1234 Posted January 15, 2014 Share #1 Posted January 15, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have 50 years experience with Leica M family but only video experience is with Flip Mino. (no need to laugh...) With the Flip's built in software you can easily view the movies on a PC, step frame by frame, and save/print any individual frame. Results at the fixed focal distance not bad considering its simplicity, small size, and low cost. I have no idea how to do any of this with the M. What software do I need for Windows 7? Running slow motion playback would be added bonus at 1/2 to 1/10 recorded rate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest redge Posted January 15, 2014 Share #2 Posted January 15, 2014 It depends on how fancy you want to get about this. If you want something free and simple, one option is Windows Movie Maker: Movie Maker - Microsoft Windows Since you have an M 240, you have, or have access to, Lightroom 5. Here is an Adobe video that explains how to play and edit video in Lightroom 4: Working with DSLR Video in Lightroom 4 | Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 | Adobe TV If you do a search for the terms Lightroom 5 video editing, you'll find info on Adobe's site about improvements to video editing in version 5. There is dedicated video editing software but the foregoing options may be all you need, at least to start. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest redge Posted January 15, 2014 Share #3 Posted January 15, 2014 If you want to record and edit sound, you might also want to have a look at Audacity. It is free software and actually quite good: Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder If you want high quality sound, ideally you should use a separate digital recorder and microphone. There are a number of fairly inexpensive options. Have a look at this site in the section Tools: Transom: A Showcase and Workshop for New Public Radio If you want to synchronize your video with sound recorded separately (e.g. speech), you can use an ordinary old-fashioned clapper board (which I use) or software called Plural Eyes. If you go the clapper board route, you don't need a "proper" slate - all you really need is two sticks of wood to bang together. All that said, the M 240 audio isn't bad, or at least better than I expected, if the camera is close to the sound. I would not buy Leica's accessory mic; you'll get much better sound quality, and value for money, by buying an inexpensive digital recorder and a reasonably decent microphone. If you just want to do narration, you can use your computer and Audacity as the recorder and editor, and get a mic that you can plug directly into your computer's USB port, or better yet, a mic that plugs into an audio interface that in turn plugs into the USB port. The interface will provide better sound quality than your computer's sound card. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheshireCat Posted January 17, 2014 Share #4 Posted January 17, 2014 The best value/money software for PC and other platforms is VLC Media Player. The value for money is infinite, as the app is free VideoLAN - VLC: Official site - Free multimedia solutions for all OS! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest redge Posted January 17, 2014 Share #5 Posted January 17, 2014 The best value/money software for PC and other platforms is VLC Media Player. The value for money is infinite, as the app is free VideoLAN - VLC: Official site - Free multimedia solutions for all OS! The merit of VLC is that it will play video in many formats, some of them fairly obscure. It is a player, not an editor. If one wants to play M 240 video on a Windows or Apple computer, VLC has nothing to contribute, and if one wants to edit M 240 video, it can't do it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheshireCat Posted January 17, 2014 Share #6 Posted January 17, 2014 The merit of VLC is that it will play video in many formats, some of them fairly obscure. It is a player, not an editor. If one wants to play M 240 video on a Windows or Apple computer, it has nothing to contribute, and if one wants to edit M 240 video, it can't do it. The OP asked for a player, not an editor. VLC has a lot more to offer compared to crapware like Windows Media Player and QuickTime Player, especially on older systems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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