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Question

Creating a dvd and need lots of help.

by Sep 4, 2014 8:34AM PDT

Alright, I have a few issues I need help with. I offered to help try and resolve some issues at a local church and was able to resolve a few of them, however 3 have my completely stumped and that's why I've come here for some advice.

Their first issue being the recording. When they record directly from the Panasonic Cam the video is fine, naturally, the live feed is great and there are no problems. However, once they try recording from Quicktime the video begins to get choppy, skipping what appears to be about half a second every 3 or 4 seconds. The Computer they run is an Apple Mac with a 3.06GHz Intel Core Duo Processor and it has 4GB RAM. They told me that it worked fine at one point and is only now beginning to give them problems. Does Quicktime have issues like this or would it be there converter box. If it could be both how would you recommend going about figuring out and solving the issue.

Their second question is, and I do not know the answer personally which is why I've come here is, is it possible for the HDMI Out on the Cam to go to an HDMI box to convert it to usb and start the encoding and burning process into a movie maker so that they can have the dvd burning immediately after service. If the answer is no what would be their best option.

And finally, the dvd burning software they are currently using take about 4 hours to encode and burn the dvd. Is this because of the software, is it because of their processor could it even be both.

Anyone who can help me with this is an absolute life saver, I'd like to have them back up and working again as soon as possible!

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About the 4 hours.
by Forum moderator Sep 4, 2014 8:41AM PDT

Pretty common time span. This is often asked by those that are new to video work. That's a lot of work for the video to get re-encoded so nothing is wrong here. We can reduce that by using newer and faster computers or if the software does it, using the GPU for acceleration.

As to Quicktime, forget all that and go get more classes in video editing and try out better titles like Final Cut Pro.

Since this is a VIDEO DVD the quality is not HD so why not use some DVD Video recorder and then you press play, record and when done, finalize the DVD? That way the usual 50 or 60 minutes you get out of a Video DVD will be done in about 60 minutes.

If they had what they wanted before, have them restore it all to before any and all changes.

If the machine is many years old, have it serviced.
Bob

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They're willing to change
by mkonjibhuvgy Sep 4, 2014 8:53AM PDT

From what they've told me they're willing to change, what they want is something that works well. The computer itself is an 09 model so I guess I would say it's old but I don't exactly know what classifies as old in the Tech world. I'm going to have them look into Final Cut Pro but first I have a simple question, like Quicktime, can you record with Final Cut Pro through the Panasonic? And if so, would it save the file in video format causing it to only need to be finalized like you said? I apologize if all I am doing is repeating what you said back to me but I guess I'm just doing this for reassurance.

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Sorry but I'll have to be vague.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 4, 2014 8:58AM PDT

I see a panasonic cam but can't guess if it's some old model that we capture with firewire. It's a strange process to see QT or "record with" FCP. For me it's always been a few steps.

1. Capture to some file.
2. Pull it up in the video editor, snip and such, save snips.
3. Use the video editor to craft the video and then whatever steps it calls out to make a video DVD.

But Video DVDs are fading fast. Fewer and fewer folk have a DVD player it seems as they turn to other media and BD players. I can't guess why the call for Video DVD.
Bob

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