Hi, I have a Sony DCR-TRV 340E digital video camera. It uses Hi8 tape and i need to edit it and compile a series of videos and burn it to a disc. How do i go about doing it?

This post has been edited by deadwiller: Oct 23 2007, 03:23 PM

You can record, and then copy it over to your PC and then edit it using the software Sony provides and then burn the disc using Windows. But you might need about 15Gb to 20Gb of free space when copying the data from the camcorder Hi8 tape. Long and tedious process mate.

A lot of video editing softwares in the market now. Sony, Pinnacle, Canopus, Avid, Ulead, Windows Movie Maker bla...bla...bla....

But first you have to capture the video from your Hi8 tape in to your pc.
1. Your camera must have a firewire port (IEEE1394). Being Sony DCR-TRV 340E, it should have one.
2. Then you must have an editing software like in the above listing or something else that you like.
3. Your PC should also have a firewire port to capture.
4. You should have plenty of hdd space ( 1 hour of avi capture = 13GB )

If you have all of the above then connect your camera to your PC, switch on the camera, launch the software, capture the movie that you have shot and wait till it finishes capturing. Then start editing. Put in the songs or music as you wish. Tryout all the effects that the software has. After that put in a CD/DVD and burn them.

If you need further info, lookup the help files of the software. Good Luck!

Beware:
Long process, plenty of hick-ups on your PC if it is not friendly with the software, may not successfully burn cd/dvd, need a lot of patience, God knows what else....

Thanks alot guys will give it a try

Yeah!!! I've been thru it b4 not a really good experience tho......

Ha! Ha!, I go through it almost everyday!! Sometimes fun....sometimes real boring.

hi videoman, can you help the HDV questions I have ?

I have posed my question in another thread, and not sure if it's ok to re-post it here, so I give the link,

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...&#entry13818143

Tried answering your questions. Hope you understand. Answered in the other thread.

Hi fellas,
I'd like to ask, what hardware matters most for video editing?
I mostly shoot home videos or festivities on a Sony HC96 miniDV.
I'm sure a faster computer CPU increases the encoding speed after video editing. How about the video card? Does it even play a role? What other hardware should be in consideration here too? Thanks in advance.

Video card does not matter in your usage.
more RAM (1~2GB) and bigger HDD will help a bit, but not tremendous.

Dual core with 2GB of ram and plenty of HD space (or a dedicated HD for scratch disk) will be helpful enough.

thanks for the prompt feedback and opinion, will keep that in mind when i go shopping for a new pc hehe..

I guess, processor an ram would be more important in processing the video. But Video Card is only important when you are using hardware based editing system. The hardware makers usually have recommended cards for certain video editing suites.