Video Production/Mick Fuzz's notes on Windows & Mac platforms and Free Software solutions

Windows edit

Capturing and editing edit

Encoding for Internet / DVD edit

  • Virtual Dub Mod encoder for Avi Files - Open source -
  • Goridan Knot Open source - Create avi from DVD's
  • Quicktime Pro - proprietry - create mp4 files
  • Windows Media Encoder - free with valid xp licence / crack - Making WMV files
  • Matroska http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/ creating files with multiple subtitle files


Making Subtitles edit


Other Processing edit

Mac edit

Capturing and editing edit

Final Cut Pro (FCP} edit

Great

I Movie edit

Good but very limited, and not an obvious link between iMovie and Final Cut Pro. So if they are likely to make the jump and learn FCP eventually, then you may as well start on FCP

Encoding for Internet edit

Quick Time Pro

Making Subtitles edit

Other Processing edit