Re: Preserving DV Quality: NTSC and AV-DVI
- From: "Al Stu" <NOYB@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 12:14:09 -0700
"keep all your originals."
"copy it to a digital camcorder tape too for a higher quality copy than the
DVD."
But don't rely on DV tape as an archive. I have read in forums at
CamcorderInfo.com that storage density on DV tape is being pushed so tight
they can start losing data within as little as a year or two. I have no
personal experience of this though as I don't use DV tapes for archives, but
rather archive all footage in DV-AVI format and completed Movie Maker
projects to data DVD +R. At no more than a buck fifty each it's also very
cost effective, even cheaper than tape, unless buying el-cheep-o tapes, and
who would trust that with an archive.
"PapaJohn (MVP)" <PapaJohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OuDv%23YtkFHA.3544@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Yes, using the DV-AVI format is best to preserve the quality from your
> camcorder tape.
>
> Not only do you need about 13 GB of space for a captured one hour tape,
> you'll need another 13 GB to hold the saved movie, and more space for some
> working elbow room.... 30 GB free is still on the tight side.
>
> An external drive would work... as long as you have a USB2 or firewire
> connection for it... firewire is probably better but USB2 works also.
>
> As we look back on older videos, using better computers and screens, the
> lower quality is more apparent... there's no way to recover it once
> lost... so keep all your originals. And when you make a high quality movie
> that goes to a DVD, copy it to a digital camcorder tape too for a higher
> quality copy than the DVD.
> --
> PapaJohn
> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
>
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> "luddite" <levenbac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:BF7D5CAF-55EB-473F-83A8-8B36D1BFE8B9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hello, experts...
>>
>> Our family purchased a DV camcorder last year and I have been slowly
>> trying
>> to do more sophisticated things using MM.
>>
>> Since we didn't own a DVD player initially, I had recorded all video
>> using
>> the High Quality NTSC option in MM. I edited and watched movies on our
>> computer and burned it to VCDs. The quality was fuzzy, but otherwise
>> fine.
>>
>> More recent movies made in MM appear much more pixelated and blurry than
>> those I made last year. I am using the same computer to record and edit
>> the
>> video. When the camcorder is connected directly to the television, the
>> original digital video quality is excellent.
>>
>> I don't know what might account for the observed deterioration in quality
>> of
>> movies made in MM, but I need to find a way to preserve high quality
>> movies
>> for my family. After combing through the archives of this site, it
>> appears
>> that the best way to preserve high quality DV footage from a camcorder is
>> to
>> record and burn to DVD in DV-AVI format.
>>
>> If that's the case, I have a couple questions:
>>
>> 1) My hard drive disk space only has 7 GB left. Can I free up space to
>> have 14 GB available to record (and edit) an hour of DV-AVI footage or
>> should
>> I buy an external drive?
>>
>> 2) What type of DVD burner should I get so that we view them with an
>> older
>> DVD player? It appears there are multiple DVD formats...
>>
>> 3) Is there any way to capture DV footage using the "High Quality NTSC"
>> option and watch it in full screen mode on the computer without all the
>> pixelation/distortion?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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