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by whittington
Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:18 am
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: 8MM CINE FILM COPYING TO VIDEO
Replies: 29
Views: 27119

Re: 8MM CINE FILM COPYING TO VIDEO

It's certainly worth experimenting with the different mains frequencies settings as all you really want to do (with machines that use a three-bladed shutter) is to project as close to 16.7fps as possible. Generally if you view the footage on a TV it's pretty easy to see if flicker is spoiling the t...
by whittington
Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:22 am
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: External DVD Recorder
Replies: 8
Views: 8774

Re: External DVD Recorder

No More Encore Colin, Well I have updated a few things installed Encore, took a few days to get my head around it!! Maybe a good program for some but it takes to long to transcribe and burn a simple 10 minute DVD, then to discover after doing this I could not add another Video to the disc. But here...
by whittington
Thu Feb 02, 2012 4:49 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: Adobe CS3
Replies: 0
Views: 5449

Adobe CS3

Has anybody got a copy of the above for sale to a keen but poor amateur :?:
by whittington
Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:33 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: External DVD Recorder
Replies: 8
Views: 8774

Re: External DVD Recorder

Col Lamb, Very many thanks for your comprehensive reply. Yes you are right the Pc is at least 8 years old, but has 4 gig ram, 3.4 Pentium 4 processor a Matrox, dual screen card with dual monitors. I also use a Pinnacle DV 500 video editing card and Adobe 6.5 all this has done me an excellent job now...
by whittington
Sat Jan 28, 2012 4:22 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: Anyone using of These: LaCie d2 DVD±RW 22x with LightScribe
Replies: 0
Views: 5889

Anyone using of These: LaCie d2 DVD±RW 22x with LightScribe

Dave Watterson has suugested one of these for a simple way of making DVDs from my Pc firewire ouput . I am using Adobe 6.5 and just want to send the edited time line out to a DVD recorder via the FW lead, not worried about inserting caahpters. Can anybody advise of problems before i rush out and but...
by whittington
Sat Jan 28, 2012 3:49 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: External DVD Recorder
Replies: 8
Views: 8774

Re: External DVD Recorder

A simpler answer - though not cheap ... There are external DVD burners with firewire connections such as the "LaCie d2 DVD±RW 22x with LightScribe" which is about £87 on amazon. (I have seen ads for it at £55 but from an online dealer I don't know and which was not given a satisfaction ra...
by whittington
Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:55 am
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: External DVD Recorder
Replies: 8
Views: 8774

Re: External DVD Recorder

You could connect your Sony camcorder to your PC via Firewire and output the timeline as an avi file to MiniDV tape. Then play that tape with the camcorder connected to the MC6 to make DVDs that way. Tom, Thank you for your reply, I did do that just once and it seems such a long winded exercise and...
by whittington
Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:56 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: External DVD Recorder
Replies: 8
Views: 8774

External DVD Recorder

I’m new to this forum and seeking advice regarding the above. Just a keen old amateur still using Adobe 6.5! Which has done an excellent job for so many years. I do a lot of editing and the easy way for me making my DVDs, was by using an external Phillips DVD recorder with a fire wire input. This wa...