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10th November 2002, 09:08 | #1 | Link |
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Changing MS DV Codec settings
I've read through some of the old posts in this forum and read that the MS DV codec is set at half-resolution by default, resulting in crappy-looking DV while editing. I thought something was weird b/c in Premiere and watching DV in BSplayer, the video looks horrible; when I watch it in WMP9, it looks nice and crisp, as it should (i'm assuming b/c I have DV settings @ their highest in WMP9). How do I go about altering the codec settings so when I'm editing in Premiere the video is of higher quality? (or if the information I read about half-resolution is wrong, disregard this message).
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11th November 2002, 17:25 | #2 | Link |
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I've been trying to figure this one out too - the MS DV Codec seems set at 95% quality when I try to export from premiere. I'm not sure how much reduction this really is from the 100% quality setting on capture, but it does increase the export time to many hours. I haven't found a good answer - but people have recommended using VDub to edit the DV AVI's - you can do a straight export which shouldn't adjust the quality settings.
Let me know if you figure out how to edit the quality setting in premiere (for export). -J |
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I figured it out, although I'm sure there is a more direct way. While playing a DV clip in BSplayer, I went to filter options and opened up the DV codec settings. it was in fact set to half, so i set it to full resolution and hit "save as default", now Premiere provides high quality renders while I'm editing (FINALLY!).
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It's essential for me (for all different kind of codecs), and so it's the main reason I don't use any WMP above 6.4
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13th November 2002, 00:28 | #8 | Link |
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Isn't WMP 6.4 already installed with XP? I thought it was somewhere in the Windows directory, called mplayer32.exe or mplayer.exe (I haven't yet been able to confirm this myself because I'm using Win2k)
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13th November 2002, 01:15 | #9 | Link |
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WMP8 is embedded into XP. it also has the original media player, mplayer2.exe i believe. as for BSplayer and the options, you want to right click on the movie while it's playing, and towards the bottom of the pop-up window there is "properties". it's under there.
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My advice: right-click on an AVI file (eventually while holding the Shift key, depends on OS), then select "Open With", browse to the mplay32.exe, then check the checkbox ("Always..."). This way you'll always open AVIs through the (better) Windows Media Player 6.4. bb |
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