20th of November 2011 - Converting and Editing the Footage

After 3 days of trying to copy the footage from the mini DVD disk to a high quality common format, we finally succeeded. We used a software called "Any DVD Converter" to convert the DVD into an '.avi' file. However we did notice loss of quality so decided to research further into other softwares that could provide us with footage under an editable format. After looking for quite some time, we found our solution: Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum. This piece of software allowed us to export our footage into the '.mpg file' format without loss of quality. Another advantage that we found whilst using this program was that it converted our DVD into fragments which made it easier for us to edit and remove the bits we did not want. However we did have some problem decoding the audio from the MPG files that we were using in Adobe Premiere Pro. So we went online and downloaded the codec for audio of our footage (AAC format). We then started to edit the footage, including the addition of the CCTV effect. At the end of the day, we managed to complete the first 18 seconds of our music video.