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Hi I have acquired a Samsung Sports Camcorder (model: VP-X220L) and need to attach an external microphone to it. Unfortunately it is a model which is 2 or 3 years old now but it was 'top-of-the-range' at the time - (it even has 2GB of internal memory!) Samsung's website don't mention any accessories at all for it now.

"NERO 9" video example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avLPdgEvybU Essential if You have got a SD-HC memory hidef. Video cam. Greets jens

Hi I am trying to record audio tracks *directly* into my laptop (because my camcorder doesnt produce good enough quality sound using it's internal microphone). What would be the best tie-clip microphone for me to buy? How's about the "Olympus ME-15 Tie Clip Microphone" I have a laptop which is a Thinkpad T60 (UK model 2007-F4G) (about 2+

Hi Any advice on roughly how much money we'd need to spend to get "good quality" video results that we could post on the web? (Sorry I am a total newbie at video...) £100? £200? We would be hosting it either on YouTube or similar albeit in the best resolution that they can deliver, so there is obviously no need for

From my research TestFreaks.co.uk looks quite useful for aggregating reviews from elsewhere. From what I can see the Panasonic SDR-S26 looks quite promising (about £181) but no sign of an external microphone hole. ?? Camcorders - SD Camcorders - SDR-S26 - Specification - UK & Ireland The Samsung VP-MX20 also looks quite promising (£132) but again no sign of any way of connecting an external...

Lots of choices out their but are they the right one? Making sure you choose the right one can save you the time and effort , and money it takes to upgrade later. Much like any technology http://www.tardis-db.co.uk/index.html digital cameras are rapidly changing and vary from point and shoot to more professional Digital SLRS. In order to better educate the consumer on whats right for him or...

Lots of choices out their but are they the right one? Making sure you choose the right one can save you the time and effort , and money it takes to upgrade later. Much like any technology http://www.tardis-db.co.uk/index.html digital cameras are rapidly changing and vary from point and shoot to more professional Digital SLRS. In order to better educate the consumer on whats right for him or...

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 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,

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.

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?