My first video made with Moviemaker was 600Mb and 3m 38s long. I tried to upload it via the home broadband and after 5 mins it still estimated an hour and 12 mins to go.
I gave up and transferred it to my phone, switched its wifi off and I uploaded it via the 4G network in around 11 minutes. So my estimated figures were not far off… Read more
According to many websites I need a PC with a 8 core processor. Which means a PC made in the last 3 years. It makes one wonder how they edited videos 10 or 20 years ago. Of course it is bullshit. My 10 year old Samsung RV511 with an i3 processor running windows 7 will do fine – for starters anyway… Read more
So I bought an action camera – a Dragon Touch Vista 5.
This was with the idea of taking videos of our dog Meg, and also on my scooter.
It now hangs up after only recording a minute or so of video. I have tried resetting the camera to factory settings, formatting the memory card, and operation with either battery supplied, all to no avail.
Since buying it I have recorded a total of maybe an hour of video.
Waste of money, time, and effort. Read more
My Windows machines are all old and slow by modern standards. Two run windows 7 and one runs windows 10. The Windows 10 one is the slowest.
So I am thinking of getting a new laptop especially for editing videos. Years ago I would not have considered a Mac as they were so expensive, but the new Macbook air looks like a good buy. Read more