This project has already now been taking a while. First off I had no ide-card to import the video through. Secondly I didnt have a camera to play the tapes on.
The obvious tasks at hand was getting both. Then, once the video was imported, to edit the content and publish onto DVD for my family's viewing pleasure...
Hardware used:
- (borrowed) Canon MiniDV cam
- Pinnacle 500-PCI capture card (with firewire, Yay!)
Software used:
- Pinnacle Studio 10
- Adobe Premiere Pro (for trial purposes)
Other requirements:
- Loads of time
- Patience
- Coffee. And lots of it.
Importing all the content went quite smoothly. The firewire cable from the DV cam into the capture card delivered a seamless stream of frames. 0 (zero) loss.
But here the hard work began. Editing approx 8 hours of raw footage is not a one-day task. Especially not when the PC used for this project is an old box (Pentium III @ 700mhz).
Im currently done with editing the first tape, and trying to convince the box to create some useful DVD output.
Stay tuned - The rendering to DVD format is going to take approximately 24 hours for the lonely, outdated processor...