DV capture in RGB?

[uiflorin]

Hi guys!
I'm newbie here and i don't understand a lot of terms you are using in non linear editing. I recently jumped into digital video by purchasing a JVC D30 US camera. Not quite expensive or fancy because i'm on budget. I used GordianKnot to backup some DVDs and i wanted to try my first DV footage on DIVX, but i ran into unknown field. The software that came with the IEEE 1394 PCI board is MGI Video wave and the DV material can be captured in DV-1 type. With the audio I know what to do after extraction, the problem is the video. I tried to use Nandab as in GKnot, with script file, but it says "sorry, no RGB material, use converttoYUY2". I don't know yet how to create avisynth script files, to use filters and such. The camera encodes interlaced material, so deinterlace is a must. I allready read the posts here but not too much help for my level of knoledge. The DV to DIVX thread is helpfull, but i don't know to edit avisynth scripts. Some ideas from experimented guys, please have mercy with me! I'm just learning here. Probably after months here I will be able to teach newbies like myself (at this moment). Thanks very much for your help!
Florin

[bb]

Welcome to the forum.

First of all you shouldn't use NanDub, which is a tool from the stone age. Use VirtualDubMod instead, which comes with the newer GordianKnot releases.

Regarding the error message: you didn't describe how you export your video from VideoWave. Make sure that you export DV format. The last version of VideoWave I had could export DV type-1 only, so you have to deal with the audio separately saving the WAV from VideoWave, then encoding it to whatever your target format is with an external encoder (e.g. BeSweet).

Don't be too shy to learn AviSynth. It's not as difficult as it seems in the beginning, but it's very powerful and definitely worth it. Make sure you have installed the latest AviSynth version (2.53), which can open DV type-1 video through the AviSource command. AviSynth scripts are simple text files which you can edit in Notepad, or using VirtualDubMod's integrated AviSynth editor (featuring syntax highlighting).

Your first AviSynth script could be as easy as this:
AviSource("C:\MyDVFiles\myfile.avi")
Just type the line (with the correct path to your DV file, of course) in Notepad, and save it as "MyScript.avs". You should be able to open the AVS file in VirtualDub or VirtualDubMod without problems, provided that your AviSynth has been installed correctly. This one-liner doesn't make much sense, as you could open the DV file in VirtualDub(Mod) directly. But you can add your favourite filters line by line, and copy stuff from the guides.

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[uiflorin]

Thanks BB!
I looked on avisynth.org site and looks pretty easy to use this tool once one learned what filters to use and how. I'm downloading VirtualDubMod and avisynth manual.
Thanks again!

[bb]

You're welcome. If further questions occur, feel free to ask.

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