What Are You Using?

[Bam_Beano]

Hi guys,

I'm pretty new to the world of Vlogging and only just starting out. I've made a few vids on my Drift Ghost S with class 10 memory card.

The problem I'm having, is when I move it to movie maker and enlarge the video to full screen. It's very pixelated the video quality. I'm running the camera at 50fps on 1080p.

Where am I going wrong?

Help!!!

TIA

Bam_Beano

 

[lupin]

Not using the files with th on the end are you.

 

[Bam_Beano]

No mate, I think they are thumbnails.

 

[lupin]

Sounds more like a problem with movie maker. What does it look like when you view the raw footage in VLC or something similar.

 

[Winski357]

maybe it's just movie maker not being able to process it at full screen? My editing software sometimes has some quality issues while I'm editing if i'm using my slow laptop but after it exports the video the quality is fine. on my fast desktop i don't have this issue

 

[Bam_Beano]

Is it worth getting new software or just buying an altogether new laptop?

 

[Sailormoto]

Is it worth getting new software or just buying an altogether new laptop?

Try some other software. I'm sure there are a lot of free trials for different editing suites such as sony vegas, Premiere pro CC, FCP, etc. I'd try new software before buying a new computer. If the video opens and expands fine in something like VLC then you can be sure the problem is with Windows movie maker. If the problem exists across multiple programs then its probably the files.

 

[Hypertard]

Use VLC to play the media back, is it pixelated?

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.en_GB.html

 

[Bam_Beano]

Try some other software. I'm sure there are a lot of free trials for different editing suites such as sony vegas, Premiere pro CC, FCP, etc. I'd try new software before buying a new computer. If the video opens and expands fine in something like VLC then you can be sure the problem is with Windows movie maker. If the problem exists across multiple programs then its probably the files.

Great idea, thank you.

 

[Lurch]

Use VLC to play the media back, is it pixelated?

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.en_GB.html

Check this first.

Preview windows in editors are often low res to allow the software to concentrate on editing. After you export from your editor always check it in a normal media player like VLC or QuickTime.

 

[SighBored]

The editor preview or pre-render view quality is lower than the end output. Also check on your rendering / project settings, make sure they are correct, sometimes the default is not what you want.

 

[SalvageSV]

The editor preview or pre-render view quality is lower than the end output. Also check on your rendering / project settings, make sure they are correct, sometimes the default is not what you want.

Yeah, I was going to say to check the project settings as well. If you are in a standard profile that's like 480i or something it'll downscale your footage to fit.

 

[NevRR]

I used to use Windows Movie Maker and found it would compress the quality of my videos horrendously. Purchased Sony Movie Studio 13 for about £30 and it was the best thing I ever bought. You can do sooo much.. even fairly advanced special effects and animation, so everything you would need for motovlogging. Definitely worth checking out!

 

[superbiggy]

Is it worth getting new software or just buying an altogether new laptop?

What pc/laptop do you use, cpu , ram, video card, hdd type ?

 

[superbiggy]

I don't think movie maker is the program to use for your videos. I learn Adobe Premiere Pro from youtube tutorials, is not that hard, i use a Dell laptop with Intel I7 CPU, 8Gg of RAM, Nvidia video card with 2Gb dedicated video RAM and a 240 Gb Kingston SSD and still gets tricky when rendering video, 4 minutes of video on Full HD takes about 2 hours and have about 800 mb... so if youre planning to use more powerfull software check out that software recomended specs and maybe upgrade your pc/laptop or buy a new more powerfull one.

 

[DanielJ]

I used to use Windows Movie Maker and found it would compress the quality of my videos horrendously. Purchased Sony Movie Studio 13 for about £30 and it was the best thing I ever bought. You can do sooo much.. even fairly advanced special effects and animation, so everything you would need for motovlogging. Definitely worth checking out!

This package looks interesting. Plus so much more desirable considering the purchase price, compared to premium offerings costing about 15X more!! Why? I'm not putting together a Hollywood blockbuster!

Which version did you go for (Standard / Platinum / Suite)?

Any further insights into what you like about Movie Studio 13, sweet features (appropriate for putting together moto videos), etc?

 

[NevRR]

This package looks interesting. Plus so much more desirable considering the purchase price, compared to premium offerings costing about 15X more!! Why? I'm not putting together a Hollywood blockbuster!

Which version did you go for (Standard / Platinum / Suite)?

Any further insights into what you like about Movie Studio 13, sweet features (appropriate for putting together moto videos), etc?

Sorry for the delay in reply! I have the Platinum edition, and bought it when it was special offer on Amazon.

It has anything you could require when doing a motovlog, from basic effects and filters to chroma-key (green screening) and animating object (which can be used for all sorts including bluring out speedos, faces and number plates). Full 4k support from the box is also nice if you have a new cam.

Like you say, unless you want to be editing the next Transformers movie, you don't need some of the crazy features on some of the top-end packages, but whilst playing around in Movie Studio I have never though to my self "I wish I could do this but I can't with this software", as there always seems to be a way of doing it (Youtube turorials help! )

Hope this helps

-NevRR