Problems editing Video

[greenda4]

Hi,

I am trying to transfer VHS tapes to DVDs. I downloaded the Video via USB to my Hard drive. I have Sonic MyDVD 5.2 and I am trying to create scenes, so that I can skip through the DVD. It takes forever to do this and I don't know why?? If I pause the Video and click 'Mark Scene', it will take about 20 mins before the Video will start moving along again, so that I can mark the next scene. I have a 1.5 GHz processor, 512 Mb 2100 DDR RAM. Is it my hardware or is it the Sonic software?? Please let me know.

 

[Rache]

I think it's because you're working with an mpeg which is very slow. If you were to render it 1st to avi working with it would be much quicker.

 

[greenda4]

Thanks for the reply! How would I make it into an avi file??

greenda4

 

[Rache]

You can use this free dv editor to render to avi. http://www.webattack.com/get/zweistein.shtml Or another issue could be your drives aren't set to DMA.

 

[greenda4]

Thanks for replying Rache! Do I need to go into my BIOS to set my drive to DMA??

Thanks,

greenda4