Dad would love to post more video of the Twins on the blog.
He has some worthwhile footage that you would be interested in seeing. The
problem is…
Well the root of the problem is Windows Live Movie Maker
(WLLM). It doesn’t support Dad’s camera's AVCHD native format. WLLM will open the file and
appear to let him edit the footage, but when he goes to produce it, typically
the wrong footage gets produced. Or, if that is not the case, the audio doesn’t
synchronize with the video. Or if neither one of those is the problem, its
something else entirely.
Anyway, after spending countless hours searching for
workarounds – workarounds that didn’t work – he has decided to abandon WLLM.
So, he’ll try Cyberlink Power Director for 30 days for free.
If it does what he needs it to do, perform basic editing of the AVCHD file
format using his existing hardware, he’ll stingily fork over the money for it but
you’ll be able to share the moments he has caught on tape (if its all digital
now, what do you call it?).
Dad could just upload the raw footage, but let’s be honest,
he doesn’t like most people’s home movies because they run on, and on, and on,
and on. He prefers to edit out all of the boring stuff and get to the gold,
i.e. if Liesel smiles for two seconds and just bobbles around the other 40 seconds,
that shot sustains audience attention for maybe 5 seconds leaving 35 seconds of
boredom. That is five seconds of gold surrounded by 35 seconds of worthless granite
(is gold found in granite?). Not that he doesn’t glow with pride from watching
her bobble, but he is sure no one else cares nearly as much.
If any techie readers out there know of a better solution
Dad would love to hear from you. Leave a comment below or e-mail him directly, to his firstname@lastname.com.
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