bgo@ptsfc.UUCP (Bud Odekirk) (01/17/86)
I am preparing a video presentation for our Division Conference and I am encountering problems editing out the bad stuff and keeping the good. I have two VHS recorders, when I record from one to the other I get a blip between each take. Does anyone know how to avoid the blip ?????? THANKS
brown@nicmad.UUCP (01/19/86)
In article <511@ptsfc.UUCP> bgo@ptsfc.UUCP (Bud Odekirk) writes: >I am preparing a video presentation for our Division Conference and I >am encountering problems editing out the bad stuff and keeping the good. >I have two VHS recorders, when I record from one to the other I get a >blip between each take. > >Does anyone know how to avoid the blip ?????? > You don't. The technique is called 'backspace' editing. When you press PAUSE, the VHS deck will back the tape up, for about a second (it varies per machine). When you release the pause, the tape runs forward, syncing on the control track and the incoming video. When it gets near the splice point it starts to record. Since it starts recording near the splice point, it records over some of the exisiting frames, causing the glitch. The only way around this problem is to purchase VHS editing decks with flying erase heads or to purchase 3/4" editing equipment, which also has flying erase heads. I use 3/4" decks here at home for editing. -- ihnp4------\ harvard-\ \ Mr. Video seismo!uwvax!nicmad!brown topaz-/ / decvax------/
nose@nbires.UUCP (Steve Dunn) (01/21/86)
> In article <511@ptsfc.UUCP> bgo@ptsfc.UUCP (Bud Odekirk) writes: > >I am preparing a video presentation for our Division Conference and I > >am encountering problems editing out the bad stuff and keeping the good. > >I have two VHS recorders, when I record from one to the other I get a > >blip between each take. > > > >Does anyone know how to avoid the blip ?????? > > > The only way around this problem is to purchase VHS editing decks with > flying erase heads or to purchase 3/4" editing equipment, which also has > flying erase heads. I use 3/4" decks here at home for editing. Actually this is not quite true, you don't have to *purchase* editing decks at all. If you work for a larger size corperation they may have an A/V dept with editing equipment that you could use. Also it most decent sized towns you can rent time on editing equipment. Look in the yellow pages under video production services. If I remember right, time on 1/2'' set-ups is around $30 per hour. Another thing to consider is that some of the newer home video decks produce a very, very short blip that might be acceptable to you. -Steve "Chainsaw" Dunn
lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) (01/21/86)
To do decent editing (that is, no glitches) there is no substitute for a pair of genlocked editing VCR's. Consumer equipment generally does not have this sort of functionality. The machines have to be tied to the same sync source, have the proper kind of erase heads, and in general are more complex than non-editing machines. While some of the newer consumer machines (especially the new Sony with an effects "jog" wheel) let you get closer to a good edit, you really need editing equipment to do it right. Sorry about that. --Lauren--
heneghan@ihlpa.UUCP (Joe Heneghan) (01/24/86)
It may be that this comment is niave and I really don't have all the facts, so please bear with me. I recently edited some home movies without any problems. I just paused the recording deck whenever I wanted to bypass what was currently playing. On another occasion I was editing some tape and I hit stop instead of pause which caused a white horizontal line to travel from the top to the bottom of the screen. I hit stop because on my deck, the indexing feature looks for stop on the audio track, thus allowing fast forward to a predetermined spot on the tape. It could be that the pause function lines up on the end of a frame and stop doesn't. Joe Heneghan
jimb@tekcbi.UUCP (Jim Boland) (01/28/86)
> > In article <511@ptsfc.UUCP> bgo@ptsfc.UUCP (Bud Odekirk) writes: > > >I have two VHS recorders, when I record from one to the other I get a > > >blip between each take. > > > > > >Does anyone know how to avoid the blip ?????? > > > > > The only way around this problem is to purchase VHS editing decks with > > flying erase heads or to purchase 3/4" editing equipment, which also has > > flying erase heads. I use 3/4" decks here at home for editing. I edit using three different Beta Machines - Sony(2005,2710,2700) and never encounter this problem. All my edits are "blipless" and "errorless".