All, I would like to make my own "Real Life Videos" for Tacx indoor cycling trainers (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmQ3NXw9-BE). This involves filming the road ahead from a car (or motorcycle) as you drive (usually up a big mountain:). The requirements are- High Quality Good Stabilizer (I assume)

All, Any positive feedback after using Canon VIXIA HF S100 Flash Memory High Definition Camcorder or how it is called in Europe? Its price is getting down, it's around $900 now, I just made one company drop $200 from the price because of the competitors. But I'm still not sure if it makes sense to buy it. On one hand - it's the very best in this class, it's HD, it's using SDHC and a 32GB...

All, Have you ever heard about some device that could be used to copy the DV tapes to the computer? I used Canon GL2 to create many tapes. Some of them are already permanently located on my RAID array, but this is a huge amount of data and I'd prefer to use a simle quick way of copying these tapes, but I don't want to use camcorder for this operation. So the question appeared - is it...

Hello all, I wondered if someone could help me. I have copied some video off my MiniDV camera onto my computer via an IEE1394 cable using Windows Movie Maker set to 25fps PAL. I edited the video and added captions etc. then saved the edited video as an AVI 25fps PAL. When I play this AVI video using GOM Player it looks great. Things start to go wrong though when I try to create a DVD...

All, Have you ever heard about possible firmware upgrades for Canon DV camcorders like GL2? There are couple very annoying things in this camcorder and I'm not sure if that already fixed or not. 1. This camcorder supports SDHC media cards, it's easy to find that on the Internet. But the trap is that these cards can only be used for the photos with the great fine resolution - 1.7 MPx. So you...

Any suggestions? kino does not seem to allow me to overlay audio over video. Looks like you can splice videos end to end and that's it. kdenlive seems good but is a little flakey, with transitions very flakey. cinelerra - I have no idea what is going on there. Thanks,

Can a BBC 1 program for example BBC 1 breakfast news be recorded to PC hard drive via a PC freesat decoder card and then edited directly by for example pinnacle video editing application. thanks Mike

Might be of interest to some : This landed in my mail from the NASA mailing list. I'm sure somebody will chip in to say it's already been done, but I thought it was a nice idea and the movie is available to the public internationally (that is, as long as you're in either the USA or Strasbourg, France !) Cheers - Neil

I have an issue with my Canon ZR MiniDV camcorder. I have one pixel fairly central in the middle of the screen that is burnt out. Unfortunately it is showing in all my footage. Is there any software that can get rid of this noise afterwards when I am transferring to my computer and editing? I also just wondered if anyone has a webspace explaining all the different consumer camcorder choices both...

I'm looking to replace an elderly VX1000 camera and the FX1000 looks tempting. I want to continue recording to DV tapes so the options in the consumer market are limited now. Has anyone in the group had experience of the FX1000, good or bad? Thanks for your input. Alan S.

I need to convert some .mov files to mpeg2 using Linux. I understand mencoder to be a useful utility and have tried this resulting in an mpeg4 output; I need mpeg2 to play on a specific device. I find the various codec references a wee bit confusing so would appreciate any hints if possible. Many thanks,

Hello, can anyone tell me of a multimedia HD with digital audio output optical or coax? if available also with HDMI output thanks Mario

Hi, I know that the HDC-SD1 is no longer in production so is not listed on the Panasonic web site but I have been offered one pre-owned for less than the cost of a new HDC-SD9. Is anyone familiar with these models? Are there any serious technical differences between the 2 cameras that anyone is aware of?

Charter of uk.rec.video.digital (Not Moderated) uk.rec.video.digital is for the discussion of all aspects of digital video, including all digital video formats, camera use, editing, post production & all associated equipment, hardware and software. This is not a specific forum for Digital Stills photography, though with the ability of DV cameras...

Mr Fix It recently gave a very detailed description how to convert WinTV files using Vidomi to make them more compatible. Unfortunately the files still didn't play on my Iomega screenplay but if I use ProjectX and imago-mpeg to demux then remux to a VOB file then it plays perfectly. Has anyone any suggestions for alternative settings on Vidomi to do similar as at least it would be simpler...

I recently naively thought I could remove the HD from my Philips DVD Hard Drive recorder, copy the data over to my computer and then free up some space. On connecting it to my Linux machine the partition editor (gparted) showed it as an unformatted drive. Does anyone know if there is any way I can read this data and/or copy it over.

Vidomi was recently recommended to me to resolve some sound sync problems. Unless I am getting confused here it appears that there have been no updates since 2002. Is this the case or am I mistaken. Geoff Lane

Hi all I have a Sanyo Xacti camcorder which produces excellent looking video when connected to PC or HDTV but I have a problem when creating a DVD for UK PAL player. In any moving scene the video has a jerky effect as if 1 in every 6 frames has been removed, I'm wondering if in the transcoding that the frametrate has been dropped to 25fps to play on a UK system and if this is the case if there...

I've got AVS Video Remaker and it's great for top'n'tailing and removing commercials, and then creating a DVD. But it can't handle dvr-ms (Windows Media Center) files. Is there an equivalent program which will remake these files without recompressing the whole file and will then create a DVD. Unfortunately my Windows Vista PC almost always crashes ("Program X has stopped responding. It will be...

Has anyone had problems making Windows Media Center generate video DVDs? I've got Vista Home Premium SP1 which includes Media Center. I can record to dvr-ms format via my Pinnacle USB Freeview device. But when I try to write the files to video DVD, either using the built-in mechanism of Media Center or using the standalone DVD Maker app of Vista, it will get part of the way through the...

My daughter has a WinTV PVR900 device. She recently recorded 4 programs, each play fine in VLC but using Windows Media Player or an Iomega media player device (No computer needed) I get major sound video sync problems. What would be the reason for this. Geoff Lane

Bought one of these devices at Christmas, tried three different external HDs attached to the device and none worked; all reported the correct size but stated 'unknown partition'. All three HDs work fine connected to XP, Vista or Linux but not the ScreenPlay. Strangely two USB flash drives showed up fine. Anyone had similar problems.

I chanced on an intriguing freeware package a couple of weeks ago. Sounds daft perhaps, but I seem not to have bookmarked the web pages (nor can I find it in the browser history), and my mind has completely blanked both the name and how I stumbled upon it. It was a drawing package, allowing frames of video to be defined from basic shapes and operations. Programmed in scheme, if I recall, and...

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Hi The brief version first: I have a Thomson 160gb PVR (DVB-T) originally supplied at cut price as package with Top Up TV. If I remove the smart card (TUTV, Sedanta etc) I also lose access to all other features such as the EPG and the archived programs on the HDD. A dialog appears on screen that those features are only available as part of the subscription to TUTV. Without the card it is a basic...

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I have a Philips PVR (DVDR7260H), one of the inputs is a DV I-link (which I understand is a Firewire connector) used to connect a camcorder to the PVR. Does the PVR scan the connected device for viewable files or would the camcorder device have some form of server to make the files viewable. Geoff Lane

Hi I have recently purchased a Panasonic HDC-SD9 video camera and hope the group might help with a couple of things:- 1. The camera creates a new file for every scene. When I create a DVD with the HD Writer software there is a pause between scenes. Is there a way around this? I have tried Nero and it does the same thing. 2. I would like to get a more sophisticated and easy to use software...

Can you record consecutive digital programs on disc from different channels, as can with tape, so enabling viewing as a single stream without having to adjust the settings when progressing from one program to the next? Jean

Is Channel 5 available on Freesat? Jean

Can someone pleasepoint me to any VCRs that have Video+ ? Jean

hi I have a panasonic mini dv, and i want to record indoors, music and conversation. which will produce the best sound 12 or 16 bit? what is the difference? Also i use a UV filter outdoors, and for sake of the lens never take it off. if i am recording indoors under artificial light, will leaving it on affect the quality of the video, like reduce light etc?

A few years ago, I bought a Sony TRV460E because I was told by the Sony store chain (not actually owned or run by Sony) that it was one of only 3/4 digital cameras which would also play analog tapes and, more important convert them to digital info to input them in as computer video-editing program. The other was the TRV480En and I can't remember the other two. My TRV460E has been playing up and I...

I did a lot of research on the net about 3/4 years looking for a digital camcorder which would both play my old analog video tapes (recorded on a Samsung camcorder) and also convert them to digital info to be inputted to my laptop (in my case a Mac Powerbook using iMovie, tho it could well have been a Windows XP PC using Moviemaker). My 'research' also included asking my local Sony store (which...

I have ordered a DVD from the US of A and it is supposed to be in NTSC format. Please, folks, how can I play this either on a DVD player or on my computer? I am based in the UK and have UK equipment. -- Alasdair.

Hi, After downloading the trial of Sony Vegas Studio Platinum 9, I eventually (after some hours) found it won't import sound with avi files: http://tinyurl.com/5ppn4c On the basis that I am looking to pay for video editing software that will actually do the job without being dependant on 3rd party plugs, can anyone recommend a decent product for under £100.

Suddenly the Remote will not work. Whever I press any key I get the display "Remote D1/D2". The manual buttons on the E95 itself work OK. It receives and outputs TV signals OK. So the unit is working. Unpowering and repowering the mains supply does not fix the problem. Pressing Enter and '1' or '2' to change the Remote codes does not work. Does anyone know what the problem is please? It...

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