Comments on: Direct-to-camcorder screen recording http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/15/direct-to-camcorder-screen-recording/ Strategies for Internet citizens Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:22:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Richard Schantz http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/15/direct-to-camcorder-screen-recording/#comment-130277 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:51:23 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/15/direct-to-camcorder-screen-recording/#comment-130277 I have a Mac with iMovie installed. I am able to connect my video camera to the Mac using the cable that comes with the camera and download all of the info into iMovie.

]]> By: Richard Schantz http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/15/direct-to-camcorder-screen-recording/#comment-130276 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:38:38 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/15/direct-to-camcorder-screen-recording/#comment-130276 I am recording a movie, using a digital camcorder Canon ZR 200.
The movie is 16 mm film size & on a 12 inch reel and Im recording via the movie projection screen.

The movie is OK quality on the screen ( family info about 50-60 years ago). But when I look through the view finder & on on the camcorder screen the images are flashing as if I’m recording the space between each frame.

I’m baffled since I did not have this problem with 8mm. Help!

]]> By: Dave http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/15/direct-to-camcorder-screen-recording/#comment-16433 Sun, 13 May 2007 13:05:11 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/15/direct-to-camcorder-screen-recording/#comment-16433 Well, it was late last night when I made the above post and after re-reading the article, I have evidently misunderstood the concept as it was presented…my bad.

Back to the drawing board…
Dave

]]> By: Dave http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/15/direct-to-camcorder-screen-recording/#comment-16341 Sun, 13 May 2007 06:17:38 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/15/direct-to-camcorder-screen-recording/#comment-16341 Just wondering whether it’s possible to capture raw digital video from my Sony camcorder to the screen using my S-Video Out port through my USB port (I have a S-Video to USB cable) to my XP box. I have a firewire port on my new 6 month old HP Pavillion PC however, I don’t have a firewire out port on my camcorder. I can capture the video using the 5 pin mini output port from camcorder to USB, however, the video isn’t that great (drops some frames and isn’t very clear because of shooting track meet video with lots of motion) I’d say it borderline reasonable, but I’d like to improve it if possible.
I’ve heard that S-Video provides much better resolution than USB. I’ve also heard that USB should never be used for capturing video but I can do it in 320 x 240 (too small to be worthwhile) If I could somehow get 640 x 480 with better resolution, I’d be REAL happy.

The only other option I could think of would be to take the digital 8mm tape to a camera shop or professional photographer and see if they had acess to another 8mm camcorder with a firewire output and have them burn a CD or DVD for me from my 8mm tape.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I’ll check back daily for any responses.

Best Regards & God Bless…
Dave

]]> By: Jon Udell http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/15/direct-to-camcorder-screen-recording/#comment-1710 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:43:31 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/15/direct-to-camcorder-screen-recording/#comment-1710 “Pinnacle Studio”

Good tip, thanks.

“If you’re doing significant sound editing, you probably should turn to an external editor”

It’s the narration that’s trickiest. I often want to narrate in tight segments that are precisely aligned to the onscreen action. With iMovie I can do that in a very direct and iterative way. In other editors it’s possible, but tedious: record a fragment, move it into the video editor, keep or toss, rinse/lather/repeat.

]]> By: Larry O'Brien http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/15/direct-to-camcorder-screen-recording/#comment-1701 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:23:48 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/15/direct-to-camcorder-screen-recording/#comment-1701 I find Camtasia -> Pinnacle Studio near perfect for screencasting. It’s essentially a drag-and-drop editor, but if you switch to “Timeline view” and zoom in, you can do frame-precise razoring and edits trivially, simple sound editing (volume, normalizing, etc.). If you’re doing significant sound editing, you probably should turn to an external editor, but aligning / synchronizing an external soundtrack is easy. Plus, it has star wipes! (Why have hamburger when you can have caviar?)

]]> By: Beth Kanter http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/15/direct-to-camcorder-screen-recording/#comment-1685 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:39:15 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/15/direct-to-camcorder-screen-recording/#comment-1685 I just wrote a screencasting primer for beginners, but also included an extensive resource list
http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2007/03/screencasting_p.html

some pc screencasters are using snagit with sony vegas. haven’t tried it myself, so not sure if it meets your requirements.

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