most recent 30 from http://videowtf.com 2010-07-30T18:50:47Z http://videowtf.com/feeds/user/193 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://videowtf.com/questions/563/kodak-zi8-zoom-smooth-and-silent-or-herky-jerky-and-squeaky/577#577 Heath 2009-11-09T15:48:58Z 2009-11-09T15:48:58Z

<p>Make sure you have downloaded and installed the newest firmware for the zi8. If you go to the Kodak site under support you can find it. This will help with the audio and the zoom. I have used the zoom a few differeent times and it's fairly smooth with the new firmware.</p>

http://videowtf.com/questions/448/whats-the-best-low-no-budget-strategy-for-embedding-videos-in-my-site/466#466 Heath 2009-10-21T19:48:17Z 2009-10-21T19:48:17Z

<p>If you want complete control (sorta, as we all know on the web complete control is a falsehood), but if you don't want to use YT or blip, I would just shop around on hosting sites, most of the major ones have an unlimited plan that is fairly reasonable, but be careful most of them make you pre-pay for at least a year or more to get the best rates. Some do offer month to month those are usually a bit higher but no more than about 15 bucks a month, some for as little as 7 or 8.</p> <p>You should first try and find out how much bandwidth you are actually using, it may not be as much as you think and you can get a better price with a plan that allows something like 150 gigs or more transfer. </p> <p>Also to echo a few others points, with Blip you can customize the player very easily and create your own branding, I have done this on my site.</p> <p>Oh, and if you do self host you can also look at the jw flash player, if it's a non commercial site you can use that player for free with video's you host yourself.</p>

http://videowtf.com/questions/457/is-any-free-and-good-windows-video-editing-software/465#465 Heath 2009-10-21T19:38:20Z 2009-10-21T19:38:20Z

<p>If you are running Vista and or Windows 7 there is a new version of the Windows movie maker, if you go to the windows site you should be able to find it. It's under the Windows Live section. I have heard it's an improvement on the current movie maker in windows.</p> <p>You can start there and I would recomend trying out either Sony Vegas, there are few different versions with different price points and features. All versions come with a 30 day free trial and it's a full working trial. That way you have time to play with it.</p> <p>For PC's I think Sony Vegas is the best out there.</p>

http://videowtf.com/questions/170/on-a-fixed-budget-get-a-better-camera-or-a-mac/292#292 Heath 2009-10-10T01:46:53Z 2009-10-10T01:46:53Z

<p>I don't want to get into a Mac vs PC debate, but I will say as a PC user for video editing for 4 years now, I have no problems editing with a PC. I use Sony Vegas, which is a very good program, and the pro version is very comparable to FCP. There are 3 versions of Sony Vegas, all include 30 day free trials, if you have a PC now, try it out, I think you will like it.</p> <p>A computer regardless if it is a Mac or a PC, like it's been said is not going to make or break your video's. The things you really need to ask yourself is "how" you are going to be using the video, "how" you are going to film, indoors, outdoors, good lighting, bad lighting, subjects with lot's of motion. What is your final output, the web?, DVD's? What kind of audio do you need? Think about those questions, then start pricing your video camera.</p> <p>Then simply talk with some people in your area that do video editing, maybe a community center, etc, see if you can use some of their equipment to train on, to try out...</p> <p>This way you can really compare apples to apples, so to speak ;)</p>

http://videowtf.com/questions/88/video-editing-mp4/251#251 Heath 2009-10-09T02:41:24Z 2009-10-09T02:41:24Z

<p>I am pretty sure Sony Vegas can handle the Xacti file fine, there are a few different versions of vegas, I would recommend downloading the free trial, you have 30 days to play with it, I have used it since I have started video editing, almost 4 years ago now, I love it, very stable and easy to use..</p>

http://videowtf.com/questions/236/sony-vegas-should-project-settings-match-source-videos-or-output-video/239#239 Heath 2009-10-09T00:08:38Z 2009-10-09T00:08:38Z

<p>I usually just let Sony decide the settings automatically, the default settings, it just makes it easier to work with. It doesn't affect the final output at all. </p>

http://videowtf.com/questions/236/sony-vegas-should-project-settings-match-source-videos-or-output-video/239#239 Heath 2009-10-09T02:35:07Z 2009-10-09T02:35:07Z

If you are using multiple sources, that have both widescreen and standard, then yes, you would want to match the output but if you are using &quot;standard&quot; codecs, formarts, etc the default setting will work fine. Now if you film in 24P, then I would select that project settings. It does just depend sometimes.