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IBM PC Club June 2004 Bob Stephens

bob-stephens@pacbell.net

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Introduction Bob’s Background

Digital Video Photography Class At SeniorNet, Almaden Center

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OverviewThe Past

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OverviewTwo Basic Areas

VCR

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Three Basic Areas

PC

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Three Basic Areas - PlusMini DV, D8 (DV), Analog CamerasMicro DV is Discontinued

Some VendorsUleadAdaptecSonic FactoryPinnacleAdobe

Windows Movie Maker

2WMM2 (XP)

AnalogAnalog +

PC

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Three Basic Areas – Connect

1394/Firewire/iLink – DigitalComposite, S Video – Analog Analog Converter card or box

1.0GHZ+, 256MB13GB/Hour of DV Video1394 for DVAnalog cardUSB 2.0 for photos2nd Video Capture drive

VCD (VHS quality)SVCD (better)DVD (best)

CD WriterDVD Writer

DVD Player

VCR

PVR

VCRAnalogInput

PC

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Cameras and Editors

DV Camcorders Are they good

cameras? Digital Cameras

Are they good camcorders?

Features?

Video Editors What do we want

to accomplish? Features

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Dispelling the Myth DV produces 720x480 pixel pictures

(broadcast quality) Some cams have up to 1.5M+ pixels for

digital pictures Would you buy a 1.5MP camera today? Camcorders DO NOT make good digital

cameras And digital cameras DO NOT make good

camcorders

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Dispelling the Myth Most Digital Cameras produce low

resolution/frame rate video, many without sound (but within that limitation they serve a useful purpose)

A few do produce acceptable video. The Fuji S602 when combined with the 1GB IBM Microdrive will produce a very reasonable 680x480 15 minute video with sound. And up to 30 minutes at lower resolution (VHS), OR about 3000 high resolution pictures.

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Mini DV Camcorder Features Up to 20x Optical Zoom 500x Digital Zoom – Of very

limited value Viewfinder and LCD displays Battery life and HOW do you

charge the batteries (YES you’ll need 2 batteries)

Pass though (digital to/from analog)

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Show Video Zoom Video

Show Camcorder

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Video Editor Features Capture Input Delete unwanted portions of the video

(one estimated is 50% of the video) Merge multiple video clips Add Titles Add Transitions Add Pictures Add Sound Preview video Create Viewable video

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Video Editor Features Enhance video (change color,

double the speed, etc.) Add credits (scrolling credits) Authoring for DVD’s

Menus Motion backgrounds

Output

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Show Surfing Video

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Video Editor Features Make Output

Save as a file (various formats) Burn a VCD or SVCD Burn a DVD Save to DV camcorder Analog output (camcorder, VHS, etc.)

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A basic video that contains some of our desired features

Show Bogey and FriendsShow Bogey and Friends

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All Camcorders

VCR

CompositeAnalog

Tape Source

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Passthrough

VCR

CompositeAnalog

Tape Not Usedfor Passthrough

PC 1394Digital

Analog camcorderAnalog camcorder

DVDV

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Digital 8 or D8 Camcorders

8mmDigitalTape

8mm AnalogTape (Read only)

May Support Passthorugh

Tape Source

PC1394

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Canopus Breakout BoxCanopus Breakout Box

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Show VHS Tivo Comparison Video

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Minimum PC 600MHZ, 1.0GHZ+ better 128MB, 256MB+ better Lots of disk space, 40GB marginal

Consider 200GB for $100 as a second drive for video

Video, sound, 1394, analog capture card, USB 2.0

Check your video software, I’d use their recommended PC, not their minimum PC

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PC OS’s Most to least desirable – XP, W2K,

98SE, ME Very limited NT Support Be aware of the 4GB file size limit

of FAT32. XP or W2K with NTFS recommended

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Why XP?

The most stable Windows OS The best supported OS Plug and play Expanded device support Supports NTFS file system Includes WMM 2 Second choice for video is W2K

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NTFS File System Stability and Recovery from errors Efficient for small file sizes,

directory cluster size, file lookup Up to 8 Peta bytes (1,000,000

GB’s) No 4GB file size limitation

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Vendor Editor Software $100 Range Digital Video Creator 80 (Dazzle), Dazzle recently

merged with Pinnacle DVD Movie Factory 2 (Ulead) DVD Picture Show 2 (Ulead) Screenblaster Movie Studio (Sonic Foundry) Studio 9 (Pinnacle Systems) and other related

products. Video Explosion Deluxe (Nova) Video Studio 7 (Ulead) Video Wave 5 (Roxio)

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Vendor Editor Software $300 Range – May contain breakout box hardware Digital Video Creator 150 (Pinnacle/Dazzle) Hollywood DV Bridge (Pinnacle/Dazzle) Studio Deluxe (Pinnacle) Studio Moviebox (Pinnacle)

Above $300 Liquid Edition 5 (Pinnacle) Premier (Adobe) Vegas 4.0 (Sonic Foundry)

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Video Player Software You’ll also want to be able to

view video on your PC (besides the video editor preview window) that’s quick and easy to use

Windows Media Player (WMP version 9) that comes with the Microsoft OS’s will do the job, in addition to many others

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Commercial DVD Format Single Sided, Dual Layer (DVD9)

Top layer 4.7GB Bottom layer 3.8GB Total 8.5GB

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Recordable DVD Format Single Sided, Single Layer (DVD5)

4.7GB Dual Format – and +, Both formats

are popular Four Media’s DVD–R/RW and

DVD+R/RW DVD-RAM, Not nearly as popular

as the Dual Format’s

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Recordable DVD DL Format(Dual Layer)

Just starting to become available for consumers

Cost about $300 Media cost? Software support?

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DVD Labels (physical labels) When compared to CD’s DVD’s have higher RPM DVD’s have higher temperatures

General Advice – DON’T LABEL DVD’s Use permanent pen Or printable DVD’s with printer

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Windows Movie Maker 2 Screen shots from WMM2 The functions of WMM2 are typical

of video editors

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WMM2 – 3 Windows

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Notice the Preview Window, Collections and Timeline

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Movie Tasks

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Timeline

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Show Funny Cats Video

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Darn Cat!Darn Cat!

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Thanks John Zimmerman

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The End

Demo WMM?

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IBM PC Club 3/9/04Bob Stephensbob-stephens@pacbell.net

Bob Stephensbob-stephens@pacbell.net

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