If you're new to Pc video editing then knowing where to start can be a bit daunting, so hopefully this guide will point you in the right direction.
To start with you will need a few items of equipment
DV Camcorder
Camcorders/Video Decks
Depending on your requirements or aims there are estimate of separate solutions to discuss, so i will split these up into detach sections.
1. If you are starting from new then i propose buying a new digital camcorder, this will give you superior video and sound potential as well as development getting started in video editing very simple, so ideal for the beginner. There are thousands to pick from catering for discrete types of budgets.
2. You may already have an old video deck or camcorder which uses the old analogue outputs such as composite or s-video (be sure to check first what outputs you have).
For this kind of setup you would need a capture card/analogue to digital converter, this is discussed in more information added on in the article.
A Pc for Video Editing
It is now possible to well capture footage from your Digital Camcorder directly to your Pc and edit it.
If you finding at buying a new Pc or construction a new one then the currents spec's are more then remarkable enough, a typical spec Pc these days is a P4, 512Mb Ram, 80Gb Hdd, Windows Xp or something along those lines.
You could always use your existing Pc if you have one, but i wouldn't propose using anyone below a Piii 600.
Additional Hardware
When transferring video from your camcorder to your Pc there are a estimate of added things to reconsider depending on the type of camcorder your using.
If you're using a digital camcorder then all your need is a firewire card (also known as an Iee1394 card), a lot of current Pc's have these as approved now, otherwise you will need to purchase the card separately. Some of these will come bundled with editing software such as Adobe Premiere but this well depends on which card you buy and how much you spend, once your camcorder is linked to your firewire port windows will automatically recognise your Digital Camcorder.
If your using the old analogue camcorder then you will also need an analogue to digital converter, see the section on video editing cards below.
Speed?
Its worth inspecting your Pc's Processor speed, the speed will follow the rate your video will encode, encoding is where your Dv video clips are converted into a more compressed format, for example Dvd's are encoded to Mpeg2. So the faster the good really. Also reconsider the estimate of Ram in your Pc, 256Mb would be the minimum.
Extra Hard Drive Storage
Its worth inspecting having an extra dedicated drive for your video footage, remember that five minutes of Dv footage uses 1Gb of hard drive space so reconsider a large capacity hard drive such as an 80Gb or 120Gb, also reconsider the disk drive Rpm, at least 7200Rpm would be recommended.
If your Pc supports it (most new ones do now), then a Serial Ata (Sata) drive will offer increased date transfer rates of up to 150Mb/sec compared to 100 or 133 offered by the Ide drives, you may also reconsider a Scsi drive if you're Pc has an Scsi Adapter as standard.
Dvd/Cd Burners
If your planning on putting your film onto Cd-Rom (Vcd), or Dvd then a Cdrw or Dvdrw is an essential piece of kit, most new pc's may have a Cdrw or Dvdrw as standard, to burn your Dvd, you'll need Dvd authoring software.
Video Editing Cards
If you have and older analogue video camera/deck then an analogue Usb or Pci capture cards will suffice.
These dedicated analogue to digital converters take process of conversion away from the Cpu and therefore speeds up transfer.
If worth getting a potential capture card as the cheaper cards can yield mixed results,
The Video Editing Software
This is where all your creative work starts and the creative work starts, you can capture video from your camera, edit the captured clips, arrange them into a sequence, add transitions, earnings and a soundtrack, titles and when your ready export your movie back to the camera or a favorable encoded file format (Dvd, Vcd etc).
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