Looks like you will need to create DVDs if you expect the grandparents to watch it. I have had good luck with this software - Pinnacle Studio. For all it's faults and user gripe, it is probably better than learning 5 different open source tools.
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us/Products/Consumer+Products/Home+Video/Studio+Family/ Dharmesh -----Original Message----- From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 5:13 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Software for basic video editing? I have a video camera on long term loan so I can take videos of my cute little daughter. It records onto DV tapes, which is all fine and good. Now I want to get the video off of there and turn it into video I can show people, send to happy grandparents, etc. The camera has a Firewire port and cable and my laptop has a firewire port (which I've never used). So the connectivity issue seems straight forward. Now then...I plug the camera into the laptop and...do what? I obviously need some sort of software to capture the video and then edit it and save it out to a file. I'm running XP Pro at the moment but am quite comfortable using Linux as well, so suggestions on software and tips for either platform would be delightful. Thanks, Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:241967 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
