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GOOD guess, Charles, you’re a genius.

I remembered that i was having problems with quicktime and gave up on it awhile ago. I couldnt install itunes, and was stuck in quicktime version 7.1 beta or something to that effect, and it just wasn’t working right. I could not update it, nor could i delete it or uninstall it.

I just went and did a quicktime update, rather than uninstall/reinstall and it did some updating, i changed my .mov file properties to always open with quicktime, and voila.

My overlay rendered beautifully as an .avi file. Not sure if i should mask the video footage or the background file, guess it doesnt matter. I ended up masking the video footage. I did not need to change the alpha properties, it is set on undefined. Since it worked, i didnt bother changing it.

Thanks again.

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yes.

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you can hook the RCA cables directly to your camcorder and record it from there to tape, then capture normally to your computer.

You may need an RCA splitter so you can see the game on your TV too as you play it.

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I am using a jumbacks .mov file and tried all options for alpha channel, and they all render out black. Prior to rendering, it shows up fine in the preview window with straight-unmatted, but as soon as i go to avi, it comes up black.

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There is a significant difference between 2hr DVD and 4hr DVD. Quality will be WAY worse than a bad VHS, or VCD.

Burn them both and put them side by side to compare on your tv.

Now, if you are using a DVD-9, then you should be ok.

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I have a video card with 2 outputs, one goes to HD monitor via DVI, and the other goes to a flatscreen via standard monitor cable-9 pin. One of them is used for video preview. It also has s-vid out on the card, which i used to use prior to the DVI connection.

What would be the benefit of going firewire through the camcorder, rather than going out the second port in the graphics card? My first thought is the drain on resources, memory/graphics card memory. I cannot preview at full screen with transitions very well, but draft quality is fine.
Would this be different/better if i went out firewire?
I’ve sort of gotten used to it that way, and just click over to full resolution for color checks, then back to draft. Hmmm.

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In regards to scrubbing– I highly recommend a jog wheel, i have the Bella Keyboard with a built in wheel that will go frame by frame or FF/REW to scrub. You can also purchase a “standalone” usb one.
It is essentially the same as jkl but much easier and faster in my opinion.
I would be lost without it.

Most of my projects are edited linear, but even promo videos and commercials where clips get rearranged, I still use the timeline and just move them around via cut/paste after labelling them with markers and trimming.

I guess it all boils down to the method that you started editing, or were taught, or in my case- I started long ago with pinnacle studio/movie maker where there was no trimmer, so there you have it.

Great thread.

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Thanks Gary, worked great, although i cant figure out how to use the + – keys to change the pitch.

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I haven’t found a good reason to use the trimmer, i have tried the method you described, but i prefer to dump everything in the timeline, and then scrub, split, and delete to keep the footage that I want to use. It works for me- i dont see any time savings by using the trimmer method.

Most of the time, I use scenealyzer to capture all of my footage, and it saves all of my clips as a separate .avi file, so each time that I hit pause on the camcorder, a new file is created. This allows me to delete any unnecessary clips before I start editing, which frees up hard drive space. This is especially nice for interviews or multiple takes, because normally I will only need to keep the very last one.
It also “seems” to speed up editing time because it is not having to deal with only one file. Don’t know if this matters, but it seems to. Also, I dont have to worry about one large file getting corrupt or deleted somehow and ruining everything.

I’m curious to see how many people actually use the trimmer method as well.

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I’m mainly looking for something simple, where i can plug my text right into a template, dont want to spend alot of time recreating movement and paths and textures and all that. I was just wondering if HeroGlyph is worth a crap.