[gary b]

Forgive me for what I deem as a simple minded question. Does easy media creator 10 have special effects capabilities when editting video? Also can I capture video to the hardrive? Thanks Gary

[malatekid]

Yes. Videowave, the video editor application in the Suite, has transitions, overlays, video effects and text effects.

Yes, you can capture video to hard drive. But your machine must have the necessary hardware to implement the capture.

[gary b]

Thank You for the reply.Rather than me rattle off spec.s on my machine can you please list the essentials needed and if I don't have it I'll get it.Thanks again. Gary

Yes. Videowave, the video editor application in the Suite, has transitions, overlays, video effects and text effects.

Yes, you can capture video to hard drive. But your machine must have the necessary hardware to implement the capture.

[sknis]

Thank You for the reply.Rather than me rattle off spec.s on my machine can you please list the essentials needed and if I don't have it I'll get it.Thanks again. Gary

Does your computer exceed the minimum requirements for EMC 10 by a wide margin?

Actually it is better for you to post your computer specs in your signature by clicking on My Control on the top left of this page. Look at other signatures to see what you should put in yours. A good video card is essential; usually video chips (notebooks) are less reliable but if the computer is new then they might work with some restrictions. CPU type and speed is important Celeron type chips with low frequency have a hard time with capture. They are typically not fast enough.

As for the capture, where would you be capturing from (at least 6 possibilities that I can think of)? In general you will need a digital input to your computer - digital camera with Firewire, a closed DVD disc etc. You can get an Analog to Digital converter (A/D) as an internal card or as a USB type device.

You will need a large hard drive with plenty of free space.

We need more detail on what you want to do and to determine if your computer is up to the task.

Tell us what you have and we can offer suggestions.

You cannot capture any commercial DVDs or anything that has DRM rights (some TV now has that).

[gary b]

Thanks,I hope I did the signature info correctly.I have two posts going about different aspects of my desire to learn and do video capturing ,video editting ,and applying special effects.So I will consolidate my questions here! I have old vhs and 8MM tapes that would like to capture ,edit and add effects to.Can I use the Pinnacle Dazzle capture device along with EZMC 10 software to accomplish this? Or should I scrap the idea and use the Pinnacle software that came with the capturing device? P.S. I already have EZMC10.WHEW!!TWO finger typing takes some time!

[sknis]

Forgive me for what I deem as a simple minded question. Does easy media creator 10 have special effects capabilities when editting video? Also can I capture video to the hardrive? Thanks Gary

You may be limited in what you can do based on the video chip and the size of the drive. For better performance conside buying and installing a real video card. They are under $100 for a good on; less for something that will work many times better than what you have.

For now, make sure your computers drivers are updated to the latest by going here. Follow the instructions.

I'm not really convinced that you'll be able to do any reasonable capture using that chip. What are you going to be capturing from?

Also if you are going to do any amount of video work, get a large external hard drive that connects with your computer using USB.

EDIT see you posted some information while I was doing the two finger bit myself. Yes, that device should be adequate for the VHS capture.

8MM tapes? from a camcorder? Yes, you can capture from the camcorder. Which one do you have? The set up on some of the old ones is sometimes tricky. My old Sony has one jack that carries both the video and the mono-audio. I use a homemade christmas tree to split the video from the video and then split the mono audio into a stereo set up so although the audio is mono, both channels see the imput.

This post has been edited by sknis: 07 September 2008 - 05:45 AM

[gary b]

You may be limited in what you can do based on the video chip and the size of the drive. For better performance conside buying and installing a real video card. They are under $100 for a good on; less for something that will work many times better than what you have.

For now, make sure your computers drivers are updated to the latest by going here. Follow the instructions.

I'm not really convinced that you'll be able to do any reasonable capture using that chip. What are you going to be capturing from?

Also if you are going to do any amount of video work, get a large external hard drive that connects with your computer using USB.

EDIT see you posted some information while I was doing the two finger bit myself. Yes, that device should be adequate for the VHS capture.

8MM tapes? from a camcorder? Yes, you can capture from the camcorder. Which one do you have? The set up on some of the old ones is sometimes tricky. My old Sony has one jack that carries both the video and the mono-audio. I use a homemade christmas tree to split the video from the video and then split the mono audio into a stereo set up so although the audio is mono, both channels see the imput.

Boy, I'm getting lost!!I must have done something right though! My signature info must have posted correctly! Are you saying my video card is borderline usable?What do you reccomend?Are you also saying that the capture device will work by itself with the EZMC10 ? Ialso have an old Sony 8mm camcorder. I'm just doing the basic video work.So is my machine adequate or do you still reccomend an external hardrive?

[sknis]

Boy, I'm getting lost!!I must have done something right though! My signature info must have posted correctly! Are you saying my video card is borderline usable?What do you reccomend?Are you also saying that the capture device will work by itself with the EZMC10 ? Ialso have an old Sony 8mm camcorder. I'm just doing the basic video work.So is my machine adequate or do you still reccomend an external hardrive?

I have my doubts about the video chip but you can always try it before you buy anything. If you get stuttering and/or crashes when capturing or editing, if you get blank images in slide shows or have any display problems when working with EMC 10, that is a pretty good indication that the video card should be installed.

There are literally hundreds of good video cards out there. The one in my signature is overkill. I prefer ATI chips for no particular reason. Both ATI and NVidia make chips that other people put onto a video card (with on-board memory that is not shared with your computer's memory). You will need to determine what kind of slot your computer has for a video card. It will probably be a PCI and/or an ePCI slot. In most cases, simpling inserting the card with the drivers will disable the built in chip. Get a card with at least 256 on board memory. That used to be the normal. 512 is now almost the standard. Again the price would be under $100. Install time would be 10 minutes for hardware and
about 1/2 hour for total installation and operation. I'm not going to make any recommendation . Here are examples. make sure the card takes only one slot and that it doesn't need a separate power supply. Normally those are the higher end card which would be overkill unless you do a lot of gaming.

Yes, if you have installed to drivers and plug in that capture device and then open Media Import, select video and then the device, you should be able to capture. As I said, no hubs and use a USB port on the back of your computer.

You hard drive is adequate if you keep it clean and defragged. The issue arises if you start saving the original videos, the edited video, the images, music etc on that hard drive. Things add up fast. If you burn a project to a disc, there is no easy way to edit it if you have deleted everything. I worked for years with a hard drive about that size but I did outgrow it. The larger hard drive is simply to store all the files and folders that you are not working on.

This post has been edited by sknis: 07 September 2008 - 07:08 AM

[gary b]

I have my doubts about the video chip but you can always try it before you buy anything. If you get stuttering and/or crashes when capturing or editing, if you get blank images in slide shows or have any display problems when working with EMC 10, that is a pretty good indication that the video card should be installed.

There are literally hundreds of good video cards out there. The one in my signature is overkill. I prefer ATI chips for no particular reason. Both ATI and NVidia make chips that other people put onto a video card (with on-board memory that is not shared with your computer's memory). You will need to determine what kind of slot your computer has for a video card. It will probably be a PCI and/or an ePCI slot. In most cases, simpling inserting the card with the drivers will disable the built in chip. Get a card with at least 256 on board memory. That used to be the normal. 512 is now almost the standard. Again the price would be under $100. Install time would be 10 minutes for hardware and
about 1/2 hour for total installation and operation. I'm not going to make any recommendation . Here are examples. make sure the card takes only one slot and that it doesn't need a separate power supply. Normally those are the higher end card which would be overkill unless you do a lot of gaming.

Yes, if you have installed to drivers and plug in that capture device and then open Media Import, select video and then the device, you should be able to capture. As I said, no hubs and use a USB port on the back of your computer.

You hard drive is adequate if you keep it clean and defragged. The issue arises if you start saving the original videos, the edited video, the images, music etc on that hard drive. Things add up fast. If you burn a project to a disc, there is no easy way to edit it if you have deleted everything. I worked for years with a hard drive about that size but I did outgrow it. The larger hard drive is simply to store all the files and folders that you are not working on.

Dear skinis, I apologize profusely to you and anyone else whom I may have perturbed with what I thought were seperate questions. I'm not as brainy nor do I fluently speak computer language as well as you or others do, but I'm learning! Now, I have a new external hardrive installed and have removed EZMC10 from the on board hardrive.How do I partition the hardrives so I can install EZMC10 on the external hardrive?Thanks Gary

[sknis]

Dear skinis, I apologize profusely to you and anyone else whom I may have perturbed with what I thought were seperate questions. I'm not as brainy nor do I fluently speak computer language as well as you or others do, but I'm learning! Now, I have a new external hardrive installed and have removed EZMC10 from the on board hardrive.How do I partition the hardrives so I can install EZMC10 on the external hardrive?Thanks Gary

No problem and if anyone seems to be perturbed, it is because of OUR failure to communicate clearly.

You don't put EMC 10 on the external drive; keep it on the internal (system) drive.

You put all your files (videos, images, music) and the temp files on the external hard drive. Save all of you projects on that drive. You can do that from within the program. No reason to partition if you keep everything organized.

Your improvement will be with the installation of a video card. Are you planning to do that?

[gary b]

No problem and if anyone seems to be perturbed, it is because of OUR failure to communicate clearly.

You don't put EMC 10 on the external drive; keep it on the internal (system) drive.

You put all your files (videos, images, music) and the temp files on the external hard drive. Save all of you projects on that drive. You can do that from within the program. No reason to partition if you keep everything organized.

Your improvement will be with the installation of a video card. Are you planning to do that?

Hello Skinis,Yes about the video card,it is in the PIGGY BANK accmulating!Now on with my delimna. It's not working!!Tell me if I have done something wrong. I hooked up the DAZZLE capture device correctly. I ran the VCR ,Turntable,Cassette deck video/audio outputs to a selector box with four inputs and one output.From the output I ran cables to the input of the Dazzle device. From the output of this device a cable goes to a usb input on the computer. I didn't install the software that came with the Dazzle . I then contacted the maker of the Dazzle and was directed to a website and downloaded drivers for the Dazzle capture device. Then I opened EZMC10 to Roxio Media Import and clicked on the audio button.I was asked to select a device or source to import from. I thought everthing was going great because the Dazzle device was listed . I clicked on the Dazzle device and then a page appeared with a box in the upper left corner that had a title "CAPTURE FROM". The box only had the computer's on board audio card listed. How or can I correct this because I thought I was to be capturing from the Dazzle device? Is it that I am going to have to install the software that came with the device and use the capture device to capture the audio and video to the hardrive and then use EZMC10 to do the editting,effects,etc? Or should I remove the Dazzle device And import the audio and video in another way?Thanks so much for your knowledge,Gary

[ggrussell]

Ah, you're trying to use the Dazzle as an audio capture device? Several people have posted this question and I don't think it works. You may have to go to the Pinnacle forum to ask. It should work great for video and captures the audio with the video.

As a test, run the Sound Recorder app that comes with Windows and see if the Dazzle shows up for that.

[gary b]

Ah, you're trying to use the Dazzle as an audio capture device? Several people have posted this question and I don't think it works. You may have to go to the Pinnacle forum to ask. It should work great for video and captures the audio with the video.

As a test, run the Sound Recorder app that comes with Windows and see if the Dazzle shows up for that.

Thanks "DG", Pinnacle says the Dzzle will capture any analog video or audio input. As for the Sound Recorder , how do I get to it and what do I do when I get there? I hope I didn't tick Skinis off again because ther are questions in my previous reply I hope he would answer. Thanks Again "DG" for your suggestions-GARY

This post has been edited by gary b: 15 September 2008 - 10:59 AM

[myguggi]

Thanks "DG", Pinnacle says the Dzzle will capture any analog video or audio input. As for the Sound Recorder , how do I get to it and what do I do when I get there? I hope I didn't tick Skinis off again because ther are questions in my previous reply I hope he would answer. Thanks Again "DG" for your suggestions-GARY

Does Pinnacle say that the Dazzle wil capture "audio only" without video? As far as I know nobody has gotten that to work.

I am sure you did not tick Sknis off: he has other concerns at the moment as he was affected by "Ike"

[grandpabruce]

Thanks "DG", Pinnacle says the Dzzle will capture any analog video or audio input. As for the Sound Recorder , how do I get to it and what do I do when I get there? I hope I didn't tick Skinis off again because ther are questions in my previous reply I hope he would answer. Thanks Again "DG" for your suggestions-GARY

You can try capturing audio only, with the Dazzle device, until the cows come home, but it is isn't going to happen.

There have been a multitude of posts, saying the Dazzle device can't capture audio only. There has not been one post saying that it can.

[gary b]

You can try capturing audio only, with the Dazzle device, until the cows come home, but it is isn't going to happen.

There have been a multitude of posts, saying the Dazzle device can't capture audio only. There has not been one post saying that it can.

Thanks grandpabruce. Okay I'm through with the Dazzle device!!It's gone !! I'm starting over from scratch. Now what do I need to capture analog video and analog audio from my camcorder,vcr, turntable and cassette deck to the hardrive? A new video card ,new sound card ,a different capture device?? I do have EZMC10 already installed and am running win xp /service pack 3 Thank you

This post has been edited by gary b: 16 September 2008 - 08:08 AM

[malatekid]

Roxio is advertising this new product. I haven't read any post on the forum providing feedback on this product yet.

[gary b]

Roxio is advertising this new product. I haven't read any post on the forum providing feedback on this product yet.

Do you think it will work with EZMV10 because they only mention roxio 2009? I'm headed for Best B. in al ittle while Thanks Where can I get the Roxio device quickly?

This post has been edited by gary b: 16 September 2008 - 08:29 AM

[malatekid]

I don't own one. There might be more details provided in the package box. Check your favorite or nearby stores' website for availability.

Usually, a device like that comes with its own software to capture videos. To do editing/authoring/burning, it usually requires another software(s) that does those stuff such as Creator 2009.

[myguggi]

Do you think it will work with EZMV10 because they only mention roxio 2009? I'm headed for Best B. in al ittle while Thanks Where can I get the Roxio device quickly?

It will still not capture "audio only" from tape cassette decks or audio turntables.
From the description, this device is basically the same as the Dazzle device: it will only capture analog video with the associated audio.