How to edit movies shot with our sony handycam.?

Question

how to edit movies shot with our sony handycam.No software was provided to us and moviemaker doesn't support IFO or MPEG files.There's nothing in the camera settings

Answer 1

try downloading adobe's trial of Premiere

Answer 2

fist thing is to upload the movie to your computer....then your pc should have a movie maker.....if not i think u can getg it for free....just google it

Answer 3

You have not provided enough information. "HandyCam" is a Sony brand name for all the consumer camcorders Sony makes...

If the camcorder uses miniDV or Digital8 tape, it uses the DV port (this is a 4-pin) and connects to the firewire port (not USB) of your computer. If you don't have a firewire port, install one. The port installed on the computer will be most likely 6-pin... but can be 4-pin. It depends what you have or decide to install. You need firewire400 (also known as i.Link or IEEE1394a). USB will only be used for web streaming (if the camcorder has the feature) or for transferring stills. If the firewire port is working correctly, no additional drivers are required. Use MovieMaker (Windows) or iMovie (Macintosh) to import the video.

If the camcorder is hard drive or flash memory based, it should mount using USB and appear as a USB mass storage device. If it does not, you need to install the drivers available on the CD in the box the camera came in or download from the driver from Sony's support area.

If the camcorder is DVD based, you will need to have a drawer loading DVD drive on your computer and you will rip the DVD with something like HandBrake. If you have only a slot loader or the drive reads only CDs, you need an analog/digital bridge from Pinnacle or Canopus.

If the camera is for taking stills and happens to take highly compressed videos, take the memory card out of the camera and use a card reader to transfer the videos to the computer.

Answer 4

Hey Dipti,

Your computer has to be capable of importing your video footage, and a editing software to edit the video, I explain some tips on my web page on what you will need to get..

Answer 5

Hi,

Good news if you have a computer with windows XP and a camcorder with a fire wire you are ready to go. Connect your camcorder to your computer via fire wire next load your video using windows movie maker now you are ready to edit. FYI try not to exceed 45 min of video time windows does funny stuff when you exceed 45mins. If you want a better editing system I would recomend Power Director its the best I have seen, because its simple to use and give your great control over what you are doing. www.dealinsecond.com

Good luck

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