Inserting " Date stamp" from DV capture

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Graham Hughes
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"Gary Slater" <gka.-pls remove.-@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to get Windows movie maker, Ulead Video studio 8 or
> Intervideo Windvd creator or something within a similar price range to
> automatically insert date stamp from DV camera input via firewire?
>
> I have searched the usenet and only found 3rd party software (However
> cheap!) that will insert a date stamp during a "rendering process" but I
> really only want to process the footage once, then author as a DVD and
burn
> to allow the disc to be shared amongst family & friends via "Standalone"
DVD
> players.
>
> I know I could capture from the dv camera by Analogue / svideo but seeing
> the date / time info exists in the DV stream I would imagine it would be
> easily inserted into an edited video. The ultimate would be to have
control
> over position, and transparency of the stamp, like what can be done with
> text "title" inserts. I know I could also manually insert a title "Date"
at
> each new storyboard but this would be very time consuming, especially as
> many days of family movies are recorded across one dv tape.
>
> Lots of Usenet posts say the date stamp is a hindrance to quality but
after
> transferring approx 24 hrs of VHS to mpeg via capture card the date stamp
is
> a very useful reference for dating recordings especially footage of
children
> growing up and dates of special family events.
>
> A friend has Vegas Video 4 and an option does not exist in this expensive
> software to allow date stamp to be inserted, other than manually as
> mentioned above.(Not that I could find anything like that in the
complicated
> menu format of Vegas) so I guess this is not a feature of only the "High
> end" video editing packages.
>
> Maybe something like inserting the date / time information as a "caption"
> that shows up when captions are turned on via DVD remote?
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated!..
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Gary..............
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