I have just returned from Europe, where during the past year I recorded nearly 10 hours of video, which I am now attempting to edit for transfer to DVD. My camera was a Nikon Coolpix L3, and the video was recorded at 640x480 resolution at both 15 and 30 frames per second, in the QuickTime/.MOV format. Everything looks fine when viewed with a direct camera-to-TV patch and on the computer screen. My problem is in the editing. I have tried two editing programs, Magix Video Deluxe 2.0 plus, which I purchased and whose manual lists QuickTime/.MOV among the formats that it will import, and ArcSoft Video Impression 2, which came bundled with a Sanyo VPC-S750 camera which I purchased recently. In both cases, everything works perfectly at the editing and previewing stage, but when I try to produce an edited file suitable for transfer to DVD, either the sound track is lost or the program crashes. Can anyone here offer any advice? I looked at Pinnacle Studio 11, but it does not list .MOV among the formats it accepts. Do I need a different program or am I doing something wrong with the ones I have?
This works for me with .mov files I have D/L from the WEB. Download TMPGenc and the plugin for .mov files. Copy the plugin to the same folder as TMPGEnc. Run TMPGEnc. If the Wizard pops up, select the DVD NTSC or PAL template. If the Wizard doesn't start, then start it. Browse to the .mov file. It should load; click 'Next'. You can go to 'Source range' and edit the file, then 'Next' Unselect 'Start Encoding immediately' and click OK. (the following is to make the audio work) Click 'Option' 'Environmental Setting' 'VFAPI Plugin' Right click on 'Direct Show Multimedia file Reader' and up the priority to '2' then 'OK' and 'Start' You should end up with an MPEG2 file with MP2 audio. MPEG2 works for thirty days - after that you can only output MPEG1 (VCD) Good luck Free TMPGEnc (has 30 day MPEG2 usage) http://www.tmpgenc.net/en/download.html QTime plugin for TMPGEnc http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4942/QTReader.zip
