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More info?)
Cheers C - looks like 'Elements' is a good basic choice
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Kahuna
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"C.J.Patten" <cjpatten@KNOWSPAMrogers.com> wrote in message
news:Kb-dnVYqILMPSqTfRVn-ig@rogers.com...
> Hey again Kahuna - didn't see your second post until after I'd replied to
> your first.
😉
>
> Adobe offers free downloadable trials of Premiere - non-crippled no less.
> Give it a shot.
>
> I strong urge you to stay away from Real Networks products due to it's
> spyware implications. (google "Real player spyware" and be the judge for
> yourself)
>
> FYI: "Premiere Elements" is a slightly watered down version of Premiere
> but apparently does a great deal and the price is right.
>
> Can't comment on Avid, FCP (Mac) or Sony Vegas as I haven't used them but
> many have and speak highly of them.
>
> C.
>
> "Kahuna" <none@gonewest.com> wrote in message
> news:4239c795$0$37868$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net...
>> Excellent points Richard - thanks for the quick feedback.
>>
>> The Sony stuff was on a fiends machine so I don't have it any more, and
>> it seemed mainly geared to very basic autoedit style movies (for the
>> family and for CD).
>>
>> I need to accurately edit my DV (and yes - sorry - its a DV Camera) and
>> then save it in a range of formats. Some of which I can kind of do
>> already in Windows Movie Maker. But I cant save in anything but WMV!
>>
>> I need AVI at least and MPEG most likely, both of which so I can import
>> to flash and use on my website. My term streaming was wrong Richard, I
>> meant using something like WMediaPlayer or QuickTime etc. I have looked
>> at the PowerPoint streaming format using MS Producer by it means finding
>> a site to support it and the relevant expense etc.
>>
>> Lastly I have tried converting my WMV's to AVI in a number of different
>> ways and with different compressions (using STOIK Video Converter) all of
>> which resulted in huge files much greater than the WMV original and to
>> large to handle on a web site.
>>
>> Guess I need some guidance here Richard.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> --
>> Kahuna
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>> "Richard Crowley" <richard.7.crowley@intel.com> wrote in message
>> news:d1cfue$o3m$1@news01.intel.com...
>>> "Kahuna" wrote ...
>>>> I have a new DV!
>>>
>>> Presumably you mean a DV *camera*?
>>>
>>>> I need to make short (3 - 10 minute) videos to stream from
>>>> my web site.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions on the 'best at the price' Capture / Editing /
>>>> Formatting for the web software would be appreciated. I have
>>>> used briefly the Sony Picture Maker software, and though it's
>>>> probably not suitable to create web distributions its really neat
>>>> at doing those auto edits with imported music and filters.
>>>>
>>>> I guess I need something substantially more sophisticated than
>>>> that - but it was cool anyway!
>>>
>>> Not clear why it is "probably not suitable to create web distributions"?
>>> Perhaps if you were to explain what you mean it might help us
>>> understand what you are asking for?
>>>
>>> My first reaction was why do you need to buy anything?
>>> If you can already edit things with Picture Maker, you may
>>> only lack a method of converting to your desired video
>>> format (unstated). You can get a free converter to create
>>> WMV from Microsoft, a free converter from Real Networks,
>>> a very low-cost ($30?) converter for Quicktime/MPEG4 from
>>> Apple, several freeware appliations for MPG, DVIX, etc. etc.
>>> What video format do you think you want to use? If you want
>>> to use major-league streaming technology, do you have a server
>>> configured for it?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
... you mentioned Sony 
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