[Wylug-help] Video editing help needed

[Anne Wilson]

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On 19/02/12 15:00, Chris Pemberton wrote:
> On 02/19/12 07:36, Anne Wilson wrote: I have some camcorder 
> recording that I need to get into a cross-platform-readable format 
> - included eventually into a Powerpoint presentation (the owner of 
> the file uses only Windows).
> 
> Kino has captured the clip and I can see the timeline, but of 
> course it is in .kino format.  I thought that .mov might be the 
> best bet, but kino crashes if you ask it to save to .mov.
> 
> What format should I be aiming for, and what tool will help me get
>  there?  Thanks
> 
> Anne If you just want to convert video, I'd try handbrake or 
> perhaps vlc.  If you want to edit, I'd try Ubuntu or Windows (in a 
> VirtualBox perhaps). No kidding: having Ubuntu or Windows handy in 
> a VirtualBox is a life saver somtimes.
> 
> What is the raw footage format?  What are you converting to?
> 
> Chris

My current situation is the kino has captured the video, but it plays
back a 4 minute video in around 5 seconds.  There looks to be a
reasonable number of frames, so I guess that somewhere I need to find
the frames per second setting.  Until I sort that, I don't know
whether any editing is required or not.  Certainly it needs to be
something fairly simple.

I was asked if I could get it off the camcorder so that it could be
used in a PowerPoint presentation - and I'm not sure how that works.
I know that if I created an .avi it can be read under Windows, but
.avi files are very big, and not ideal for that purpose, I think.
However, if I had an .avi I could use mjpegtools to convert it to a
form writeable to DVD - I've done that part before, though it's a long
time ago.

More googling led me to find and download usb drivers that would
enable the video camera to work in Windows 7 using the supplied
software (after applying the Win 7 update).  I have the .inf and .sys
files, but haven't a clue what to do with them - the camcorder doesn't
get listed in Device Manager at all.

I don't really care whether I use Windows or Linux - I just want a
solution to get this off my hands.

What would you do, in my position?

Anne
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