So I got a JVC Everio camera and I can honest say video editing software sucks. JVC has a version of PowerDirector and it can't do what I need. Windows Movie Player can't either. I can cheat and use my MacBook Pro and use iMovie. I found a nice little program called SDCopy that transforms the crappy .MOD format to Mpeg2 which is handles the proprietary format of the JVC camera. BUT iMovie can't handle mpeg2 without a $20 encoder/decoder for QuickTime.. Which then means I would have to transcode the mpeg2 to divx (or something else).
The JVC software is horrid. I mean, like, someone please shoot me.
Windows Movie maker ALMOST does it but lacks the ability to speed up and slow down tracks. This is why I can't use it. iMovie does have this ability. Update: Windows Movie Maker can do this but it is very restrictive. Slow up 2x or slow down 2x. This is in the Effects section.
HOWEVER, I did find out iMovie HD 6.0.3 is having issues importing a larger divx file. Come on, it is only 320 MB. How the hell is this seriously suppose to edit people's home movies if it can't import a 30 minute long video? Why don't I upgrade to iLife '08? Cause I don't want to spend the money.
On the upside, I do know I finally found something that can max out my quad-core computer. It is called movie editing.
