Video editing

[TXCrash]

Video editing masters:
I have 3 hours of video on DVD (3X 1 hour long DVD's in DVD format) which I need to analyze for a class project. I'd like to analyze it at roughly 6X speed. Ideally, I'll have a time-stamp displayed on the video and convert the video to 6X speed.

I'll be using this software once - I'd prefer it to be a fully functional trial version or freeware. I have decent hardware to run the process.

I have 2 computers - one is Vista and the other is Win7. The Vista box is the more powerful of the two.

Any ideas?

 

[jamesnsw]

If you're wanting to do this to save time, it won't. I'm guessing it'll take you an hour to find a program to do this, and then 2-3 hours to speed up the video and timestamp it. By that time, you could be done.

I'd suggest downloading MPEG Streamclip Pro, and ripping it into .mov. Then download inqScribe - you're able to speed it up and quickly annotate with timestamps. It's meant for transcription, but would work well for this.

 

[TXCrash]

We'll be watching the video multiple times - analyzing the efficiency of construction processes. Can fast forward but it just isn't the same (I'm a geek).

 

[jamesnsw]

Could you speed it up in Windows Movie Maker? (Mac here, not sure if you can).

 

[TXCrash]

I'll try it out in the morning.

DL'd hr programs you suggested - will report back tomorrow nightish. Any other suggestions appreciated.

 

[Edcculus]

Not sure if it fits your needs, but you can download a 30 day trial of Adobe's Premiere. It might be a little overkill for what youre doing though.

 

[jspence1]

I've always found premiere too complicated, I''m a big fan of pinnacle studio.

 

[Edcculus]

I've always found premiere too complicated, I''m a big fan of pinnacle studio.

Its been a really long time since I've used it. Probably 5 years or more. There is a pretty big learning curve, but you can do some pretty neat things. Its been even longer since I used Pinnacle. There is another one out there thats really powerful and popular with the amateur film crowd... can't remember the name now. I think it started with a V?

 

[jspence1]

I'm positive premiere is a great program. But just like photoshop it does have a learning curve. Once you learn them its great but until you get there they can really suck. I find Studio nice and easy and my wife can even use it We really only use it 3 times a year to make birthday videos for the kids, and the occasional wedding we go to. Actually I don't even think we used any video in the last couple just photos

I think Ulead makes video editing software package too