Editing HD video?

[Dan Cook]

What software is preferred to edit this? I just dumped a 5 minute clip of my new HC5 and it's a gig in size.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=669ClJqQRNk

 

[Steve Miller]

Dan:
I've been a fan of Vegas products. Their latest offering will handle pretty much anything you can throw at it. It comes at a price though, around $400!

 

[Andrew Ryan]

What software is preferred to edit this? I just dumped a 5 minute clip of my new HC5 and it's a gig in size.

That sounds about right for HDV (which is 25 mb/s).

If you can use, Final Cut Pro or Final Cut Express, both are great programs! But I've heard good things from Adobe Premiere Pro and Sony Vegas.

 

[Brandon Headley]

I use fcp and love it. 5gb should be about right for hd.

 

[Aleksandar Nikolov]

you can work this program http://www.effectmatrix.com/total-video-converter/ I make clip 2GB avi in flv 5mb with high quality

 

[J Kinkaid]

I use Vegas Pro 8 to edit all my HD video

 

[Dan Cook]

Has anyone had an issue trying to capture HDV through Premiere Pro? I can get it to work fine with Vegas but I get a "can't activate recorder, restart camera" message in Premiere.

 

[Dan Robinson]

Make sure you have the HD-enabling patch for Premiere installed - the original version won't support HD. It's a free download on their site.

 

[Dan Cook]

What patch are you referring to? The 4.0.1?

 

[Dan Robinson]

If you're running 1.5, the patch is 1.5.1. 2.0 already has HD support, if you have that version or newer you should be good.

 

[Dan Cook]

I'm running the CS4 demo.

 

[Dan Robinson]

That may be the problem - HD support wasn't enabled in the CS3 trial version, I'm assuming CS4 might be the same way...

 

[Tyler Burg]

Does anyone know if there is a free download for Windows Movie Maker HD? Ive been looking for it for a while, cant find it though. I guess its not too big of a deal, Since im getting a new laptop, Ill just spend the extra $30 and get vista home premium (even though vista sucks, im not going to spend $150 for XP, cause 4GB of RAM should do the trick)

Thanks

 

[Matt Gingery]

I have been asking myself the same question. I have 3 cameras, 2 digital, and 1 high def. I have a Sony DCR-DVD hybrid, JVC digital, Canon High Def. Does the Vegas Pro work for hybrids, and just digital recorders, or strictly high def? I am looking for something that I can format and then upload video to media etc.

 

[Dan Cook]

Got my problem fixed. While I had selected HDV output on the camera, I forgot to select HDV in Premiere as the source.