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transfering from cam to computer

Discussion in 'Digital camcorders' started by matttt, Feb 11, 2008.

  1. matttt

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    I have a sony handy cam with small tapes ..i cant transfer the videos to the computer when i hook the cam to it...i do have an older computer 2001 but i did alot of upgrades on it i installed firewire card and a new hard drive and memory..i only have windows movie maker that didnt work i also tried 2 freeware they didnt work either...it always freez...
    what is it i need to transfer these tapes to the hard drive??? should i buy a software?? i just wanna make sure that my computer will do the work before buying any software.
     
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    What are the specs of your computer? Video work is cpu intensive.
     
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    ok ..yesterday i tried dvio that software worked but the qualtiy is is off its really bad compare to the real video then i tried to convert dvd files with windv and burned it on a cd quality was bad but this time the sound was distorted...
     
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    You need to burn the video to a DVD. CD video is lower quality video.
     
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    yes but when i watch the video on the computer before burning the quality is still kind of dark and blurry???
     
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    Never looks good on a pc.
     
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    alot better on DVD cd but still bad quality picture!!!

    would buying a software would help?
     
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    I think you are doing something wrong here.
    WinDV is not a conversion utility. After capturing your movie you have to feed it into a DVD authoring program that will convert your movie in the right format and create a proper DVD structure.
    Check this page for a description of the complete process from tape to DVD: http://www.digitalvideoclub.com/basics/tapetodvd.php
     
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    sorry ...i used divxtodvd that program converts avi to dvd but i dont know why now when i use dvio to capture from cam it saves to wmv and im pretty sure i i saved it as avi the first time i used dvio the program is samll and there no setting to it? but i think ffdshow has somthing to do with all video programs and it has alot of settings that im not sure what box to check...but im working on one now and i will get back to you. i made one an hour ago it was great quality but no sound:(
     
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    Indeed, capturing to wmv is not good if you want to go to DVD.
    I recoomend to use WinDV for capturing: freeware, hasslefree and it guaranteed does not mess around with formats. You'll get the movie in DV-AVI.
    The quality of the final DVD will then depend on the conversion that will be done by the VD authoring program. I never used divxtodvd so I don't know the quality of the encoder that is built into it.
     
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    divxtodvd sucked coz the final dvd was good quality but delay in sound??

    what do you use to convert the avi to dvd??
     
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    I always prefer to do the mpeg-encoding by a separate encoder in stead one that is built in a DVD-authoring program. I personally use TMPGEnc to do the conversion and then import that into a DVD authoring program (I have several ones).
     
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    i have a new problem...every time i try to capture from the cam to the pc its forcing to wmv even though i check the avi format....whats happening here??? is there a setting to the ffdshow..or im i missing something here?
     
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    What software are you using to capture?
    As recommended earlier in this thread: use WinDV for capturing. With that it is impossible to capture to any other format than DV-AVI.
     
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    With that program, which is better to capture as, type-1 avi or type-2 avi?
     
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    windv is not working for me it freezing..im using dvio.
     
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    I always capture Type-2 because this has the highest compatibility. However, if you experience sync problems you should go to Type-1.

    This is very strange and it means that you have some problems on your system, probably too many conflicting codecs. Personally I am not in favour of installing large codec packs (like ffdshow) on my system. Only install those codecs that you absolutely need...
     
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    Thanks TPFKAS. I take it that the quality of both is the same?
     
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    Yes. The only difference is that in type-1 audio and video are combined in one stream and in type 2 they are put in separate streams.
     
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    I decided to do some reading on the types, and it looks like Type 2 actually has a combined video/audio stream, and an additional separate audio stream.

    When I get a chance, I am going to compare the 2, from a short capture from a miniDV tape.

    Thanks for explaining all of this. I am still learning.
     

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