Software for editing video camera recordings?

[haggy]

Have a disk my friend gave me with a few bits of me on it doing a trackday - what programmes can i use to edit it and make a video?

[beanbag]

If it's a DV camcorder and you have a firewire port on your PC, I recommend using Windows Movie Maker. It's free, and a top-notch way to edit movies.

I'd also recommend the same for any other digital media, however you are going to struggle with an older analogue camcorder as you'll need some sort of capture card and the quality won't be particularly good.

[haggy]

Sorry, its on a dvd disk he gave me. will give windows movie maker a try! thanks!

[AlexKP]

If you want something more advanced on the PC I recommend Adobe Premiere Elements.

More advanced than that - go for Final Cut Express/Pro on the Mac.

More still? Avid.

But I think you will be fine with Premiere Elements.

[VxDuncan]

If it's on DVD you'll need something like DVD decrypter to rip it into MPEG4 files to edit. If you want to edit in Windows movie maker (which is okay and free, but not very powerful), you'll need to convert mpeg files to .wmv's and the .au (audio) files to .wmf. This stage is extra hastle, but the only way to get into WMM. You can download the Windows Media Encoder from Microsofts site that will do this conversion for you.

As it's in dvd probably easier to use another tool tbh.

[haggy]

I dont even know how to import the video on to my hard drive from the disk!?! let alone into the windows movie maker!

[AlexKP]

haggy said:

I dont even know how to import the video on to my hard drive from the disk!?! let alone into the windows movie maker!

Oh dear.

I think you may need to try an online tutorial...

[The Moose]

Is it a DVD u can watch on ur tv or a data DVD with the files on it??

Doesanyone know/have a good (free) guide on adobe video editing??

Cheers

The Moose

[andygo]

Download Nero trial version.

Works pretty well and for a one off use, its free.