Any one currently using Toaster/Flyer?

[Sig999]

Not understanding why you need a pvr card to tell the truth.

But then again you should give some details on what your source video is, and what you want your destination to be.

I'm going to assume that you're going to be going DV quality, mainly because you say you're going to be posting to YouTube - and to be honest it's good enough for 99.9% of anything shy of professional production - so unless your output is to BetaSP or DigiBeta, you're not going to need anything over that.

If you're going from a digital camera - most have firewire or usb and you can import your video directly to your PC (if you don't have a firewire card - they are dirt cheap)

If you need to go from composite, you might need to get and analog to digital converter - these are getting cheaper all the time - I've seen some as low as 50 bucks.

There's plenty of editing software out and about ranging from free - to cheap - to expensive.

I think Avid still has a free version of it's DV Express software, it's a very cutdown version of Avid, but is still very capable and I've recommended it to many people wanting a free way to edit videos for internet streaming.

If you don't need to output it directly to a tape - it's actually a great free solution.

Unless the object is to actually edit it on the Amiga for the retro-coolness factor - in which case go that route.

If it's for anything else, honestly - you'll do it twice as fast, and half the headaches following the above.


I'm a professional video editor - and if you need any advice on the subject, feel free to send me a PM

[Sig999]

Plaz - actually most analog digital converters will do that (audio sync) for you.  I have absolutely no desire to go back to the 'bad old days' of having to do that.

What it comes down to is what you want to put in one end, and what you want to get out the other end - what you do in between is really a matter of preference.

If your end result is to have video clips for youtube or what you - I'd start looking at how you want to accomplish that end of things first, and then your options of how to do that.

If you can convert it all to an mpg and upload it using your Ami - then you have a no-cost solution.  If at some point your video has to go through another computer to get there, and/or you can't get it to the end format you want on your Ami, I'd look at it as an opportunity to see what else is out there in the wide world - you may find something you like.

Shop around and see if you can find a usb or firewire converter that will do the trick on your budget - you could edit on your ami and use it as an input into your PC to do your conversion and upload - theres a lot of things for you to decide that depend on your comfort zone - how much mucking around you want to do - or how much $$ you have to spend to make your project happen.