Hi There,
I was wondering if somebody could help me. I have been playing around with MovieFactory Version 5. I am capturing digital video from a Sony Handycam. For some reason it has started pixelating the images. It wasn't doing this a few days ago. I have tried everything to fix it. Can anybody give me any clues on what might be wrong.
Regards
Andrea
Digital Video capturing is poor quality
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Andreaw
Hi
The camcorder is a Sony DCR-HC20E Digital Video Camera. I have tried burning to another DVD with the same error. The pixelation seems to happen when I am capturing the data to Movie Factory and the DVD burns the with the same pixelation. I am currently using DVD+R. When I commence a new task I select the DVD option and the DVD-HQ 4:3 (dolby digital option) under format. I will try giving the tape head a clean and see if that improves things.
The camcorder is a Sony DCR-HC20E Digital Video Camera. I have tried burning to another DVD with the same error. The pixelation seems to happen when I am capturing the data to Movie Factory and the DVD burns the with the same pixelation. I am currently using DVD+R. When I commence a new task I select the DVD option and the DVD-HQ 4:3 (dolby digital option) under format. I will try giving the tape head a clean and see if that improves things.
Hi Andrea,
There are a couple of possible problems, depending on exactly how you capture. You didn't really provide the details Heinz asked for, and there are several possibilities.
If the "pixelation" is present in a native DV capture, then the problem is most likely "dropouts" and they will of course be found in the DVD you encode and create later.
Dropouts sometimes look like a few small squares in the image with the wrong content.
In this case a cleaning cassette is a good idea. Unless the drop-outs are on the chosen tape. Try another one in case.
But it can also be something stupid, like a bad cable connection, especially the small 4-pin connectors of the firewire cable on the camcorder side (or a dirty jack).
If the "pixelation" in the capture is more like an overall mosaic effect in scenes with movement, then you are not capturing native DV from the camcorder, but letting MF capture and convert the data to MPEG2 on the fly. And the encoder is showing its limitations doing realtime encoding, or your PC can't keep up or is busy elsewhere.
Maybe Heinz can come by and take a look (he's nearby).
There are a couple of possible problems, depending on exactly how you capture. You didn't really provide the details Heinz asked for, and there are several possibilities.
If the "pixelation" is present in a native DV capture, then the problem is most likely "dropouts" and they will of course be found in the DVD you encode and create later.
Dropouts sometimes look like a few small squares in the image with the wrong content.
In this case a cleaning cassette is a good idea. Unless the drop-outs are on the chosen tape. Try another one in case.
But it can also be something stupid, like a bad cable connection, especially the small 4-pin connectors of the firewire cable on the camcorder side (or a dirty jack).
If the "pixelation" in the capture is more like an overall mosaic effect in scenes with movement, then you are not capturing native DV from the camcorder, but letting MF capture and convert the data to MPEG2 on the fly. And the encoder is showing its limitations doing realtime encoding, or your PC can't keep up or is busy elsewhere.
Maybe Heinz can come by and take a look (he's nearby).
Henry
If that means you are capturing to an MPEG-2 file, then snoops is right....Andreawz wrote: I am currently using DVD+R. When I commence a new task I select the DVD option and the DVD-HQ 4:3 (dolby digital option) under format.
Capture to AVI/DV. This will transfer the DV video directly from the camera without altering it. Let Movie Factory convert it to MPEG-2 when you are ready to burn the DVD. (Then, Movie Factory can take it's time.)snoops wrote:If the "pixelation" in the capture is more like an overall mosaic effect in scenes with movement, then you are not capturing native DV from the camcorder, but letting MF capture and convert the data to MPEG2 on the fly. And the encoder is showing its limitations
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