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Sony SR5
Sony SR5
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JoLyn (joday46) 1 pts
May 6, 2008 7:11 PM
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Must I use Picture motion browser?

I have a sony Handycam DCR-DVD105. We cannot find the Picture Motion Browser software that came with it. We are trying to use the video editing software Pinnacle Studio Plus. We can get the movie from the DVD-R to the computer but Pinnacle is not recognizing the files - it says they are not media files. Do I have to use Picture motion browser to convert the files? Help! How can I edit the videos? I am really under a time crunch so I don't have the time to order PMB from Sony and wait for it to get here.
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by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58448 pts
May 8, 2008 3:59 PM
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Try MPEG STREAMCLIP by squared 5. It can reencode those files into something Pinnacle can accept. You may need to "rip" the DVD first. But MPEG Stream clip is the way to go.

Not so convenient as you were led to believe, huh? If you want to shoot video and then edit it to take out wasted scenes, add titles and music, etc., you're taking a hit in video quality by shooting native with a DVD camera. This is because the video on DVDs is encoded to MPEG2, a compressed format. It's great as an end of the line format, but not for shooting source footage. Likewise, hard drive based camcorders, while convenient, tend to record in MPEG2 (only JVC gives you an option to record in AVI). This gives you the same problem. Additionally, if your editor doesn't import MPEG2 footage, you will have to "re-encode" (also called demuxing) the footage into an editable format. It's a hassle for those of us who wish to edit our videos as a hobby.
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JoLyn (joday46) 1 pts
May 8, 2008 5:09 PM
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Thanks so much for your help! We bought the handycam for our daughter last year. We obviously did not do our research into what we really wanted or needed. Now we know! When buying a camcorder, what should you look for if you want to be able to edit, etc.? Is AVI the format we want? Thanks again for answering my question!
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by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58448 pts
May 12, 2008 3:08 PM
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Happy to help. I still believe that for editing purposes, cameras that still shoot in miniDV are the best solution. MiniDV cameras shoot uncompressed by comparison and capture is easy. Then you can save it into AVI (Or MOV for Mac) and edit.

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triassicpark1 (triassicpark1) 2 pts
August 18, 2008 2:28 AM
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Hi ppl,,

I have SR10 and trying to create DVD's. As with multiple others, I have used PMB succesfully ( only once) to create DVD's and now getting the error msg at 50%. I have read other threads extensivley including some of your answers.
What are my real options other than using PMB?
1) Can I use Adobe premier or Pinnacle 11 without any hassles.
2) If I use streamclip to re encode to some format for Nero to accept which is the best fromat that will not compromise the quality.
3) Also when I import files to my computes you very well know that a handycam is recognised as external source. But a single file is recognised as m2ts and another 2 formats. Although m2ts is the main file as it is in mb the other 2 files have different extensions and are in kb. Do I need to convert all 3 of them?
4) Also which is the best software once you have converted into a required format to add music and headings?

Many thanks,
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