GENERAL VIDEO EDITING QUESTIONS

Question: What equipment do I need in order to use your software?

Answer:  A modern desktop or laptop computer that runs Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 or the Pro version of Windows 8 is usually the only requirement.  Most of our customers also use a Video Conversion software product like the AVS Video Converter.

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Question:  How does a video editing system work ?

Answer:  Video from a Camcorder, DVD, VHS tape or file that is downloaded from a video sharing web site is transferred to a location (usually one of the computer's "hard drives", where it is available to Video Editing software).

Video Editing software records the video clip settings (Start and End) of the video for each play, and links it to information about each play. The data recorded for each play can then be used to quickly "retrieve" one or more plays for performing video analysis and to produce cutups and highlights. 

Question:  How can I get my video onto a computer ?

Answer:  There are a few ways to get video onto a computer:

1. Capture or transfer video from a digital camcorder to the computer
2. Convert (Rip) the video from a DVD to a format that is suitable for video editing. (...more on working with DVD's)
3. Download the video from a video sharing web site

* It may be necessary to convert the video to another format before it is suitable for editing on the computer.

Question:  What type of camcorder do you recommend?

Answer:  Video from ANY camcorder can be used with Easy-Scout Pro and Easy-Cut.  

Question: Do any remotes work with your Video Editing products?

Answer: Yes. Products like the Contour Shuttle Express remote and other programmable remotes that send keystroke equivalents like ALT-P, ALT-B, etc can be used.

Question:  How does your video editing software know where a play begins and ends?

Answer:  Our software makes it possible to watch the plays on the computer and record the Start and End of each play by clicking "Start" and "End" buttons at the appropriate spot. 

In addition, a new feature in our Easy-Cut product can identify the start and end of each play automatically when a video camera is used that creates a file (video clip) for each play.

Question: How can I save video cutups to a DVD or uploaded them to a web site like YouTube?

Answer: Easy-Cut and Easy-Scout Professional create "cutups"  by cutting and splicing plays together and saving to a "new" video file (we refer to this as Exporting, or Publishing video).  Video cutups are then "burned" to a DVD using software that comes with a laptop or desktop computer that is equipped with a DVD recorder.

The benefit of creating cutups this way is that they become easy to move between computers, upload to websites, and can even be viewed on tablets and smartphones.

Question: How can I watch video on a tablet or smartphone?

Answer: The video cutups that Easy-Cut and Easy-Scout Professional produce can be easily transferred to a tablet or smartphone by using a product such as Dropbox.  Dropbox also makes it easy to share video with others. 

Question: What is the difference between Easy-Scout Pro and Easy-Cut?

Answer:  Easy-Scout Professional is a football-specific scouting and video editing program. It combines a full-featured and comprehensive scouting and tendency reporting program with a video editing program. 

Easy-Cut is a general purpose, customizable, data-driven video editing program that can be used for any sport or for that matter, any application that can benefit from the use of data to categorize, organize, analyze and re-purpose video.

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