What About My HD Home Videos?

I like to think of myself as a fairly multimedia-friendly parent. After all, my wife and I are pretty good about sharing our digital photos via email, Facebook, and an assortment of other avenues for getting pics out to family and friends, you know?

...But then, what about all those digital videos we've recorded? We have one of those great "Flip"-style cameras that takes HD video, and even phones that take high-def video, so we have some great videos to share!

Unfortunately, the options sharing for HD video aren't as simple as for pictures. Video files can be huge, especially in HD, precluding email for all but the shortest clips. Social media sites like Facebook or YouTube have length and size restrictions, and the time it takes to upload/download can be daunting, even on higher-speed internet connections.

So, what can I do with my HD videos? Internet, email, and social-media sites are limited, so I've started looking into physical media, and burning videos to disc. DVD is fairly ubiquitous nowadays, but because it's an older standard-definition format, I would end up losing quite a bit of the high-definition detail in my videos. I've also thought about sending data-discs with my video files, but that won't work for people who don't have computers, and I won't know if they even have the right software installed to play the files. What's the next option? Well, most of my family and friends who have high-def TVs have Blu-ray players, but is there something out there that will let me put my HD videos on a *playable* Blu-ray to share with friends and family?

...Fortunately, the answer is yes! Earlier this year NCH Software released a new version of their Express Burn disc-authoring/burning software, and it now supports Blu-ray video playable in any Blu-ray player. It works fine with my Blu-ray burner drive, and it's very simple to use; I just pick my HD videos (Blu-ray dics hold hours of them), re-order them as desired, and hit "Burn Blu-ray Video". Express Burn does the rest - it handles all the conversion to Blu-ray format, and burns it all to the disc. Re-encoding those HD videos can take a little time, but I can go make dinner while it's running, and the result is a Blu-ray that even my Dad can just pop in the Blu-ray player and watch.

Blu-Ray Disc Burning Now Available for Express Burn Mac

Blu-Ray discs provide significantly more storage space than a CD or DVD disc. When it comes to video, that extra storage space on Blu-Ray is used to store movies in high definition for larger, sharper, higher quality videos in what is currently the highest standard--1080p high definition video.

If you have a Blu-Ray burning drive for your computer you can take advantage of this high capacity for backing up your hard drive, archiving old files, or recording and saving your own hi-definition videos. Express Burn Disc Burning Software has supported Blu-Ray burning on windows machines for some time now, and the most recent release of Express Burn for Mac now supports Blu-Ray burning too, so users can burn audio and data CDs, DVDs, or Blu-ray discs. And no matter what type of disc you are creating, Express Burn burning software couldn't be easier. Simply drag, drop and burn.

High Definition Video for the Home

By now we’ve all experienced the switch to digital on our televisions. This was part of technology moving forward, and a promise that all future TV and movie productions would be captured in high definition. In 2004, HDV (Hi Definition Video) was available in inexpensive cameras, putting HD at the fingertips of consumers.

So what are the benefits of switching to HD?

• Greater digital picture clarity
  
• Higher standard of surround sound
  
• Wider screens which add a new dimension to the viewing experience
  

There is no reason why you can't benefit from all of these features with all of your home videos too. So if you are looking for a way to bring high definition to your home movies, NCH Software has a line of video software that has evolved with the growth of the industry and brings professional quality capabilities to everyone in easy to use user friendly applications. Our products let you transfer video from your camcorder to your computer, record straight from your webcam, edit your home movies, share video with friends over the internet or convert video file formats. Debut Video Capture Software can be used to record video from a webcam, record your computer screen, or import video from a camcorder or another video capture device. With this handy little application you can give your old movies a new digital life to preserve, edit or share on your computer or over the internet. VideoPad makes editing your videos easy. It provides a platform for you to create professional looking videos, complete with transitions, music and narration, all while being one of the fastest video stream processors on the market today. A new version of the VideoPad movie editor will be available by the end of August. he new edition promises to be vastly improved with lots of new capabilities for even more powerful video editing at your fingertips. Prism video converter can convert video files from avi, wmv, 3gp, mov, flv and more into avi, mov, asf, wmv, mp4, 3gp and others. It can also convert DVD discs to your hard drive or compress video files to reduce size. Once you have imported and edited you video collection, also be sure to take a look at Express Burn Disc Burning Software which you can use to help you burn DVDs or even Blu-Ray discs as back up copies of all your memorable moments and movies.