity, what brought you to the Vegas forum?”
In a nutshell–I’ve always been dealt really good info from everyone on this Vegas site whether it be a Vegas question (which most of mine are) or a question regarding something else in the video world. In other words, I go to where the knowledge is good and the people are nice! 🙂

I also checked out your website–it looks like you do lots of nice work and are very versatile in what services you offer. Good stuff!

Thanks
Dave P.

[Dave Petteruto]

Neal,
When I visited the school yesterday the one coach with the limited video/computer knowledge was not there. The head coach (who basically knows zero) was there and told me that currently they download from the camera and they end up with 4 files (one for each quarter) that in turn get burned to a DVD. He didn’t even know what software they use to burn the DVD. They do no editing at all at this time all they want to do is get the game film onto DVD so they can view it.

With this Panasonic camera will the files that are burned to a DVD view in HD? I for some reason thought HD had to be on a Bluray disc.

As I said before I appreciate you time and patience as this HD stuff is all new to me.

I will need to go back and get the computer specs.

Thanks again. Feel free to email me if it’s easier for you.
Dave
dpetto@verizon.net

Thanks
Dave P.

[Dave Petteruto]

Thanks for your input everyone. I appreciate your time.

Thanks
Dave P.

[Dave Petteruto]

Hi Neal,

I’ve been shooting SD video to MiniDV tape for years and this HD workflow is all new to me so please forgive my ignorance. I have a few questions about using the Panasonic. I told the coach about it and he is very interested. Right now they shoot the games on an older SD video camera with a hard drive. They copy the files to the computer and burn to DVD using some DVD burning software they have.

If they go with the Panasonic you recommend, I assume it’s the same type of workflow? Are the files copied to the computer via USB cable? After the files are on the computer do the files need to be converted from HD to SD? Is the video shot on the camea in HD or SD? Can the coaches use their existing DVD burning software & burner to burn them to DVD?

Basically the coach just wants to know how he can get the video from the camera onto his computer then onto DVD.

Lots of questions 🙂

I appreciate your time.

Thanks
Dave P.

[Dave Petteruto]

Thanks Neal, I will pass this info onto the coach. Looks like a pretty nice camera.

Thanks
Dave P.

[Dave Petteruto]

Hi Neal,
Thanks for your reply. As far as work flow–The coach needs to get the game film onto DVD fairly quickly so he can go over it with his team and exchange with other schools. In the past they have given me DVDs of game films which I import into Vegas with which I make them a season ending highlight reel. It needs to be a fairly simple system for them (coaches) because they are not real computer savvy!

Thanks
Dave P.

[Dave Petteruto]

Thanks Aleksey–that’s exactly what I did and it worked great. Saved me lots of time 🙂

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Dave P.

[Dave Petteruto]

Steve, please excuse my ignorance, but what does that mean exactly relating to playing an mpeg4?

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Dave P.

[Dave Petteruto]

Steve, your question may have solved my problem. I was going to put the link to a video I have on Youtube here for you to look at. When I was viewing the video on Youtube it wasn’t having the above mentioned problem. That got me to thinking (something I am sometimes capable of doing). To make a long story short, when I view the mpeg4 video in Quicktime I have the problem. When I view it in Windows Media player I have no problem. It seems as if the problem may lie in viewing these videos in Quicktime.

Thanks
Dave P.

[Dave Petteruto]

Terry, on the Epson 810 does the DVD feed into the printer on a remote tray or is the feed built into the printer? If it’s the latter of the two, does the feed system seem like something that is sturdy and would hold up to lots of DVD printing?

Thanks
Dave P.