Video editing/authoring .ts files

[Davros]

Hello All,

Last week I bought a Starview 4 with the express purpose of recording programs that I could then transfer to the computer (Vista Ultimate) that would then allow me to edit, author and burn the file(s) to DVD. Can anyone recommend a good video editing piece of software that will read .ts files, or is it better to convert them to .avi files first? For authoring I intend using Nero vision 4 and then Nero to actually burn the DVD; these are the pieces of software I usually use when I have downloaded films.

[chroma]

VSO ConvertXtoDVD video converter handles pretty much everything you can throw at it.

Their site specificaly states they support .ts files (DVB Transport Stream files incase you where interested)

Its simple enough to be easy for a newcomer, yet advanced enough to allow a user to tweak everything thouroghly once they become more comfortable.

External linking is frowned upon, but there are rapidshares and torrents available all over the internet to get the program free at the cost of a few morals... if you catch my meaning.

Best of all it will convert anything else too, so if youve donloaded tv episodes and movies it will chuck those onto a disk too. A one stop soloution.

[Davros]

Hello chroma,

Thanks for your reply.

I got a Rapidshare link to a "copy" of ConvertXtoDVD for a friend a few months ago when teaching him about Torrenting and authoring. I think I tried ConvertXtoDVD a few years ago when looking for an alternative to Nero Vision. Though I did not like it, it might be worth another look.

After reading another message on video editing I was reminded of Adobe Premier that I used once earlier this year when helping a friend do an assignment for his Media studies, I even downloaded the Lynda.com training videos. :-) I have been messing around with video/audio editing since I got my first Ferguson 3V23 VCR in 1979, but it is the first time I have encountered .ts files.

As for morals, I lost them in 1983 when I got my first Commodore 64. :-) Finding software, or KGs , has never been a problem for me, sometimes it is just that you do not know what to look for.

Again, thanks for the reply.

[chroma]

Ah the good old C64, my first days as a pirate started with those.
Go into a shop, buy a game, go home carfully set the graphic equaliser and copy it.
Take the game back and trae it for another and repeat.
Wind up with a stack of the newest games and sell them on the playground for peoples lunch money
I was a speccy man myself, but i coppied stupid ammounts of commadore and amstrad cpc games as a side job

The problem with Adobe Premier in this case is that its only editing software, for making up feature lengths and releasing them in another format before you need to convert them to a DVD anyway.
I only really use it for adding soundtracks, making cuts and transitions.

[JediMind]

i use "TSdoctor" to fix any errors in the.ts file
Cypheros DVB

then use "ProjectX Portable" to cut out adverts.
Tools - Video software list

then either burn with ConvertXtoDVD, or convert to .avi with AutoGK

[Davros]

Hello Chroma,

First off, I apologize for the delay in answering.

Yes, the C=64 was my first machine, I had a quick play with the Spectrum ZX81 but only having the use of one hand and the ZX81 only having one SHIFT key, and no CAPS LOCK key, I did not have the span to press the SHIFT and hit the "0" key at the same time, which you needed to use on a regular basis. Due to my inability to write legibly or quickly, a consequence of my disability, and as I was starting college, I decided to get a computer and printer. Ostensibly, it was so I could do my essays, but of course it is not long before a friend and I started using it for nefarious reasons. We did like you, though we used the public library; it started getting bad when we would get some games out in the morning and take them back in the afternoon. :-)) I never really liked the Speccy with its rubber keys, I just thought it was a "toy".

To be honest, I was only thinking of Abode Premier as the editing software, to enable me to "top" and "tail" the video and to take out any adverts. I have only used it once to do a media project for a friend's coursework, but found it easy enough.

Up to now I have not tried doing anything with the files, but I recorded a film for a friend yesterday, so I suppose I will have to get testing/playing/learning. :-)

Thank you for you reply.

[Davros]

Hello JediMind,

Whilst I am going through my "playing" phase I will have a look at the programs you suggested.

Thank you for your reply.