Dad would love to post more video of the Twins on the blog. He has some worthwhile footage that you would be interested in seeing. The problem is…
Well the root of the problem is Windows Live Movie Maker (WLLM). It doesn’t support Dad’s camera's AVCHD native format. WLLM will open the file and appear to let him edit the footage, but when he goes to produce it, typically the wrong footage gets produced. Or, if that is not the case, the audio doesn’t synchronize with the video. Or if neither one of those is the problem, its something else entirely.
Anyway, after spending countless hours searching for workarounds – workarounds that didn’t work – he has decided to abandon WLLM.
So, he’ll try Cyberlink Power Director for 30 days for free. If it does what he needs it to do, perform basic editing of the AVCHD file format using his existing hardware, he’ll stingily fork over the money for it but you’ll be able to share the moments he has caught on tape (if its all digital now, what do you call it?).
Dad could just upload the raw footage, but let’s be honest, he doesn’t like most people’s home movies because they run on, and on, and on, and on. He prefers to edit out all of the boring stuff and get to the gold, i.e. if Liesel smiles for two seconds and just bobbles around the other 40 seconds, that shot sustains audience attention for maybe 5 seconds leaving 35 seconds of boredom. That is five seconds of gold surrounded by 35 seconds of worthless granite (is gold found in granite?). Not that he doesn’t glow with pride from watching her bobble, but he is sure no one else cares nearly as much.
If any techie readers out there know of a better solution Dad would love to hear from you. Leave a comment below or e-mail him directly, to his firstname@lastname.com.
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