Thanks for the info, John! I had no idea somebody was doing that! That's great.
But I'd still like to get into video editing anyway one of these days, simply because I have such a huge and scattered collection of home movies on hi-8 cassettes that should be edited, consolidated, and burned onto DVDs or something for family viewing. I thought editing commercial movies might just turn out to be something that could be done on the side, as long as I had the equipment anyway. What gave me the idea is that I have a cousin who says that her (and mine too I guess) nephew is using his PC to transfer commercial movies onto DVDs which he then sells on Ebay--which is probably highly illegal. But that got me to thinking that if a kid could do that on his home computer, it might also be possible to edit the movies as well as copy them. But copying/editing a full length movie probably takes up a lot of hard drive space though, I imagine, and would probably require a dedicated external drive or something. Anyhow thanks again for the info on the already-cleaned-up movies. I'll zip over to that website and take a gander at what's available. Regards, Tom >Hello Tom, > >There are some commercial outfits, primarily in Christian circles, who >already do exactly this. One I know some folks have used is >CleanFlicks: http://www.cleanflicks.com/index.php > >They have Titanic, by the way. You can send in your own copy and >they'll clean it up ($14.00 VHS, $18.50 DVD) or buy one from them >($26.95 VHS, $36.95 DVD). > >There are some others, and even special DVD/HS players that block out >foul language on the fly, but the point is that it would be far >cheaper to go this route than to spend the money to set up your own >system to do it yourself, unless you plan to convert a large-ish >collection. Not that I'm against playing around with my systems in the >hope of accomplishing something (anything!) useful, but this one seems >like a longer shot than most, for the end product you want. > >Hope this helps! >John > >---------- > John McKay, Military Historian & Social Studies (History) Teacher > Web Page: http://www.HistoryAddict.com > Georgia Dept. of Defense, Peach State STARBASE Lead Teacher > Office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
