What software is the easiest to use to transfer digital tape to a computer?

I want to be able to edit, add music and titles and also to burn a DVD. I am not technically blessed, so I do need software that is easy to use. A friend suggested I buy a 'video digitizing package' which will contain both hardware and software.

What software is the easiest to use to transfer digital tape to a computer?
Here's a helpful guide for transferring videos to the computer:


http://www.digitalvideoclub.com/basics/t...





You can import the video to the computer with all video editing software - most popular are:


Adobe Premiere/Premiere Elements


Pinnacle Studio


Ulead VideoStudio





or if you're using Windows XP, included is a free video editor - Windows Movie Maker - which is user friendly.
Reply:For putting the footage onto the camera, you will need the following listed below, as well as steps I have outlined. If you are looking to spend a little bit more than the free Windows Moviemaker or Imovie that generally comes with computers. Let me know.





-For this process you will need a Firewire Cable (sometimes referred to as an IE 1394). This will be avaliable at most Electronics Store. For a laptop you will generally need a 4-pin (Laptop End) to 4-pin (Camera End) connector. For a Desktop it is generally a 6-pin (Desktop End) to 4-pin (Camera End).





-Once you have your camera hooked up, open a Video Editing Program on your computer. Generally Windows will come with Movie Maker (located under accesroies), or on a Mac you have IMovie.





-In either of these programs, depending on your Operating System, open the capture tool. If you have properly connected your camera, and have it turned on, in Playback Mode (VCR Mode), you should see it now on the computer.


***NOTE: It is usually best to turn plug in the camera, turn it on and put it in Playback mode before starting the capture tool in the program.





-Once you see it on the screen, you should have a button that either says record, or looks like the record button. Press this, and the camera should start playing and recording to your comptuer. If the camera does not automatically start playing, press play on it.





-Once you are finished bringing in files, hit stop on your PC. You now have these files on there, most likely in an AVI format (The Highest Quality).





-You can then edit and manipulate it however you want, and export it as a movie. To put longer movies on the internet or DVD, you will probably have to downsize it to MPEG-1 or MPEG-2. This is another problem for another day.





Contact me if you need help on anything. Best of Luck


blakegadams*yahoo.com


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What software are there to track which websites a wireless router user has visited?

I am looking for software that can track the websites and webpages a user has visited. For example, I am operating a wireless router that connects 5-7 users to the Internet. I am interested in what are these people are doing with my wireless service, as in are they abusing the wireless service that I am providing to them?





I am interested in how much time they are spending on the Internet, what websites they have visited or the webpages they are surfing and if they are downloading materials.





I know that such software are available on the open market but so far, I'm not sure where to find them. I am hoping for examples of such software that I can use.





Furthermore, I also wonder if the users on my wireless router can block such tracking software or If they can tack my attempts to follow them or if they will be aware if I am using such software to track them.





I undertsand that large networks and corporations routinely use such software. Are such software very expensive?

What software are there to track which websites a wireless router user has visited?
One solution is to setup a transparent proxy.


http://www.squid-cache.org/


This can be done as to not interfere with access but can provide all sorts of data including every web access or you can restrict certain sites if you really want to. There are several add-ons that have been done for squid to provide reporting from the logs that it can keep. A side benefit is that using caching you can maximize bandwidth and make browsing effectively quicker for sites that are visited frequently or by multiple users.


This is basically a free solution. Any, say, old pentium machine with decent network cards, a fair amount of memory, HD space and Linux loaded on it can handle this.


You could also use something like tcpdump (a packet capture utility) which can monitor *all* traffic going through the network. This too is a free program.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tcpdump


http://www.tcpdump.org/





The average user would have no idea if you were using any type of 'tracking' method. And all but the most knowledgable would be aware of certain methods (eg tcpdump can be quite difficult to determine if it is being used depending on how it is used). While it would be pretty easy for someone to realize that they are going through a proxy (eg. a random error with the proxy accessing a page) this can be excused as being in place for the speed benefit.





Many corporations probably use some commercial software, mainly because they have a budget and don't care so much about cost as they do prettiness and nifty charts and reports that a program can make for them with ease. There is plenty of open source software that can do just as much. For more possibilities do a search on freshmeat or sourceforge.

Software??

Can you suggest some of the best software or games on the internet that I can download. I am having an off these days so just looking forward to have some fun (not interested in p o r n please!).





The software can of from any genre





You can also tell me some interesting websites that I can enjoy visiting


Thanks

Software??
www.secondlife.com





okie okie the first 4 days youll be shot into orbit and only see porn but then you find some groups and such and then you start seeing less and less porn and make more and more frineds





a good group to start out with is sl starfleet. no porn there and if you like star trek or DR who then its fun but theres alot of rules and guidelines (like the real starfleet) as well as a command structure and you gotta be a few months old to start (that way they will know your gonna stay) but you can hang out there and meet some of the nicest pepole on the internet there
Reply:Have a look at Yahoo games, there are plenty of free games you can play on-line without having to download them or if you want to buy, there are plenty of those as well.





Interesting sites!


Google Earth - Zoom in on your house or someone else's house anywhere in the world





Ancestry.com - start your family tree





Yahoo Answers - oops, you already know that one
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Reply:visit secondlife.com u will have a lot of fun there,


try orkut,hi5,myspace,friendster,facebook,bi... etc.


for games try zapak.com for free gaming and indiagames.com for serious gaming.


for money u could try surveypayoff.com or any data entry job
Reply:very well researched list here


http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_...





for linux, Kubuntu is the best i.m.h.o.





best pc games


oblivion


fear


neverwinter nights 2


hl2 orange box





websites


http://www.webbywards.com
Reply:Sound editors


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Fruity Loops


Sony Sound forge


Cool Edit pro


Audacity





Video Editors


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Final Cut pro


Nero Vision Express





Photo Editors


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Jasc Paint Shop pro


Adobe Photoshop %26amp; Imageready


Corel Photo-paint





And others like.....





Adobe pagemaker, Adobe pagemill, Adobe Illustrator....etc





Ulead Video Studio, ...etc





Macromedia- Flash, Firworks..etc





To create icons - CD menu Editor








3D S/w


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Poser


Maya


3D Studio Max





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Reply:www.miniclips.com is such a wonderfull site