Anyone edit video with the T? So far I can capture DV and edit it but exporting back into a camcorder is not possible. The camcorder automatically records when prompted by Windows Movie Maker software but it records a big blank; no video. WMM software seems Neanderthal. It seems to want to render the whole movie before prompting the camcorder to record and takes nearly an hour before it has the cam record; then the cam records nothing. Is it the software or is it the T?

OK, I’m back. I did get the T250 to save the edited movie to the hard drive. Then I burned the 45 minute movie to a CD. So the Windows Movie Maker software does work. I do not know why it behaved so crazy at first, but hopefully it “healed up” well enough to export the edited movie back to the camcorder, if it can do that I will be happy, so I will try it again to export to the cam.

I tried to burn a 45 minute DVD last night. I woke up this morning and found the system hung while rendering at about 85% Brings back old memories of my former days when I beat my head againt the wall trying to get Windows to edit video. In short I am glad I did not sell my 17” Powerbook. Nevertheless I will continue to try. Who knows, maybe just another glitch that will disappear. I am disappointed on the scene rendering thing. Macs do not render movies in the movie editing process; only the transitions. Anyway, I perceive it’s not the T250’s fault; just crumby Windows Movie Maker software.

I attempted to edit and export the finished movie to video tape using Sony’s own DV Gate Plus, included with the T250. It worked very well, although I saw no way to add titles to the movie. The footage looks stutter free and flawless, proving with the right software my little T250 can do the job. I will try the Click TO DVD software later a second time, as it seems you have to reboot the computer sometimes in Windows in order for the software to get the right “foothold”. But for now things are looking better. :wink:

Good news; I successfully burned the DVD. To sum things up:

I can now capture DV from the camcorder.

I can export an edited movie back into the camcorder. I did not need to wait for the movie to be rendered before exporting.

I can burn a movie to DVD or CD. The DVD plays flawlessly.

So the little T250 is quite a mighty might. It can do what larger laptops and desktops do; even Macs.  At this point I am VERY pleased and impressed.

I suppose the reason why I have received no comments on this thread so far is because most buy the T series for light computing/business applications and perhaps do not realize the full power of the T250. The iLink and DVD burner are not there just for decoration; they work. This was a main reason I gambled on buying the T250; for backup when my Powerbook 17” needs service. The gamble paid off.

Time will till if the first time software glitches were temporary as I believe they were. Then again I changed my proceedures when fooling with the software and read no directions basically on how to do it; I just used my experience with the long ago VideoWave PC software I used to use and my Mac video editing experience. So I may have been at fault at trying to get some of the Vaio software to work.

hey, i got a T1, just wondering, what DVD-Rs do you use? and well ive got nero and ive tried a couple of times to burn data to and just never works…. initially i want to bve able to convert some .avis to dvd format and then burn them to dvd so i can watch on the telly, whats the best software, dvd (+ - etc) and burner for this type of situation..

and what media will work for just normal data, i.e. a backup situation?

cheers, i sorta gave up some time ago as it wasnt very important, but since you seem to understand the dvd-r and video editing world id thought id see what you have to say…

thanks again

[quote author=“buddy1065”]Good news; I successfully burned the DVD. To sum things up:

I can now capture DV from the camcorder.

I can export an edited movie back into the camcorder. I did not need to wait for the movie to be rendered before exporting.

I can burn a movie to DVD or CD. The DVD plays flawlessly.

So the little T250 is quite a mighty might. It can do what larger laptops and desktops do; even Macs.  At this point I am VERY pleased and impressed.

I suppose the reason why I have received no comments on this thread so far is because most buy the T series for light computing/business applications and perhaps do not realize the full power of the T250. The iLink and DVD burner are not there just for decoration; they work. This was a main reason I gambled on buying the T250; for backup when my Powerbook 17” needs service. The gamble paid off.

Time will till if the first time software glitches were temporary as I believe they were. Then again I changed my proceedures when fooling with the software and read no directions basically on how to do it; I just used my experience with the long ago VideoWave PC software I used to use and my Mac video editing experience. So I may have been at fault at trying to get some of the Vaio software to work.

Congrats on getting everything to work. I actually used my TR (the T’s older brother) to do DV editing and DVD burning and it truly is capable when you can’t have your main system around. I primarily use Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 which works very well for capturing/editing/outputting DV. The only thing it sucks at is the DVD component. That part is dog slow and I normally use something else like Nero to burn the DVD.

It’s good that you got it to work with the built-in stuff. There are better suites you can use if you want something that’s “fancier”. The two best budget ones (that are actually pretty good) are Pinnacle’s Studio Pro and Adobe Premiere Elements. Both are $99 MSRP and have many of the most useful parts of the full flegded programs.

[quote author=“Mike”]hey, i got a T1, just wondering, what DVD-Rs do you use? and well ive got nero and ive tried a couple of times to burn data to and just never works…. initially i want to bve able to convert some .avis to dvd format and then burn them to dvd so i can watch on the telly, whats the best software, dvd (+ - etc) and burner for this type of situation..

and what media will work for just normal data, i.e. a backup situation?

cheers, i sorta gave up some time ago as it wasnt very important, but since you seem to understand the dvd-r and video editing world id thought id see what you have to say…

thanks again

Any “branded” DVD-Rs should work on your T1. If you have Nero with Nerovision Express then that’s a great program to use to make quick DVDs from AVI. The wizard process is very easy to follow and the resulting quality is usually good (assuming the source material is good to begin with). Pioneer supposedly makes the best disks.

Here’s a site that describes the best brands of media.

cheers groovy, ill check it out and let the thread know what happnes….