Video Capture/ Editing Software

[dddwarp]

I have to go to a meeting with the "big wigs" about a new system we are going to get that will be used for video capture and editing. The university I work for wants to start a streaming video server, so they want to setup a video capture and editing lab. Does any one have any good software to check out? This is not my area so any help would be helful. Thanks for your help. :drink:

[NooNoo]

you have to start with a budget figure... you can pour thousands in to this.....

[dddwarp]

you have to start with a budget figure... you can pour thousands in to this.....

I want the best bang for my buck. If you looking at budget give me two posibilities. The cheap option (under $1,000) and the expensive option (not over $5,000). I can look at the different benefits and determine what option to give. I know there are people who love this type of stuff and have experience and can give me advice. Thanks!

[NooNoo]

Its not that simple... dv video or analogue video or both?
From what sources?
Streaming what? Webcam images or tv shows?
What spec machines? What os's will be running?

What equipment is already bought and must be used?

[confus-ed]

I want the best bang for my buck. If you looking at budget give me two posibilities. The cheap option (under $1,000) and the expensive option (not over $5,000). I can look at the different benefits and determine what option to give. I know there are people who love this type of stuff and have experience and can give me advice. Thanks!

Mmmm with respect $1000 won't even get near 'a lab' ... you might just about knock out one semi decent machine for that .... if you thought very hard !

Especially if we use that magic phrase in video editing - live capture & encoding - & that's before I even think about streaming anything 'caught' back out...

None of this is cheap. 10s of thousands is more like it .....

[ilovetheusers]

Yup, a LAB will cost you a whole lot of $$$$$.

Decide MAC or PC. Either solution will require $$$. MAC is native environment for many editing choices and if PC you want 2000 or XP.

Getting a real time editing card for the machine(s) so the students don't tie it up rendering (can take hours and hours). Make sure the capture cards do analog and digital and the hard drives are utterly massive to hold the students data. You may need a sound system as well.

Contact the teacher who will teach the class and see what sort of software that he/she will teach about and build the systems around that. Adobe/Uled and Pinnacle run on MAC/PC. The best video editing software only runs on a MAC and thename escapes me right now (sorry bud). Either way, unless they are willing to spend gobs and gobs of $$$ (tens of thousands for a real lab), tell them to forget it.

[dddwarp]

I was just looking at software, not the complete system. I thinking that I would recommend a system designed around the specific of the software. The system including all of the bells and whistles would be over $10,000.

But I am going to punt and pass it on to another staff. I do not have enough knowledge to even make a good recommendation. I will comment on hardware recommendations and other "stuff" relating to the network.

What I hate is that some people think that since I am the "network guy" that I suppose to know everything about technology. I did build a Linnux box for a digital recorder for TV but I have done any ripping, video capture or anything like that. It just is not what I like to do. Since everyone thinks I know everything is why I get invited too to many meetings. YUCK! Thanks guys!

[TripleRLtd]

.What I hate is that some people think that since I am the "network guy" that I suppose to know everything about technology. I did build a Linnux box for a digital recorder for TV but I have done any ripping, video capture or anything like that. It just is not what I like to do. Since everyone thinks I know everything is why I get invited too to many meetings. YUCK! Thanks guys!That in itself is what keeps this business we are in so very interesting and challenging.
No one knows it all!!
We all have specialties, but we can and do dabble in the rest and can get quite good, but with not enough time to be The Guru.
Alas, we do know enough, and can make decisions and suggestions armed with that knowledge.
I always say, my part time job is just keeping up with this business.
Hey d, you are now "armed".http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/wd/images/smilies/cool.gif

[ilovetheusers]

I was just looking at software, not the complete system. I thinking that I would recommend a system designed around the specific of the software. The system including all of the bells and whistles would be over $10,000.

But I am going to punt and pass it on to another staff. I do not have enough knowledge to even make a good recommendation. I will comment on hardware recommendations and other "stuff" relating to the network.

What I hate is that some people think that since I am the "network guy" that I suppose to know everything about technology. I did build a Linnux box for a digital recorder for TV but I have done any ripping, video capture or anything like that. It just is not what I like to do. Since everyone thinks I know everything is why I get invited too to many meetings. YUCK! Thanks guys!

Not that hard for just the PC. Get a PC with a lot of fast hard drives with lots of space, fast CPU and lots of ram. Add in something like an ATI all in wonder or some other decent video card and a real time video editing card. Adobe Premier 6.5 is a decent editing system that many use and comes with the real time cards below.

http://www.matrox.com/video/products/rtx10xtra/home.cfm
http://www.matrox.com/video/products/rtx100xtremepro/home.cfm