Re: [MAGNet] Video in Powerpoint

Lots of good advice from Gary.

I'd just add that you may not actually have to transfer to tape. Some
DV cameras do "pass through" so you can use the camera as an
analog-to-digital converter box, without having to take the extra
step of copying to tape.

Also, keep in mind that the presentation will only work on a Mac.
(PowerPoint on Windows doesn't support QuickTime.)

Using the built-in export options in iMovie *are* painless but don't
always give you optimal results. (In other words, if you try it and
don't like what you see, don't assume that you can't do better. I'm
happy to help you pick better settings, if you are dissatisfied.)

regards,
Judy Stern
Educational Technology Services
(also author of Peachpit's QuickTime 6 Visual QuickStart Guide)

At 10:14 PM -0700 5/10/04, Gary Hsueh wrote:
>On May 10, 2004, at 4:18 PM, E. Bond Francisco wrote:
>>Folks,
>>
>>Any quick tips or pointers to information about working VIDEO clips into
>>Powerpoint. I have a project where I want to take analog video from an old
>>VHS camcorder through a DV camera (consumer level Sony TRV50).
>It sounds like the easiest way to do this is if you can hook up the
>RCA outputs from the VCR to the corresponding inputs on the DV
>camera. This way you don't have to deal with sound and video being
>separate.
>
>>I want to
>>capture footage from this tape into a video+sound file that I can then play
>>in Powerpoint.
>If the transfer to digital tape is successful, then you can use the
>i.Link/IEEE-1394/FireWire port to hook up your camera to your Mac.
>The editing software you use will automatically recognize the camera.
>
>> So I think I need these files to be in .MOV formatk, but I
>>use a Mac.
>Apple invented QuickTime, so you're actually ahead there. You
>should be able to just drag a QuickTime movie from your Desktop onto
>a PowerPoint slide (There's also a command you can use). Then you
>can set options for it to loop/repeat, etc.
>
>> The Mac has 1924 (I think) M-Audio Audiophile (I think) sound
>>card.
>You may not need this.
>
>> So the jist of this is that I have Final Cut Pro on my mac, and I
>>want to capture this footage, and insert it into a slide show in powerpoint
>>(and maybe eventually FLASH) . If anyone has any good suggestions on how
>>best to accomplish this I'm all ears.
>>
>Depending on the extent of your editing, you may want to consider
>using iMovie since you have a Mac. It makes the export from DV
>footage to a QuickTime file a painless task. Given my limited
>experience, I tend to think that Final Cut Pro may be overkill
>unless you are going to be mixing multiple tracks, correcting color,
>and the like.
>
>Just a few ideas to get you started, I am sure others will give you
>more concrete advice.
>
>Gary
>
>
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