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Posted by Beowulf on 02/14/07 14:57
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:15:15 -0500, Smarty wrote:
> Beowulf,
>
> Vegas 7 and the lite version 'Vegas Movie Studio' are great alternatives, as
> are Ulead's Video Studio 10 Plus which goes directly from HDV input to
> edited and then authored HD-DVD disks for $89. The latter 2 suggestions are
> really capable, much less expensive than Premiere, and very smooth HDV
> tools.
>
> For simple I-frame editing, by far the fastest and simplest HDV editor I
> have ever used is VideoReDo. It handles the long GOP structure of HDV video
> effortlessly, sells for about $50, and trims footage faster than anything
> else out there.
>
> I think Vegas 7.0d is just about the right balance of performance, features,
> ease of use, and price, and consider this to be a really strong contender
> for general purpose use by a more advanced user. If I could keep only one
> HDV editor, this would be it.
>
Please excuse my ignorance (someday I will repay by helping others once I
learn), but what is GOP/GOP_structure? Also I am not clear on the
difference between DV/mini-DV, HV, and HDV? (especially HD versus HDV, I
thought they were the same but I guess not?). Are any of those "raw DV"?
And yes I liking Sony Vegas as I play with the trial version; I am
thinking of buying the VEGAS+DVD version that is more expensive but that
includes more features. Vegas just fricken *works*, plays previews and
such smooth, not jerky with stutter or even no audio like Premiere Pro
does, and Avid just looked unappealing and very NON-intuitive to use and
showed no waveform, I could not get a preview to play, etc. For my level
of incompetence I think Vegas is the way to go, but I will play with some
other trial version software until I buy my Canon XH-A1 in May.
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