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Video Capture Quality
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firewire
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27. June 2003 @ 04:26 |
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Trying to capture to my pc and get the same quality I get when linking my camcorder to TV or Video direct. My Camcorder is a Sony PC100E and I'm using firewire interface. Any ideas why I'm getting a loss of quality? Using premire 6.5 to capture. Capturing to an AVI. Video card is standard 64 3d gaming card.
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tigre
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28. June 2003 @ 03:11 |
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What kind of quality loss? What do you use for playback when you notice the loss (software, hardware)?
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jnihil
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29. June 2003 @ 15:48 |
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It could just be the setup of the player.
Below is an extract from the Canopus forum:
Here's how to fix low-resolution DV playback on-screen if you're capturing to DV:
1) Open Windows Media Player
2) Go to the Tools menu and choose Options
3) Go to the Performance tab
4) Click the Advanced button (Windows Media Player 7 doesn't have this, 7.1 does)
5) Change the Digital Video slider to Large.
6) Close Windows Media Player
7) Open Windows Media Player again, and load your AVI.
Rgds,
jnihil.
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firewire
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30. June 2003 @ 02:09 |
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I've played the AVI in windows media player and also converted the AVI to mpeg to author a dvd. The quality is watchable but not as clear as I would expect. The quality I get on my authored dvd is the same as my AVI file. I figure must be a problem with the capture. Would buy a better graphics card if I thought that would make a differece but sure if the qaulity of graphics card effects the quality of video when capturing by firewire. Any ideas?
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tigre
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30. June 2003 @ 03:21 |
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Here (jvc gr-dv 4000, premiere 6.0, Windows Media Player 6.4) WMP's deinterlacing on playback causes loss of quality. I don't now if your cam uses interlaced or Progressive mode (or if you can choose) - You might want to open the captured AVI with VirtualDub and use some smart/smooth deinterlace plugin if you notice these horizontal lines caused by interlacing.
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jnihil
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30. June 2003 @ 05:25 |
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I didn't think capturing via firewire did anything more than 'wrap' the incoming DV stream to the AVI.
What do you mean exactly by loss of quality?
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firewire
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1. July 2003 @ 01:09 |
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Output is not as sharp when compared to hooking my camcorder direct to TV. Sound is fine. Difference is piture quality particularly noticable when items are moving quickly.
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jnihil
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1. July 2003 @ 02:04 |
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tigre may be right. Open the AVI in VirtualDub and frame advance around the high motion areas and see if you are getting interlacing problems.
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firewire
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1. July 2003 @ 04:08 |
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I think the prob maybe due to interlacing. Tried to bring an AVI into virtualdub but I get the error message "Could'nt locate decompressor for format 'dvsd' VirtualDub requires a video for windows (VFW) compatible codec to decompress video. Directshow codecs, such as those used by Media Plare are not suitable". I either need to sort this problemo out or be able to capture without interlacing problems. Any ideas. Just read "VirtualDub requires a decompressor for the input AVI's video stream, even though the decompressor may not be used." Could you recommend a decompressor to use? Thanks.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 1. July 2003 @ 09:12
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jnihil
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1. July 2003 @ 17:38 |
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I use the MainConcept DV codec.
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firewire
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2. July 2003 @ 06:16 |
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I've installed MainConcept 1.3. If I try to open my AVI in VirtualDub still get the same error message. I've also converted the file to mpeg, when I open this file I get the error message "mpeg import filter: pack synchronization error", any ideas? Or is there another piece of software I can use to resolve my interlacing issues. Thanks (Using Win 2K pro)
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jnihil
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3. July 2003 @ 08:32 |
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Really? When I open a DV AVI via vdub, the file info menu shows MainConcept DV codec 2.3.1.
Perhaps you should use GSpot and see if the codec has been registered properly.
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tigre
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3. July 2003 @ 10:17 |
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I have Panasonic DV codec installed and it works for opening DV AVIs with VDub. IIRC I got the link at a sticky thread over at Doom9 DV forum and had to add 3 registry entries manually.
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