[Wylug-help] Video from Handycam (tape)

[Anne Wilson]

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On 19/02/12 09:01, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On 18/02/12 20:32, Steven Dodd wrote:
>> I used dvgrab to simply pull the raw DV off the DV tapes, which I
>>  then used a video editor to produce something more coherent.
>> This may not be applicable to you depending on what recording
>> medium your Handycam uses; but may be worth a try anyway if
>> that's in your distribution.
> 
> Ok, thanks.  I can't afford too much time for a one-off problem (at
>  least I think it's on-off), so I'll try the Windows software
> first. The only video editing I've done before was from an analogue
>  camcorder, where I used mjpegtools to get the video off.  Haven't
> a clue whether they could help with this or not :-)
> 
> If I mananage to do this I'll let you know how :-)
> 
Just to wrap up, and in case someone reads the archives, I found that
the owner of the file preferred a playable DVD to use alongside her
presentation, rather than embedding into it.

Fortunately little editing was required, as Kino doesn't seem too able
in that department.  However, I found I could create an mpeg file from
it, and from there I could doctor the xml file to a standard dvdauthor
xml file.  I did hit a bit of trouble as K3b twice burned the content
then failed to write the finalisation of the disk, giving an error
message.  I moved the files to this laptop and burned here, testing on
a stand-alone player, and all is well.

My previous experience of command-line use (mjpegtools) was helpful.
I think if more detailed editing was required it would be best to
output an .avi from Kino, and use mjpegtools to edit it.  The helpful
people on the Scientific Linux list have also suggested some tools
that can help.  For the moment I'm waiting to see whether I'm to be
asked to do this regularly or not.

Thanks to all who tried to help.

Anne
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