Analog Or Digital Capture Settings?

sportswizdan · Post by **sportswizdan** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:43 am

I will be outputing my final copy to a DVD. I am capturing my old Hi-8 tapes thru a digital sony digital/Hi 8 camcorder. I am connecting them via a firewire. Video Studio 8 recognizes them as digital, even though they are analog because I guess they are comming in thru the firewire. My question is...should I still capture them as DIGITAL with LOWER FIELD FIRST, even thou they are ANALOG? Thanks to everyone that helps me out

rwindeyer · Post by **rwindeyer** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 6:45 am

Yes

Cheers

Rich2Putt · Post by **Rich2Putt** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 5:49 pm

Why change fields?

If I have a Hi8 tape going through ADS converter box via USB cable, wouldn't that be the same as what sportswizdan is doing technically?

What does lowfied - upper field mean? Would it make a difference in the quaility of the final video?

This part VS8 as you can see is confussing to me.

Thanks...........

BrianCee · Post by **BrianCee** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:20 pm

For help in understanding interlaced fields and field order have a look HERE

Rich2Putt · Post by **Rich2Putt** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:31 pm

Thanks for the link............

I never had flickering in the videos that I burned, so the setting I have must being doing the trick.

rwernyei · Post by **rwernyei** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 4:06 am

Thanks to Jerry Jones, this reply says it all.

The concept of Field Order sometimes confuses beginners. The basics are as follows:

OHCI compliant IEEE 1394 (Firewire) PCI capture cards always specify Field Order A (Lower Field First);

USB and analog capture devices generally specify Field Order B (Upper Field First);

MPEG-2 video recorded by Panasonic, Hitachi, and Toshiba DVD camcorders and DVD player/recorders is always Field Order B (Upper Field First).

Let's assume you are using an OHCI compliant IEEE 1394 (Firewire) PCI card to capture directly to the DV .avi file format. In this circumstance, you don't have to worry about the option to choose Field Order during capture because all such Firewire cards automatically capture Field A (Lower Field First) DV .avi video. If you use an IEEE 1394 card to capture directly to the MPEG file format, then you should choose the Field A (Lower Field First) option in your MPEG capture settings. On the other hand, let's assume you're using an analog or USB capture device. In most cases, these types of devices give you the option to choose Field Order during capture. With these devices, you should first try the Field B (Upper Field First) option. Whether you are capturing, editing, or authoring, adjust your project settings to match the precise video/audio properties of your source media. This allows Ulead's Smart Render technology to work - under many circumstances - to preserve the quality of your source media.

Field Order in Ulead software hinges on the specific type of capture/acquisition device used to create your source media. Check the documentation of your capture device for details.

Post by **lancecarr** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 4:22 am

I have a Sony DVD DCR 201 cam, it also creates MPEG2s upper field first so you can add that to the above list.