I'm capturing video from a Sony Handicam digital 8mm camcorder via firewire. The desired end result is to get all of this put onto DVDs. That being said, for DVD quality purposes, should I be capturing to DV or MPEG-2?
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Capture to MPEG-2 or DV?
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vincent vega
, Dec 27 2007 01:11 AM
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Posted 27 December 2007 - 04:17 AM
Yes!
DV AVI uses no compression, is easier to work with in the editor but creates huge files!
Thus it is capable of the highest quality potential…
MPEG-2 will be compressed, uncompressed and compressed again every time you dabble with it. The files are smaller but because of all the compressing/un-compressing long video clips tend to bog down in the editor.
The 'quality' should be less, in theory, but I have never met anyone who can honestly see a bit of difference on a TV at 12 feet…
Try both and see which one works for you.
DV AVI uses no compression, is easier to work with in the editor but creates huge files!
Thus it is capable of the highest quality potential…
MPEG-2 will be compressed, uncompressed and compressed again every time you dabble with it. The files are smaller but because of all the compressing/un-compressing long video clips tend to bog down in the editor.
The 'quality' should be less, in theory, but I have never met anyone who can honestly see a bit of difference on a TV at 12 feet…
Try both and see which one works for you.
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Posted 27 December 2007 - 06:29 PM
Thanks for the quick response. Will try both to see.
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