Capturing DV Using Virtual Dub

[royia]

Hello.
Got Canon DV Camcorder (ZR800 NTSC).
I'm capturing the video using Firewire.

Ay first tried using Windows Live Movie Maker. The AVI was buggy.
Yet it extracted the time and date the video captured, automatically created numerous AVI files for each recording etc...

Because of the "Buggy" AVI (Coudln't use fast FWD on them), I tried to capture using Virtual Dub.

Got few questions:
1. In its defaults does Virtual Dub just copy the compressed data on the tape or recompress it? Could I control it?
2. Could Virtual Dub auto partition the AVI files in a similar way Movie Maker does?
3. How can I extract the date the video was recorded (Again, Movie Maker does it automatically)?

Thanks.

[um3k]

WinDV (http://windv.mourek.cz/)

[royia]

Is there something more up to date?
Moreover, it doesn't stop automatically at the end of the tape (Virtual Dub does).
I'm using Windows 7 64 Bit.

Thanks.

[Ghitulescu]

I assume you had the time to read the stickies, right?

Besides I use/d WinDV and it's my favorite tool for capturing DV. I don't follow any of your problems with WinDV.

[2Bdecided]

You're just going to get hundreds of people saying "WinDV" because it's the right tool for the job. It doesn't matter how old it is.

btw, just click "Cancel" at the end of the tape, and it closes the last file. Or else you carry on with the next tape, and it'll close the previous file anyway once the next tape starts.

WinDV is not quite perfect, but it's near enough, and all the alternatives are worse.

Cheers,
David.

[royia]

You're just going to get hundreds of people saying "WinDV" because it's the right tool for the job. It doesn't matter how old it is.

btw, just click "Cancel" at the end of the tape, and it closes the last file. Or else you carry on with the next tape, and it'll close the previous file anyway once the next tape starts.

WinDV is not quite perfect, but it's near enough, and all the alternatives are worse.

Cheers,
David.
Ok, I'll give it a try.
Just for knowledge, Why do you think it is better than Virtual Dub for this task?

[Ghitulescu]

you'll get that knowledge after you'll try it ;)

[royia]

And Still...

[Ghitulescu]

If you're unhappy then pick virtualdub, nobody forces you to use windv.

[royia]

If you're unhappy then pick virtualdub, nobody forces you to use windv.

Of course no one forces me.
I just want to learn from the experienced why they prefer it over other options.

Thanks.

[staul62]

I use WinDV because it's a simple interface, it works well for what I want - grabbing DV from a converter - and any dropped frames are usually caused by something I've done wrong (not by the program).

I run it currently in Windows 7 64 and I also use VirtualDub for editing. If anything, they're working better than they did in XP64.

Hope this helps.

[Ghitulescu]

I just want to learn from the experienced why they prefer it over other options.

The opinion of professionals doesn't actually matter, because it's you the one that will work with it, not them.

I used Adobe Premiere, Edius and several other editors, but my DVs are still processed using a "premiere-look-alike" software I paid 3€ for it, and it beats premiere at everthing except filters/plugins. I also edited the DVDs in several authoring software (like Scenarist, not the "google-advertised ones") but I still prefer dvdstyle (for simple tasks, that are however 99.99% of my projects). I used Nero since v2.0 but my DVDs are burned with imgburn, which does not do all the things nero does, but it's what I need for now. An so on ...

Use the software you're most comfy with, it would make your life easier.

[mäger]

oh hai.
i just had an issue with WinDV, so i wonder if the latest Movie Maker importer is any good?(2012?)
WinDV sometimes forgets to add audio to the video clips and it also seems to create too much short clips, meanwhile MovieMaker even adds the date to the files and all clips are in perfect length and shape?
so i wonder if there is anything wrong with MM clips at all? the clips do seem to be a bit smaller than with WinDV, but even audio is 48000hz instead of 32000hz like with the WinDV?
and the audio issue was probably caused by a poor and cheap camcorder?