DV Video enhancement

[Steven Khieu]

I have videos that was recorded using a Sony DCR-HC28

Original Format: MiniDV
--Transfered to PC --
Native 2 Recomp


Issue # 1:

Need

The video are various clips.
I need to be able to tranfer the video to the PC with the date code:

Solution: (for now)

I am achieving that by using CaptureFlux.

It is the only software that I can find that retains the datecode from the DV Cam.

it transfer fine, however, there are drop frames, and I would like to not have that problem.


Issue # 2:

Need:

After the videos are transfered to the PC.
there are people or places in the video that I need to enhanced.

enhancements are define as:

zooming into a particular area to see what it is.
Eg: a logo on a person's shirt, or a house number.

Solution:

NONE -- need help badly !
If you can recommend any software that can do the enhancement or if you can do a quick how-to camtasia of techniques in Premeire CS 3. PLEASE feel free to post it, email it or even snail mail it to me.


Available tools and PC specs:

PC:
CPU: P4 3.1 Ghz
RAM: 1gb DDR1
HDD: 760GB
Vid: ATI Radeon 9200
Adobe CS 3 Entire Suite. Premiere CS 3 etc.....


PS: I have the clips that need the enhancement.
please email me at Steven.Khieu@gmail.com to get the clip as it is quite large. (125MB)

[JohnnyMalaria]

I can help you witn part of it...

*All* DV capture utilities that simply write to disk the exact DV stream coming from the camcorder will preserve the datetime information.

If you are having problems with dropped frames, try some alternatives:

The most venerable is WinDV. Simple to use.
Our own Enosoft DV Processor

And two that you already have:

Windows Movie Maker(!)
Adobe CS3

The problem you will have with the datetime is that any effects that you make (in any editing software) will destroy the datetime. Only those frames left untouched will retain the datetime.

There is one exception - our software. It can do limited 'effects' - such as color balance, brightness etc while retaining the datetime.

If you want to put the datetime on the video before adding the effects, you can do that with our software, too, while the video is being captured or on existing captured video files. It is limited to a fixed size font, though, which may be an issue depending on how you want the datetime to appear.

Nevertheless, you really already have all the main tools that you could possibly need in CS3.

[ron spencer]

winDV to capture...NOTHING ELSE...is is simply the best (and free).

Most NLEs will read time stamp...real easy. I use Editstudio (was puremotion's but now sold by mediachance)

[Steven Khieu]

I used WinDV.

it didn't retain the datecode. as in it shows only the hour and min, and I can't posistion it.
I need for it to show hour, min, and secs, and align it to bottom right.


or am I missing some configs ?

and what about the enhancement part ?
any ideas ?

[audyovydeo]

For part1, you didnt specify ifyou want a timestamp *in the video* or *in the filename*. WinDV will timestamp the filename.
The DV video will always have a timecode.

To display it, I use the avisynth plugin DVinfo. It's very powerful as you can configure it down to a fault.

If you dont use avisynth, I'm pretty sure Adobe Premiere has a way of showing it, but I can't tell you how.


For part2, what you are asking is to teach you the marvellous complexities of video editing --i'm afraid there's no easy textual explanation that could fit in a forum post ;-).

cheers
audyovydeo

[Steven Khieu]

Tried the avsynth, not what I'm looking for.

as for the enhancement.

can you do it ?

[Adub]

It's relatively easy to do the "enhancement" that you are talking about. Just play around with the software or visit youtube for tutorials.

Just look for options like zoom, crop, focus, etc.