query: digital video

[Rebecca Orton]

Hi Ulrike,
You could also use zip drives.
Reba

 --- Ulrike Zeshan <u.zeshan at LATROBE.EDU.AU>
escribi 3   > Dear colleagues,
>
> this is a call for technical expertise from
> people on the list, of which
> there is a lot out there, I am sure. In short,
> the problem is this: I have
> so far used analogue video recording (VHS), but
> I want to go digital now.
> Since I don't have a lot of technical
> knowledge, it is a major and very
> time-consuming problem for me to find out what
> will be best for me to get.
> Of course, salespeople are not used to people
> using video for sign language
> research, so who could give you better advice
> than other sign linguists
> working with digital video. Based on what I
> need to do with my videos (see
> below), I would like to invite your suggestions
> about what hardware and
> software you think is good, or you are using
> yourselves. If there are
> enough responses, I will summarize for the
> list.
>
> Here is what I will need to do:
> - digitize some old VHS videos, as well as
> outputting some digital video in
> an analogue format; that is, I would like a
> system where the input can be
> either analogue or digital and the output can
> also be either analogue or
> digital;
> - edit video, including cutting up the video in
> smaller pieces (files),
> fade-in/fade-out, sub-titles, removing the
> audio (voice) or adding on a
> voice, adding written titles in between,
> capturing single frames and saving
> them in separate files; this is for producing
> educational materials in
> India and for getting examples to go with
> published articles and books;
> - I will want to use some sign language
> analysis program on the digital
> video data; my favorite so far is the
> analysis-cum-database program they
> are developing in Hamburg, but I am not sure if
> it is ready yet, otherwise
> either SignStream or SignWriter may do;
> - of course also video filming in a sign
> language research setting.
>
> I am using the following hardware:
> Macintosh PowerBook G3, HD 3GB, FireWire and
> USB connections,
> CD-ROM/DVD-drive, MacOS 9
>
> Apart from general suggestions, I am
> specifically interested in these
> questions:
> - Do I need a special video editing program, or
> can the functions I need be
> covered by camera-internal functions or
> functions in a
> SignStream/SignWriter-like program?
> - If I should have an editing program, which
> ones do people use and what
> are the experiences?
> - What is the most efficient way to store large
> amounts of video data (I
> will have at least 10 hours of video data each
> from my two next field
> trips)? Store it on a CD-ROM? Record it back
> onto the video camera?
> - Are there any problems of compatibility that
> one should aware of? I
> wouldn't want to get any hardware or software
> that is not going to work
> together with the rest of my system.
>
> Thank you very much for your suggestions. I am
> sure other people have gone
> through some of the same questions when going
> digital, and others may be
> thinking about them. For the benefit of the
> latter, I will summarize
> responses for the list.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ulrike Zeshan
>
>
> ---------------------------------------
> Dr. Ulrike Zeshan
> Research Centre for Linguistic Typology
> Institute for Advanced Study
> La Trobe University
> Victoria 3086, Australia
> ph. +61-3-94673084
> fax +61-3-94673053
> u.zeshan at latrobe.edu.au
> ---------------------------------------

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