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Post by BuckSkin on Dec 14, 2015 16:54:06 GMT
I have no experience working with videos.
That being said, in E7, when I click on "FILE", one of the options is "get photos AND VIDEOS from...." ; so, that leads me to think that maybe I have something to work with; I also have "Windows Live Movie Maker"
Here is what I need to do:
My wife recorded the church Christmas play in three clips/sections.
She wants me to put the three sections together such that it is one continuous video.
She then wants this video made into DVD movies that can be viewed as a movie using any old DVD player; thus, she can make copies for all the parents.
No editing will be done.
Is E7 capable of this task; or, if not, then Windows Live Movie Maker ?
Can someone walk me through this ?
Thanks for reading.
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Post by Major Major on Dec 14, 2015 17:50:21 GMT
Use Movie Maker.
Open the program. You'll see "Click here to browse for videos and photos". Find your first section. Open it. Do the same for the next two sections. At this point you can play it to make sure they're in the right order. When you're satisfied, to the right side of the menu is "save movie". One of your choices is "Burn to DVD" - it will save the file to your hard drive first as a wmv file, then allow you to proceed to burn the DVD.
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Post by BuckSkin on Dec 14, 2015 18:00:10 GMT
That looks simple enough; I will make an attempt and see what happens.
Thanks.
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Post by Sepiana on Dec 14, 2015 18:02:53 GMT
BuckSkin,
Elements is not a video-editing program. However, you can bring your videos into the Organizer and play them; that's what the File>Get Photos and Videos command is for.
I agree with Craig. Use Windows Movie Maker.
See if this will help.
library.albany.edu/imc/pdf/WindowsLiveMovieMaker.pdf
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Post by BuckSkin on Dec 14, 2015 21:56:45 GMT
YES!!! Sepiana, that helps a lot !!!
Thankfully, I have only wasted one blank DVD thus far; hopefully, I won't waste any more.
One almost hidden but very important thing that is easily overlooked is a little video rendering progress bar located at the bottom left of the screen; I thought everything was ready and messed up my first attempt.
Thanks.
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Post by BuckSkin on Dec 15, 2015 9:21:04 GMT
I still don't know how this is going to turn out; it is right now 3:15 AM American time (CST).
Live Movie Maker began rendering the video information, three clips, total duration 29:47 minutes, before lunch-time yesterday; it finally finished around 4:30 PM.
I then clicked "save movie" and (probably a big mistake) saved as a high definition DVD; it has been working on that ever since and right now the bar says 85% saved.
Next, I will attempt to burn it onto a disc in the format that allows it to be viewed on every old ordinary DVD player.
Is it common for it to take so dreadfully long for these processes ?
Thanks for reading.
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Post by BuckSkin on Dec 15, 2015 16:06:32 GMT
The video was taken with a Canon T3/1100D DSLR camera.
The three video clips resulting say "type: Quick Time Movie"
29 frames/second
Frame Width 1280
Frame Height 720
I opened Windows Live Movie Maker; clicked "add pictures and video" ; selected/added the three video clips; made certain the three clips were in proper sequence in the display area; added a simple title page to the beginning; and waited hours for the little "preparing video (rendering)" progress bar to complete it's task; I could then view all parts of the video in the little preview screen area; I assumed at that point that the video was ready to be saved and made into a usable DVD.
I clicked "Save Movie" and several choices came up; I selected "high definition" : it took hours saving the completed video into the file folder.
Before I started the Windows DVD Maker process, the wife uploaded the video onto youTube, which took at most twenty minutes, and she says it views fine there.
At this point, I could view the complete three part video on the computer screen; I opened Windows DVD Maker; selected the video into DVD Maker; went with the default embellishments; and at 9:AM clicked "Burn"
At this point, 58 minutes later, the little window says "Creating DVD Please Wait encoding ... 04.7% "
I could have used a dull knife and whittled out a wooden Indian, warbonnet and all, in less time.
I have had all other programs closed during this process.
Have I missed a step or done something wrong ?
Many thanks.
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Post by Sepiana on Dec 15, 2015 17:12:34 GMT
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Post by BuckSkin on Dec 15, 2015 19:06:05 GMT
Thanks, Sepiana; as always, you go the extra mile in finding help for me.
I will for certain check out all those links.
I have used Movie Maker and DVD Maker several times making DVD slide-shows, complete with musical background; but, this is my first ever experience working with a video; and, it is obvious I have no idea what I am doing and need all the help I can get.
For what it is worth, the progress bar for getting the DVD ready to burn right now says "encoding: 26.4% " ; that is a progress of 11% per hour.
Thanks.
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Post by Sepiana on Dec 15, 2015 19:08:28 GMT
BuckSkin, yes, take a look at those links. I believe you will find the explanation for such a long rendering process.
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bobh
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Post by bobh on Dec 15, 2015 20:35:18 GMT
The video was taken with a Canon T3/1100D DSLR camera. The three video clips resulting say "type: Quick Time Movie" 29 frames/second Frame Width 1280 Frame Height 720 I opened Windows Live Movie Maker; clicked "add pictures and video" ; selected/added the three video clips; made certain the three clips were in proper sequence in the display area; added a simple title page to the beginning; and waited hours for the little "preparing video (rendering)" progress bar to complete it's task; I could then view all parts of the video in the little preview screen area; I assumed at that point that the video was ready to be saved and made into a usable DVD. I clicked "Save Movie" and several choices came up; I selected "high definition" : it took hours saving the completed video into the file folder. Before I started the Windows DVD Maker process, the wife uploaded the video onto youTube, which took at most twenty minutes, and she says it views fine there. At this point, I could view the complete three part video on the computer screen; I opened Windows DVD Maker; selected the video into DVD Maker; went with the default embellishments; and at 9:AM clicked "Burn" At this point, 58 minutes later, the little window says "Creating DVD Please Wait encoding ... 04.7% " I could have used a dull knife and whittled out a wooden Indian, warbonnet and all, in less time. I have had all other programs closed during this process. Have I missed a step or done something wrong ? Many thanks.
No, I don't think you have missed anything. What you have done seems straight forward and correct so I'm now starting to think the slow processing times might be related to your hardware. Editing/processing videos takes a lot longer on my laptop with only 2G of RAM and a slow processor than it does on my desktop, but nowhere near as long as what you are experiencing. Large video files are generally in the order of GB, not MB.
To test if your hardware is an issue maybe try taking a short video (2-5 minutes) of anything using the same camera and settings and process it. It should not take more than a few minutes to burn a DVD.
Whether your hardware is an issue or not, try converting your .MOV video to one of the compressed video formats. I also use a Canon and yes the default .MOV video format is extremely large. I always convert my videos to .VOB (output is approx. half the size of the .MOV) without any visible loss of video quality before importing to Premiere Elements. You could also try converting your videos to .MP4 (much smaller output files) before importing to Movie Maker.
Some free video converters
I use Emicsoft Video Converter but it's not free.
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Post by BuckSkin on Dec 15, 2015 22:13:30 GMT
Thank you, bobh !!!
I will choose one of the free converters and experiment with my results.
At present, the progress bar says encoding:...49% ; I am almost halfway there.
Thanks.
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Post by BuckSkin on Dec 16, 2015 6:00:24 GMT
I found this freeware converter: www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-audio-video-format-conversion-program.htm#hybridpI plan to install it after a bit more research on how to get it done properly. In one of Sepiana's links, I also read about a custom profile that you inject in WLMM that prevents it eating up such a tremendous amount of memory as it works; I am going to look into that as well. An update on the current project: it finally finished encoding and began to actually burn a DVD at a few minutes past 8:PM The actual burning took little more than a couple minutes; I burnt three for starters and will most likely be burning several. Church play videos are sort of like wedding videos; they are an opportunity for grannies and grandpas who were unable to attend to get to see little Mary Ann do her thing, but I don't know a single person that will ever watch one a second time. Hopefully, before the next event, thanks to all of you guys, I will be much better versed in procedure and better know what I am doing. This has been a very educational thread for me. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Dec 16, 2015 17:04:21 GMT
Whether your hardware is an issue or not, try converting your .MOV video to one of the compressed video formats. I also use a Canon and yes the default .MOV video format is extremely large. I always convert my videos to .VOB (output is approx. half the size of the .MOV) without any visible loss of video quality before importing to Premiere Elements. You could also try converting your videos to .MP4 (much smaller output files) before importing to Movie Maker.
Some free video converters
I use Emicsoft Video Converter but it's not free.
Unless it is included among the "etc.", I do not see .VOB listed in the types of formats this converter will yield. www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/If I get this installed and discover that .VOB is not one of the options, then which of the listed options are preferable ? It is amazing how little I know about this........ Many thanks. |
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Post by shaun on Dec 16, 2015 17:23:00 GMT
Hi buckskin, its a file type that is used when a video is encoded to DVD, so you wouldn't see it as a file type listed as it is something that happens during DVD conversion. There are also other files on a DVD disk, one called TS something or other . hope this helps, not easy to explain. A DVD needs other file types etc for menus, audio, subtitles etc
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