Hi guys, I need a little bit of recommendation on video editing software.
In my previous pc's I've always had a tv card that I'd sometimes use to capture video from external devices (consoles) via s-video and/or composite. Back in the day I'd use software like DScaler, VirtualDub and Windows Movie Maker.
Because I still like to record/edit video from time to time (but don't really want a card like that in my pc anymore and I didn't want to go all out with a HDMI capture device yet) I went for an "ezcap", which is a small USB device that can capture analog sources just like the TV cards I used to have.
The thing works well, and comes with software called ArcSoft ShowBiz which does the basic job of capturing the actual video quite well, but the software is somewhat limited in editing functionality. Together with MovieMaker (the one included in Windows Live Essentials, I tried the old MovieMaker 2.6 but it crashes a lot on Win8) I can produce decent results but it's not the ideal solution; one of the issues I'm facing right now is that I lose a bit of quality between converting between ShowBiz's output and a format compatible with MovieMaker (could be codec-related, so info on appropriate codecs to use is always helpful too. )
I'm curious to what alternatives there are to MovieMaker and ShowBiz. I'm not looking for professional grade stuff (e.g. Adobe Premiere) but I don't mind paying for it it's good (I'm thinking something between free and $100 tops). Preferrably it's an all-in-one solution that can take care of capturing as well as editing.
In my previous pc's I've always had a tv card that I'd sometimes use to capture video from external devices (consoles) via s-video and/or composite. Back in the day I'd use software like DScaler, VirtualDub and Windows Movie Maker.
Because I still like to record/edit video from time to time (but don't really want a card like that in my pc anymore and I didn't want to go all out with a HDMI capture device yet) I went for an "ezcap", which is a small USB device that can capture analog sources just like the TV cards I used to have.
The thing works well, and comes with software called ArcSoft ShowBiz which does the basic job of capturing the actual video quite well, but the software is somewhat limited in editing functionality. Together with MovieMaker (the one included in Windows Live Essentials, I tried the old MovieMaker 2.6 but it crashes a lot on Win8) I can produce decent results but it's not the ideal solution; one of the issues I'm facing right now is that I lose a bit of quality between converting between ShowBiz's output and a format compatible with MovieMaker (could be codec-related, so info on appropriate codecs to use is always helpful too. )
I'm curious to what alternatives there are to MovieMaker and ShowBiz. I'm not looking for professional grade stuff (e.g. Adobe Premiere) but I don't mind paying for it it's good (I'm thinking something between free and $100 tops). Preferrably it's an all-in-one solution that can take care of capturing as well as editing.