Saving movie from my Olympus SP-510 UZ

[jholland1964]

Have had this camera for about a year. Had never taken a movie with it but today my grandson appeared in school talent show. So, I took a movie with my Olympus SP-510 UZ. I can view it on the camera, and by plugging into the TV but I would really like to share it with relatives but have no clue how to get this movie off the card and onto the computer. Manual only tells you how to view it on the camera or the TV but isn't there a way to get it off the card and onto my computer so I can send it on to others?
Judy

[mom25kids]

My old Easyshare and my New Canon just transfer the movie files along with the photo files. Easyshare of course uses a dock & Kodak software... the Canon is via usb between computer& camera and used Canon software. How do you normally transfer pics to your computer? Do you use a card reader? I don't but I would think that a card reader would transfer the movie file just as it does photo files.

Hopefully a Olympus SP-510 UZ user will have the specifics for you.

[mom25kids]

One other thought...

Are you going to burn this movie file to disc and to give others? If you have your camera connected to your computer your burning software should allow you to pull the file off the camera and into the program.

[jholland1964]

Normally I just put the card in my usb card reader, which acts as a removable drive and download using ACDSee...I hate the software that came with the Olympus, though I have it on the computer. What I really want to do with it is send it to my family members who live away from here so they can see it. He is just 7 years old and did a card trick like he had been doing them for years.

[mom25kids]

I would think the movie file would just download along with photo files. Do you want to burn discs or do you want to email the file?

I was wondering if you have MS Movie Maker on your computer... not sure this will work, but maybe. With my Kodak software I can choose "Add Pictures" and have it pull it straight from the camera.


Capturing video
You can capture video and audio to your computer by using Windows Movie Maker. To begin capturing, a video capture device must be connected properly and detected on your computer by Windows Movie Maker. Some audio and video capture devices and sources that you can use include a digital video (DV) or analog camera or VCR, a Web camera, a TV tuner card, or a microphone. You can capture content live or from video tape.

When capturing video and audio in Windows Movie Maker, the Video Capture Wizard proceeds as follows:

Select the capture devices you want to use. For more information about choosing capture devices, see Choosing a video and audio capture device.
Specify where you want your captured audio and video file to be saved. For more information about choosing a destination for your captured audio and video file, see Choosing a saving destination.
Choose the video setting. For more information about choosing a video setting for capturing video and audio, see Choosing a video setting.
If you are capturing audio and video from a video tape in a DV camera or DV VCR, choose the method you want to use to capture video and audio. For more information, see Choosing how to capture from a DV device.
Capture the video and audio. For more information, see Capturing video and audio.
Note

If you have a DV camera connected to an IEEE 1394 port, the camera must be turned on for it to be detected by Windows Movie Maker.
Related topics
To capture the entire video from a tape in a DV camera
To capture parts of video from a tape in a DV camera
To capture video from tape in an analog camera or VCR
To capture live video
Troubleshooting capturing video
Using Windows Movie Maker

[jholland1964]

I have Windows Movie Maker. I want to email if possible. I don't have a dvd burner.

[mom25kids]

Judy...
I always use my camera's bundled software program & USB cable to transfer my pics/video clips but it accured to me that since the camera is hooked up to the computer via usb cable that perhaps it could be read like a flash drive...yep, mine can. I went to computer, and there was an icon of my camera, clicked on that, choose open and there were the pics & movie clip that I had taken. I was able to simply drag them to my desktop or I could right click and choose to send to "MY Pictures". I am assuming that your camera came with a cable for connecting to your computer, so perhaps this would be a simple solution?

[jholland1964]

Thanks to mom25kids for your input and valuable information.

You gave me the courage to try to download the videos using my card reader. I just copied them to the computer rather than move them from the card so that if I messed up I would still have them.

Had no trouble doing this and was thrilled to be able to view the movie...BUT....it was in .MOV format which is QuickTime Movie. Researching I found that a lot of digital cameras record video in QuickTime support and mine is one of them. The file was huge, and I really wanted to upload it to my Picasa Web Albums for sharing with out of state family and .MOV is not one of the supported formats there ALSO there is a 100MB limit to file size and the two I had were 135MB and 108MB. .MOV is also cannot be edited using Windows Movie Maker. I knew I had to find a way to change the file to WMV. Did a lot of searching and finally found a free program, works great and very easy to use...Any Video Converter. They do have a paid version for $29.95 but for my uses at this time I tried the Free version and it worked great!

Download, install. Then Open the program. Choose Add Video. Then choose Choose a Profile. This is where you choose they type of conversion you want...This free version supports DVD NTSC, DVD PAL, MPEG-I, MPEG-II, MPEG-4 and Flash FLV, WMV video profiles. Then you choose Encode and it rips the video to your choice of video profile. When it finishes, takes a few minutes depending on the size, it saves it in the AnyVideo Converter Folder. Go in there, Rename your movie to whatever you want...Bobby's Touchdown or whatever, don't put a file extension after the name though.

Then it will be viewable in whatever viewer is your default viewer, mine is Windows MediaPlayer so I had no problem viewing it and I had no problem placing it in a Picass web album for relatives out of state to view and the file sizes were 16.9MB and 13.7MB...big difference there for sure!
Video quality is very good also. Maybe not as good as right out of the camera, it is really hard to judge, but very good.

Here is the link for the Any Video Converter (http://www.any-video-converter.com/download/) The free version is second from the bottom.

[mom25kids]

Mission accomplished :D

Glad to hear that you got it all figured out. My Kodak produces MOV files also. I've always used Cinemaforge but Any Video Converter sounds like it's worth a look ...thanks for the link :)

[wesran]

Thanks Mom and Judy for the lessons. One of these days I will get up nerve enough to try a movie on mine.

[jholland1964]

Thanks Mom and Judy for the lessons. One of these days I will get up nerve enough to try a movie on mine.
Hey, I have had three digital cameras, each with the ability to "do a movie". Never tried it on either of my other ones, but of course they didn't have the "bells and whistles" that this one has and of course also didn't have the large card in them that this one does. I did the first video really as an afterthought. When I saw it was good I thought I just had to have a way to save it. Especially since our video camera "dropped dead" yesterday. Rarely used it anyway but took it for this special event. When it died I decided to try my camera. I was thrilled.
Wesran...give it a shot. Do some experimenting with something you don't care about losing, like filming the traffic on your street or something. Don't wait until you are standing there with your digital camera taking snapshots of the kid across the street setting a state record and decide to "take a chance" and do a video.
Of course this advice comes from somebody who didn't try it until a once in a lifetime happening was taking place... :D
But I am going to now play around with the video part of my digital camera so I can get it down pat. Watched a woman record her son's entire basketball game this morning with her digital camera. Afterwards I asked her how long she had been using it for video also and she said since the summer when her little boy began a hitting streak in a coaches pitch baseball game. She said they came out good but she wished she had practiced with traffic on the street first so she would have been more secure. So guess the advice comes from her ;)
Judy

[mom25kids]

I must admit that I do not take advantage of nabbing video clips as often as I should... just way more focused on getting those still shots I guess. I did take video clips of my two youngest this past summer playing in the pool... priceless. I think back on all my dad use to go through to get those 8mm movies when I was a kid ( lol, the lamps on that camera could blind a person ) and then all the set up just to watch them.... here I have this option at my finger tips and barely use it :o

I too need some extra practice on shooting those videos. I have a pretty steady hand when taking pics but for some reason not so steady using the movie mode. A little more practice at zooming wouldn't hurt me either.

[Bruce]

My Canon Camera has a Movie Mode. Tried it twice and it was choppy as hell. I haven't tried it yet with the 150X SD Card.

[jholland1964]

I too need some extra practice on shooting those videos. I have a pretty steady hand when taking pics but for some reason not so steady using the movie mode. A little more practice at zooming wouldn't hurt me either.
Do you use the LCD screen or the viewer? I just cannot use the LCD screen to shoot photos, that is when my pics are blurred. But using the viewer like a "normal" camera my photos are usually very steady. This is the way I shot my videos also.

[davew98]

as far as video capture goes; 15 fps and 30 fps (same as television).

Your hi speed memory card transfers data faster, but has effect on the video playback.

[mom25kids]

Do you use the LCD screen or the viewer? I just cannot use the LCD screen to shoot photos, that is when my pics are blurred. But using the viewer like a "normal" camera my photos are usually very steady. This is the way I shot my videos also.

I have problems using the camera's viewer but I think it's mostly due to my eye sight/glasses, so I only use the LCD. Trying to get brave enough to take the plunge for Lasik surgery, so perhaps someday I too will be using the viewer. The Canon S5 has the screen that folds out and rotates but I seldom use that feature. The fact that the screen is larger now is more important to me. Since most of my shots are at long zoom ranges I'm also very thankful for IS. I can imagine I'd have some pretty horrible shots without it.

[Bob Ed]

Trying to get brave enough to take the plunge for Lasik surgery, so perhaps someday I too will be using the viewer.

GET it. I had implants a year ago when I was 79. Don't need glasses any more. Can read fine print in phone book without glasses.
It's later than you think~GO!

[Kassie]

mom25kids and Judy. Great thread. Learned some thing's I didn't know. Any Video Converter, great site. :)

[Kassie]

I have problems using the camera's viewer but I think it's mostly due to my eye sight/glasses, so I only use the LCD. Trying to get brave enough to take the plunge for Lasik surgery, so perhaps someday I too will be using the viewer. The Canon S5 has the screen that folds out and rotates but I seldom use that feature. The fact that the screen is larger now is more important to me. Since most of my shots are at long zoom ranges I'm also very thankful for IS. I can imagine I'd have some pretty horrible shots without it.


Do you have a diopter near the camera's viewer?

[mom25kids]

Do you have a diopter near the camera's viewer?

Yes but doesn't seem to help much. I've just gotten use to using the screen so that's what I stick with.

[Bob Ed]

Thanks to mom25kids for your input and valuable information.

You gave me the courage to try to download the videos using my card reader. I just copied them to the computer rather than move them from the card so that if I messed up I would still have them.

Had no trouble doing this and was thrilled to be able to view the movie...BUT....it was in .MOV format which is QuickTime Movie. Researching I found that a lot of digital cameras record video in QuickTime support and mine is one of them. The file was huge, and I really wanted to upload it to my Picasa Web Albums for sharing with out of state family and .MOV is not one of the supported formats there ALSO there is a 100MB limit to file size and the two I had were 135MB and 108MB. .MOV is also cannot be edited using Windows Movie Maker. I knew I had to find a way to change the file to WMV. Did a lot of searching and finally found a free program, works great and very easy to use...Any Video Converter. They do have a paid version for $29.95 but for my uses at this time I tried the Free version and it worked great!

Download, install. Then Open the program. Choose Add Video. Then choose Choose a Profile. This is where you choose they type of conversion you want...This free version supports DVD NTSC, DVD PAL, MPEG-I, MPEG-II, MPEG-4 and Flash FLV, WMV video profiles. Then you choose Encode and it rips the video to your choice of video profile. When it finishes, takes a few minutes depending on the size, it saves it in the AnyVideo Converter Folder. Go in there, Rename your movie to whatever you want...Bobby's Touchdown or whatever, don't put a file extension after the name though.

Then it will be viewable in whatever viewer is your default viewer, mine is Windows MediaPlayer so I had no problem viewing it and I had no problem placing it in a Picass web album for relatives out of state to view and the file sizes were 16.9MB and 13.7MB...big difference there for sure!
Video quality is very good also. Maybe not as good as right out of the camera, it is really hard to judge, but very good.

Here is the link for the Any Video Converter (http://www.any-video-converter.com/download/) The free version is second from the bottom.
I have been reading this thread with interest and trying to take and send video pictures with my Canon Power Shot A520. I am having some success. I used Any Video Converter also. The problem is some people that I email the video to can run it and some can't. When I send it to myself it runs great in Windows Media. It has an .AVI extension.
What should I be doing?

[mom25kids]

Hmmm... I haven't tried Any Video Converter yet so I can't comment on how to use the program. I need to check it out, perhaps I'll like it better than Cinema Forge.

What was your final file format...AVI? I think I would choose a WMV format as everyone's Windows Player will of course play that. If indeed WMV was the format you choose then I'm afraid I don't know what would be causing the prob.

[jholland1964]

I chose WMV format.
From what I found on the Microsoft page;
(AVI) is a special case of Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF). AVI is defined by Microsoft. The .avi file format is the most common format for audio and video data on a computer.

Audio content or video content that is compressed with a wide variety of codecs can be stored in an .avi file and played in Windows Media Player, if the appropriate codecs are installed on the computer. Video codecs that are frequently used in .avi files include the following codecs:
• DivX codec
To play DivX, XviD (AVI) you first need to install the DivX codecs or the XviD Codecs.

This is probably the reason some have problems. As I said, I converted to WMV format.

[mom25kids]

I chose WMV format.
From what I found on the Microsoft page;

To play DivX, XviD (AVI) you first need to install the DivX codecs or the XviD Codecs.

This is probably the reason some have problems. As I said, I converted to WMV format.

Thanks Judy for explaining the codecs. I'm not sure if the newer versions of Windows media player come with those already installed or not but I did know that the codecs where available for download. I should have remembered that :o

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[Bob Ed]

I want to thank all the participants in this thread. I am thoroughly enjoying what I have learned here and making these videos and sending them to friends around the country.
Bob Ed