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First forays into video editing on Windows XP

I have some new HV20 video cameras for my students to use. Our semester began last week, but I’m a little behind on getting everything set up for them. I’ve never taught shooting before. Five or six years ago I used to teach video editing in Premiere, but I cut that out when I started teaching Flash. (It’s hard to fit everything in.)

The HV20 requires a FireWire (IEEE 1394) connection to the computer for capturing video, so that you can edit it. Our regular computer labs are equipped with Windows XP computers that do not have FireWire cards, so I had to test in a special lab.

I plugged the cable into the computer and the camera, consulted the camera manual, switched the camera on. Nothing from the PC. Opened Windows Movie Maker. Nothing. Then I realized the computer system unit I had plugged into was not the one connected to the monitor and keyboard I was using. Doh!

I moved to the next chair, turned off the camera, logged in with the correct monitor and keyboard, and turned on the camera. Almost instantly, I got a message asking if I wanted to capture the video with Windows Movie Maker. W00t! How easy is that?

Next step: Use the handy Microsoft tutorial for Windows Movie Maker to learn how to capture the video. Well, really, you hardly need this. But for the faint of heart, it’s a good resource.

Tip 1: In Step 4 of the tutorial, select Digital Device Format (DV-AVI) instead of what you see there, because you are going to be exporting the video for the Web — NOT playing it on your own computer.

Tip 2: In Step 5, do NOT capture the whole tape unless you have less than 15 minutes on the tape. Even so, it’s better to capture shorter clips instead of capturing everything. Choose “capture parts of the tape manually.” Why? Because it’s a first edit for you. Leave the bad shots out.

Additional tutorials from Microsoft show you how to add titles, effects and a voiceover narration. There’s also one that shows how to trim your clips.

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4 responses to “First forays into video editing on Windows XP”

  1. Cliff Etzel writes:

    turned on the camera. Almost instantly, I got a message asking if I wanted to capture the video with Windows Movie Maker. W00t! How easy is that?

    You almost sound like you just hooked up to a mac.. ;)

    Macophiles would have users believe that using a windows box is more difficult - your experience seems to prove otherwise.

    Next step is to start using SONY Vegas Studio Platinum edition - that’s where the real fun begins.

    Welcome to the dark side.. :D

    Cliff Etzel - Solo Video Journalist
    bluprojekt

    January 15, 2008 at 5:34 pm
  2. Mindy writes:

    I had a Mac (PowerBook) in the mid-1990s, then was Windows-ONLY from about 1998 through December 2006, when I got my MacBook Pro. The j-school where I teach is almost all Windows.

    So I’m not one of those longtime Mac fanatics. I’m perfectly comfortable in Windows. But I must say, years of miserable, painful, frustrating experiences in Windows make me utterly flabbergasted when ANYTHING works right the first time in that operating system.

    January 16, 2008 at 10:00 am
  3. dan writes:

    Hi Mindy,
    The paper just bought me a nice SONY SR200 with a built in harddrive. The problem is the MPEG format doesn’t work with Movie Maker.

    Does this camera use the MPEG format? I am just curious how you got it to work? I am desperately trying to find the right camera to do multimedia journalism. Any help would be great.

    Just email me if you can at dtelvock@freelancestar.com

    February 7, 2008 at 10:44 pm
  4. Mindy writes:

    @dan: The Canon HV20 uses MiniDV tapes. See this post for a discussion about tape vs. hard drive video:

    http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/tape-vs-hard-drive-vs-card-and-avchd/

    You could use software to convert your MPEG files to a format that Windows Movie Maker could read, I would assume. The camera should have come with some kind of software — do you have a CD for it?

    February 8, 2008 at 1:41 pm

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