What equipment and software would I need to make and edit videos?
This answer assumes a Windows PC, although there are also equivalent products for the Mac. To start, you need a video camera. What comes next depends on whether your acquire a digital video or an analogue video camera. Most digital cameras interface with computers via Firewire (IEEE 1394). Both audio and video data can be transferred to and from the camera over Firewire, so you would need to ensure you have a Firewire interface on your computer. Analog cameras output one or two channels of audio, depending on their age (older ones tend to be mono). You will need a two-channel, line-level audio input on your computer. I use an M-Audio Audiophile 2496 (24-bit, 96 kHz) card for audio recording / playback, but there are many other good cards and external converters (USB2 or Firewire) on the market. Analog video cameras output either composite video or s-video. If yours outputs both, use the s-video output, because it is better quality. You will need a video interface in your computer that
