Wojo
Thu May 17 07:21:29 CDT 2007
Your welcome and yes that certainly could be the reason it isn't recognizing
any scene changes.
-Wojo
"bigsby" <jmenke@peoplepc.com.(donotspam)> wrote in message
news:FCEFC488-7135-4BC5-B8E1-253B6C58FA86@microsoft.com...
> Based on your comments I wonder if it could have something to do with
> source
> of the tape. The tape was made from an 8mm film that is more than 50 yrs
> old. I made the film while in the service in korea by splicing short
> clips
> together. It still needs a lot of editing to remove short clips and
> repetitive clips. I also want to add titles, text, and and audio. Then
> I'd
> like to burn some DVDs for family and friends. The tape was made from the
> film by a local photographic company. I do have another tape of the same
> vintage made by the same company. It has never been
> used for capturing or other movie making ops. I'll follow your suggestion
> using it.
> Thanks much.
>
> --
> J. Menke
>
>
> "Wojo" wrote:
>
>> The only thing I can assure you of is that it doesn't have anything to do
>> with the "junk" assuming by "junk" you mean collection folders and videos
>> imported. The two have nothing at all to do with each other.
>> As far as that junk goes have a look at the article on my websites Movie
>> Maker-> How-To section titled "Organize Collections"
>>
>> I have to say though that I think your spending a lot of time trying to
>> fix
>> something that may or may not be broken.
>>
>> By that I mean try importing from another tape if you have one to see if
>> it
>> splits those clips. If it does then the problem is likely one of two
>> things.
>> 1) WMM really isn't finding a scene change.
>> 2) The tape has been used too many times and is worn out.
>>
>> Also remember that it is quite a simple task to split the clip manually,
>> I
>> never even use the auto split feature as I would rather manually decide
>> where I want clips split.
>>
>> --
>> -Wojo
>> MVP - Digital Media
>> Wojo's Web:
>>
http://www.wojos-web.co.nr/
>>
>>
>> "bigsby" <jmenke@peoplepc.com.(donotspam)> wrote in message
>> news:FE08790D-353A-4864-AAD4-F468D571FDEE@microsoft.com...
>> > It's still not splitting the clips. To start over, I followed your
>> > instructions i.e. click on VIEW, then on "MY VIDEO FOLDER" then Right
>> > click
>> > and delete. First I selected Capture parts of the tape manually and
>> > clicked
>> > on "Stop Capture" only after the last scene was displayed. Still no
>> > split
>> > clips. So I deleted it following your instructions again. I then
>> > selected
>> > "entire tape option" and clicked on "Stop Capture" after the last scene
>> > was
>> > displayed. In both cases after I clicked on "Stop Capture" the system
>> > created
>> > file which took about two minutes.
>> > I doubt that the reason it's not splitting clips is because WMM has not
>> > found a scene change it deams worthy of a split. However I don't know
>> > much
>> > about this "movie making". But I think it's more likely due to all the
>> > "junk" that has accumulated in WMM and me not knowing how to get rid of
>> > it
>> > or
>> > my lack of understanding of how all the pieces (should) fit together.
>> > I appreciate your help.
>> >
>> > --
>> > J. Menke
>> >
>> >
>> > "Wojo" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Deleting it from your collections WILL NOT delete it from your
>> >> harddrive
>> >> so
>> >> you will actually have 2 copies of the video on your computer wasting
>> >> valuable space.
>> >> Click on VIEW and then "My Videos Folder" and that should open Windows
>> >> Explorer automatically placing you to the folder you used to save the
>> >> video.
>> >> Now you need to right click and delete it from there to actually
>> >> remove
>> >> it
>> >> from your computer.
>> >> --
>> >> -Wojo
>> >> MVP - Digital Media
>> >> Wojo's Web:
>> >>
http://www.wojos-web.co.nr/
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "bigsby" <jmenke@peoplepc.com.(donotspam)> wrote in message
>> >> news:9DCFB730-E500-4E5A-A010-3C40B2923AF5@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I neglected to say that when I captured using DV-AVI I forgot to
>> >> >connect
>> >> > camera to aux power till near the end of tape. Perhaps this was my
>> >> > problem.
>> >> > I'd like to start over. Can I simply delete the clips and re-do the
>> >> > capture
>> >> > using DV-AVI?
>> >> >
>> >> > Regarding your Question 2, yes I did select entire tape and it did
>> >> > rewind
>> >> > before I started. So that answered my question.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks again for your help, it's much appreciated.
>> >> > --
>> >> > J. Menke
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Wojo" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Question #1
>> >> >> I am not sure why using DV-AVI isn't splitting the clips,
>> >> >> apparently
>> >> >> WMM
>> >> >> isn't finding anything that it deems as a scene change so it
>> >> >> doesn't
>> >> >> split
>> >> >> the clips. But you can quite easily do that manually.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Question #2
>> >> >> If you selected the capture entire tape option then it will rewind
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> beginning and capture to the end of the tape. If you then stop the
>> >> >> recording
>> >> >> you will get several warning messages but it will indeed capture
>> >> >> and
>> >> >> save
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> that point. But if you use the other option to manually capture you
>> >> >> simply
>> >> >> need to rewind manually and tell WMM when to stop.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> -Wojo
>> >> >> MVP - Digital Media
>> >> >> Wojo's Web:
>> >> >>
http://www.wojos-web.co.nr/
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "bigsby" <jmenke@peoplepc.com.(donotspam)> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:117BB1BD-7E5C-488F-BBF7-E491B3EBD0E9@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> >I have read several topics on this sbject including the very
>> >> >> >informative
>> >> >> > articles by Graham Hughes but I'm still confused.
>> >> >> > I'm using a Desktop with 250GB HD, 1GB Memory, DVD Burner &
>> >> >> > firewire
>> >> >> > cable.
>> >> >> > If I capture using DV-AVI and check the box for "Create Clips
>> >> >> > when
>> >> >> > Video
>> >> >> > finishes" the system doesn't break the file into clips as it does
>> >> >> > when
>> >> >> > I
>> >> >> > select WMV. The unedited tape is about 15 min. to 20 min. long.
>> >> >> > After
>> >> >> > editing it will be less than 10 minutes. What am I doing Wrong?
>> >> >> > Another question. Should I click on the "Stop Capture" button
>> >> >> > when
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > entire tape is captured? If I don't the tape appears to continue
>> >> >> > running
>> >> >> > till the end.
>> >> >> > Your help will be appreciated
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > --
>> >> >> > J. Menke
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