capture DV AVI type 1 or type 2

[uleadme]

Hi,

Until recently I have been capturing digital video from my camcorder via USB and the software supplied with the panasonic camcorder. The video was captured as DV AVI type 2.

On the advice of various members of this forum, I've just bought and installed a firewire kit, and am now able to capture using Ulead Videostudio 9 which gives me the choice of AVI type 1 or type 2.

My question is simple, which should I choose for optimum result. My usual procedure is to capture, then edit the file, save in AVI format, and, eventually, when time permits, burn with Nero 6 to dvd.

In the end, does it make a difference which I use? Or is one better than the other. I know more editing programs are comfortable with AVI type 2, but at this stage I only edit with VS9, so that isn't a factor for me.

thanks

[sjj1805]

There is an explanation in one of the following links
http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=12998
sorry cant be more specific at this time as I am at my workplace and cannot access the Ulead site due to our Company firewall.

DV type 1 has the Video and Audio combined and is the preferred method and will be less likely to incur out of synch issues.

DV type 2 has seperate Audio/video streams and is required by some old video editing programs and so is retained for compatability purposes.

The Ulead range defaults to DV type 2 on initial installation. The first thing I do is alter that to DV type 1.

[Ken Berry]

The other reason we tend to recommend Type 1 is that less powerful computers seem to have more difficulty capturing Type 2. Errors include dropped frames, jumpy video and or audio... But looking at your computer specs, it easily has enough grunt to capture Type 2. So if you can do it, you can also happily edit it. I do so regularly.

[uleadme]

Thanks Steve and Ken.

When editing dv avi files type 1 or 2 in VS9 can one edti them together? That is, can one edit clips in avi 1 with clips in avi 2? If one can do this then how should one save the file? Can I use "same as project properties tab" as I have been doing to date, or should I save the file as "same as first clip" which may be avi 1 or avi 2 depending on which type of clip I start with.

Remember, I am trying to get best quality output when I eventually burn the files to dvd.

thanks,

[sjj1805]

Quite a few times I have mixed and matched AVI files with MPEG files and still photographs. When you come to render the file use the following as a guide
7th post down:
http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=11923

[uleadme]

I don't quite get the relevance of the post that you directed me to. By rendering "do you mean save as file"? I am not worried about lengthy rendering times, I just want to get the best quality from a mix of avi 1 and avi 2 files; surely, the choice can only be save as file that is the "same as project properties" (eg DV AVI) or "same as first clip" (also DV AVI 1 or 2).

thanks,

[sjj1805]

Rendering is a fancy word meaning creating a video file
Ultimately if your creating a DVD whatever format you now have it will be converted to a VOB file. A VOB file is an MPEG2
Please view:
http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=27

[maddrummer3301]

Depends on your project.
You need DV-Type2 for different audio formats in the DV-Type2 file.
DV-Type1 is restricted to it's on pcm formats and sampling frequencies.
DV-Type2 is much less restricted.

When using VideoStudio or MF DV-Type1 is what you want to capture for
editing within the ulead products.

Hope this helps,

MD

[uleadme]

Yeh, maddrummer, that's pretty clear. I'll go with avi type 1.

thanks everyone for your advice to this thread.