RE: Success - capturing from a Sony DVD201E camcorder
From: Todd (Todd_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/15/04
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Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 18:45:06 -0800
Noelle,
I went to the filters list and it is blank. I clicked the [restore default]
and nothing happened. Any idea?
"Noelle" wrote:
> Thank you for the replies PapaJohn and Graham.
>
> I have finally succeeded in my endeavour to burn a normal DVD, from the
> footage shot with the Sony DCR-DVD 201E. which uses a DVD mini disk. And am
> extremely happy with the results.
>
> They compare more than favourably with the DVDs from my
> last camera a Sony TRV740E Hi8.
>
> Pixela Imagemaker itself which comes bundled with the camera, offers only
> basic editing, and I needed to import the files into WMM2 to edit them, and
> here I ran into problems.
>
> Tried several methods ie saving the mpg files to DVD-AVI in Imagemaker
> itself (previous email), but eventually decided the resulting files in some
> cases where there was lots of movement, were not up to the quality I was
> expecting.
>
> Finally, in WMM2 I went to Tools/Options/Compatability and through a process
> of elimination, I disabled the filters, eventually leaving only the XL
> Decompress, AVI_PASS, only two of the Neros: Nero DVD Decoder and Nero Video
> Encoder but disabled the Nero Digital Audio Encoder (as this appeared to
> mute the sound), and left in the Pixela AC-3 Encoder and Pixela MPEG2 Video
> Decoder.
>
> Bingo, success at last!
>
> Using Imagemaker, I imported the footage from the
> finalised disk in the Sony into the Imagemaker Capture folder.
> I then opened (successfully) imported these scenes into WMM2, edited them,
> added transitions etc., and saved them to my Hard Drive as DVD-AVI files.
> Using Nero Express S2 burned them to DVD.
>
> To make sure things go smoothly prior to a session with
> WMM2 I always defrag the Hard Drive beforehand.
>
> Oh, and another thing worth mentioning, the Take Picture from Preview
> option in WMM2 Tools and import into Collections. This works like a charm.
> If you select the best shots they come out crisp and clear. Used some to
> overlay titles on within the movie.
>
> Regards
> Noelle
>
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