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[kyburg]

Time when one actually got to go to bed - 12:13 this morning. When did one rise again? 6:30AM.

So if I'm a bit punchy, you got something to blame.

Why? Oh come now. Guess.

What in the world could swallow up an evening whole? Sitting at the computer, mind.

Yes, I finally did a video. Of course, it was with WinDVD Creator, because it came with the Plextor ConvertX outboard unit I got, but also because silverkun and ceolyn's wedding tape needed to be converted to something digital.

Well, I made it. I'm not entirely happy with the conversion, but it is a transfer and it wasn't a professional camera from the get-go. There is only sound on one channel, but I was able to boost the sound a bit, and brighten the picture so you can see ALL the faces.

And I stand by the assertion that it is some of the cutest videotape I've ever seen. (I've got the whole first dance, complete with bubbles, d00ds.)

It's on the way by mail - going to the post office on the way to work this morning. It's also project29 ship-or-die day, and that package is leaving the building too. Oh, and Jim's niece's birthday present, and the mothers Mother's Day presents from a year ago (don't ask) - *whew*

Now, I go to read my friends list. And maybe, just maybe, continue snarking over at animeexpo. If I have time.

(WinDVD blows, BTW. When I figure out how to simply remove pieces of tape, I'll be happy.)

Comments

[exedore.livejournal.com]

WinDVD is great as *playback* software. I've never used it for DVD authoring.

If you need to edit your footage, I'd suggest doing it before sending it to encoding. TMPGEnc will let you cut bits from a source file before encoding (just specify the start and end and hit a button for it to junk them), or you could trim things in Virtualdub.

For actual DVD authoring, I prefer DVDLab Pro. The regular version is fine for most people, but on those rare occasions when I need to add soft subtitles or do a funky playlist, Pro is great. I like DVDLab because it's intuitive (you don't really need the instruction manual to figure it out) but at the same time doesn't look down on the user as an idiot.

[pseudicide.livejournal.com]

Heh. Do or die day, huh?? Cool, i like having a do or die day!

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

One thing I didn't see on the open_yours assignment was a deadline - since this one is my first, how long do you take for those?

[pseudicide.livejournal.com]

You mean the our_project one??? Too many groups, too little time! You have 2 weeks.