Sandy Wood Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Has anyone tried to use Microsoft Movie Maker to load and edit an .mpg file created by Easy VHS to DVD 3? I loaded my file us and I'm not getting any audio or video. Curious as to what others are using to edit their files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimicher Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Has anyone tried to use Microsoft Movie Maker to load and edit an .mpg file created by Easy VHS to DVD 3? I loaded my file us and I'm not getting any audio or video. Curious as to what others are using to edit their files. Why are you not using VHS2DVD 3? It includes the editor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Wood Posted January 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 You know, I hadn't considered that. It didn't appear to be 'robust' enough for what I was hoping to do. I want to be able to cut portions of video out from a capture and then ultimately reassemble them into another one. For example, I want to be able to pull all the Christmas videos out and then create a single Christmas video to burn to DVD. Is this possible in VHS2DVD 3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Hardin Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Kinda... The editor allows multiple "Cuts" of a single file. It does not allow you rearrange the order or add anything into the file you are working on. Think of it as a Linear Editor, whereas almost everything else out there is Non-linear It Will Combine multiple files if you output to a DVD Movie! ~ you can later grab the .vob files it creates and rename them to .mpg Now, lets' get back to your initial problem. HOW are you producing these 'mpg' files that you are trying to feed WMM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Wood Posted January 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 I'm generating the .mpg files from VHS2DVD3. I'm capturing some 2 hour Sony Video 8 tapes. On each tape I've got sections of vacation footage and family footage. Ultimately, I want to pull all the vacation footage off and create a set of 'just vacation' DVDs. The same with the family footage. Maybe I need to invest in a more robust piece of software to do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Hardin Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 The Creator Suites would give you more flexibility AND you can use your EVD3 USB with it! The Editor in the Suite allows you to designate Scenes within a file and the pull various scenes from multiple files into your Project. It is still a lot of work but worthwhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimicher Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 I'm generating the .mpg files from VHS2DVD3. I'm capturing some 2 hour Sony Video 8 tapes. On each tape I've got sections of vacation footage and family footage. Ultimately, I want to pull all the vacation footage off and create a set of 'just vacation' DVDs. The same with the family footage. Maybe I need to invest in a more robust piece of software to do this? In addition to what Jim posted you should also realize that a standard 4.7GB DVD can only hold 60 minutes of video at the best quality setting. If you want to burn longer videos the video will get compressed (the longer the more compression) and start losing quality. For a 2 hour tape there would be a lot of quality loss. I never capture segments longer then 15 minutes. They are much easier to work with when editing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Wood Posted January 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Thanks for the tips and help. I'll look into Creator Suite as it sounds like it should work for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sknis Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 If that is all you need or want to do; perhaps this might save you some money. It is not as full featured as Creator. Also if you have a good computer and it meets all the specs, you might be able to pick up a copy of Creator 2012 at an on-line store. You would not have the warranty and support of the latest version --NXT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Hardin Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Good Call Steve... Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Wood Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Thanks to all - this is good information to get me started. Appreciate all the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Hardin Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 You are welcome! Don't get frustrated with it - stop in before that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Has anyone tried to use Microsoft Movie Maker to load and edit an .mpg file created by Easy VHS to DVD 3? I loaded my file us and I'm not getting any audio or video. Curious as to what others are using to edit their files.
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