Does it matter what you capture dv with? [Archive]

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flash

7th January 2007, 15:00

I have winDV and sony vegas 6 what should I capture it with?
will it effect the final quality, so far encoded to dvd with sony vegas which is main concept and TMPG encoder but notpleased with outcome. Or is it the dv camcorder which is only £200 JVC GR-D366ek PAL.
Quality does not seem as good as my old Panasonic vhsc

Many Thanks

communist

7th January 2007, 15:39

There is no difference in quality whether you capture DV with WinDV / Sony Vegas or whatever.

7th January 2007, 16:40

flash,

the final video quality on your DVD depends on several factors, but not on the capture process. Maybe you need to change your encoding settings. Please post your workflow in conjunction with your settings.

bb

flash

7th January 2007, 17:35

just using the wizards at the moment i'ts been a long time
since doing dvd with cce on 2 pass so cannot remember
all the settings. Not sure how to do calculate bit rate for 2 pass either.
I do have canopus two aswell but didn't think much to that either.

May I can post a small dv file for someone to look at?

8th January 2007, 20:22

Feel free to post it, although from what you tell I strongly believe that the DV file is not the problem. You don't even remember the bitrate settings, let alone filtering, interlacing, ... :eek:

bb

JohnnyMalaria

9th January 2007, 03:43

One area that *may* have an impact...

Type 1 vs Type 2 DV AVI files.

Type 2 stuff a second copy of the audio in the file so that apps still using old-and-out-of-date Video for Windows can use the files. The problem that can arise is that the second copy of audio can become out of sync with the video.

Type 1 DV AVI files store the audio the way DV intended it...

9th January 2007, 20:44

type-1 vs. type-2 does not have any impact on quality as both formats store identical copies of both, video and audio (the latter stored twice in type-2). Provided that you don't use buggy software, there's no room for a quality difference.

bb

flash

14th January 2007, 00:06

Thanks guys, I tried some more footage indoors on abright day in 16:9, encoded with CCE and the results were alot better, but they say dv should be "bottom field first"
tried this on CCE and it did not play back right.It only played back properly when top field was selected? Also in Sony vegas when you save as dv there is a quality tab, does this mean you
loose quality?