importing/playback problems.

by packerfan630 Aug 8, 2007 11:06AM PDT

I have a panasonice HDD camcorder. I took footage of things around the house. I used the CD that came with it to import the video footage over. When I use the program that came with it to view the footage everything is fine. When i go in and play with with windows media viewer it lags and jumps usually only playing a second or two at a time. What can i do? I perfer the windows media player becuase my family has it and i'd like to send them some video of me and my family.

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How are you planning to send the video?

by boya84 Aug 8, 2007 1:56PM PDT

Windows media player can work with a number of different formats... what format are you saving the file in when you play it back?

Use MovieMaker to edit and save as or export a better format than "full quality"... you *could* also save to DVD and send them a disc that can be played in a DVD player...

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sending

by packerfan630 Aug 9, 2007 12:40PM PDT

I would like to send via DVD. I'd like to edit and put some together. I think it saves in Mpeg-2. My computer doesn't have MovieMaker would it be cheap to get?

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If you "would like to send DVD"

by boya84 Aug 9, 2007 1:41PM PDT

then you aren't playing that format on your computer. When the edit is done and the DVD is burned and you playback the DVD in a DVD player attached to a TV, that is NOT what you are playing back that is "jumpy" on your computer. Burn a DVD in DVD format (not just a mt2 or full quality MP4 or mpeg2 data file copied to a DVD as a data file) and play THAT back. You *should* find that the "jumpiness" is gone.

Windows MovieMaker is a bundled application wih XP Service Pack 2. You will also need WinDVD - I *think* that is bundled, too. I *think* they (or their equivalents) are bundled with Vista, too...

I can't help you much after this - I do my video editing on an Apple Macintosh using iMovie + iDVD or FinalCut Pro and DVD Studio Pro...

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thanks

by packerfan630 Aug 10, 2007 1:08AM PDT

Yeah i 'd love to have a Apple. I think they are the best but my wife likes PC's. oh well. wife knows best i guess.

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So... run Windows on Apple hardware...

by boya84 Aug 10, 2007 1:18AM PDT

It isn't much different than running Windows on HP, Dell or other manufacturer's hardware... The when you want to, run OSX for editing...

But this is a post for a different forum, so I'll stop here...

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yeah

by packerfan630 Aug 10, 2007 4:37AM PDT

It's sounds like any program i use with crash my system. My computers a few years old and reading the reviews it looks like people's computers crash while using them.

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