Calling movie makers

[rogersbm82]

So this weekend I got a new video camera. A sony handycam dcr-sr45 HDD. I put all the videos on my computer and then tried to edit everything using Windows Movie Maker. It says it doesn't support some of the streams and will only play the audio of the video. Any help? I am new to this video editing and making.

[zad0030]

What format does the camera use?

[rogersbm82]

Not a clue, how do I find that out?

[mtnsmith]

Can't offer much help here, but I just went through the owner's manual on Sony's website and it was pretty much useless, however I saw that it came with a sony software disc and you might want to try installing that to edit/make movies, actually it calls it a movie browser software so it might allow you to save them out as a different format once you copy them from camera to computer. Sorry if this is all stuff you have done, but that is what I had to go through with mine.

[rogersbm82]

Ok just figured out how to convert them from Mpeg to WMV files. Now just taking forever to do that.

[evil0ne]

Buy a Mac . As others have said the camera came with software that will be able to download what you recorded, probably Pinnacle or something similar.

[ragboy]

try adobe premiere, it should handle just about anything. Movie Maker is not that great.

[da.bell]

try adobe premiere, it should handle just about anything. Movie Maker is not that great.

^^^ Agreed. I have used Movie Maker a few times and it works okay for the smaller jobs.

[TRD]

Ok just figured out how to convert them from Mpeg to WMV files. Now just taking forever to do that.

can you explain please? I have been trying to do that also. Are you using the Sony software?

Thanks

[TJRiver]

Get a mac. The movie editing programs that come with the computer are simple and intuitive. My efforts to edit video on a PC (with three different editing programs, including the Sony program) wasted two of my weekends, with pathetic results.

If you must use a PC, make sure the format of the video coming from the camera into the PC matches the editing programs. You may have to convert your footage to a format the program will recognize. Google is your friend!

[dogrocco]

I have the sony hd cam and I use the Pinnacle studio 12. I have tried other applications and this is the best I have found for windows.

[rogersbm82]

can you explain please? I have been trying to do that also. Are you using the Sony software?

Thanks

Yes, using the sony software (picture motion browser) you can right click on the clips shown, and there will be an option Covert to WMV and save.


Now the problem I am having is, how do I add music to the movie I made using Movie Maker? I have tried reading up on it but haven't had any luck. I will look into the adobe premier.

[zad0030]

I used WMM 2 years ago. It wasnt great but its was not the best either. I made a slideshow of highlights of 10 years of a family reumion. Made the slideshow in Power Point and then converted it into a Video, then added music and finalized in WMM.

To add music you import an Mp3 and then at the bottom where the timeline is one is for video and the other for audio. The audio file should appear there and you can fade and trim etc.

[TRD]

Yes, using the sony software (picture motion browser) you can right click on the clips shown, and there will be an option Covert to WMV and save.


Now the problem I am having is, how do I add music to the movie I made using Movie Maker? I have tried reading up on it but haven't had any luck. I will look into the adobe premier.

The only choice I get is "Convert to MPEG-2 and save" when I click on it, it will act like it is converting it but in the end it says not completed. I can't get it to do anything else. Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks

[rogersbm82]

sweet, thanx. Now I just have to figure out how to make it burn to dvd in good quality.