I was wondering if anyone here could suggest a good digital camcorder.
I want something with very good quality that records right to a DVD for
playback in computer for editing.
I am cuurently looking at the Sony DCR-DVD403 and the Canon Alura

I'm looking for a program that can catalog all my movie files.  What I'd
like to be able to do is to add other comments or descriptions to each file
and have the files and comments be searchable.
Might there be a program that can do this?

    Many have reported this problem. No specific answers can be
found.
    Something on my XP SP2 install is causing WMP 9 & 10 (I
upgraded) to not want to stream music or video from within the

I am confused about using my Wirefire connection.
I have a 1394 port on my Laptop.   The only thing my camera has is a USB
port, is there a special cable (USB>WF) that I need to get or is this not
going to be any faster than just using the USB port?

This may be a very simple question to many of you so I would like a quick
reply, 'cause this is driving me nuts! ;-)
I have a laptop with a 4-pin firewire port (ans several USB 2.0 ports). I
also have a Seagate 200 GB Hard drive with 2, 6-pin Firewire ports and 1 USB

I have an Intel mobo D915PBL with built in 1394, using P4 3.0Ghz. When I
originally instal XP Pro SP2, it recognized the built in 1394. I installed a
Canopus ADVC-50 in one of the PCI and also detected my Panasonic PV-GS250.
The Network Connections shows the 1394 connections. I ...

Looking for a simple but adequate tool to converting between the various
video formats e.g. VRO to VOB.
Where to find on internet?
Leon

I need a new budget AGP8 graphic card, as I have an unreliable
Matrox 450 in PCI slot at the moment.
Have TFT 17" capable of 1280x1024 at 75Hz with DVI but would
like to budget for 1600*1200 as that would be the next step up.

I notice this choice when using 'disk cleanup' utility.
I have several gigs of space that it claims could be freed by doing this. I
hesitate, because a lot of the files are video files. I know that other
compressions of video files can cause loss of video quality. Would the use

I have just purchased a flash drive, printer and digital camera. When
plug one of them into the usb port, a little box pops up in the syste
tray saying that so and so usb device was found. When the add ne
hardware wizard pops up, I go to install it and half way through th

Just installed a DVD burner. Runnig windows XP Home and Media Player 9.0.
Movies boot up ok and play fine but, I have no sound. I have to go to tools,
options, DVD, advanced and then select the two speakers. When done, it never
makes the apply button available. The problem is, I ...

I need only short clips from videos with different format and codecs. What
is a easy and fast way?
Format must not be altered.
G. Hartmann

I have a Dell Dimension 8250 computer.  It has an IEEE 1394 Capture card.  
When I got the computer, it came with the program “Video Movie Creator” (by
Roxio).  The problem is I can capture video over the firewire using the Video
Movie Creator but not Movie Maker.  When I try to ...

I converted my audio to an mp3 and imported it into wmm.  The clips and the
beginning title start but not the music.  I have to hit the play button or
the pictures several times to get the music to start.  Shouldn't the music
start automatically?

Everything has been great so far.  I used WMM and then AVS video converter
program.
I uploaded, edited, and made a DVD.  Now, when I put the DVD of my movie in
to play, I can't fast forward to the next scene.  I guess my DVD player is