Blurriness after saving as a video file

st3v3nbakker3 · Post by **st3v3nbakker3** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:02 am

When I am editing and playing my video clips in v10 they play fine. But as soon as I save them as any kind of video file they go blurry and seem to be out of focus. I read somewhere that turning off the "Apply anti-flickering" option could help. I tried with the option on and off but there still there was no difference.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:30 am

You need to tell us where the original video clips came from and what their properties are (right click on one within Video Studio and copy down ALL their Properties here please). In addition, tell us what editing you did to them, and what format you have 'saved' them in. Indeed, tell us exactly what steps you used to 'save' them (as that is not normal Video Studio language for video clips...) Again, right click on one of the 'saved' files and tell us what its properties are if they are different from the original ones.

In addition we need to know your computer specifications and operating system, and which version of Video Studio you are using.

st3v3nbakker3 · Post by **st3v3nbakker3** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 8:32 am

First off, my video clips are from a sony handycam dv camcorder these are the video clip properties:

File format: Microsoft AVI files -- OpenDML
File size: 1,948,555 kb
Frame rate: 29.782 frames/sec
Duration: 496.642 seconds
Data rate: 3909.83 kbps
Video
Compression: Microsoft YUV
Attributes: 16 bits, 320 x 240
Total frames: 14,792 frame(s)

The editing I did was cutting clips, trimming them and putting clips together to make a short video file. What I mean't by saving them was actually creating a video file. I tried creating various video files including "NTSC DVD (16:9)","NTSC MPEG2 HD (1440x1080, 29.97 fps)" and "WMV (320x240, 30 fps)."

These are the properties for the "NTSC MPEG2 HD (1440x1080, 29.97 fps)" video clip:

File format: MPEG-2
File size: 104,542 kb
Duration: 33,367 seconds
Video
Video type: MPEG-2 Video, Upper Field First
Total frames: 1,000 frame(s)
Attributes: 24 bits, 1440 x 1080, 16:9
Frame rate: 29.970 frames/sec
Data rate: 25000 kbps

I am not sure of my computer specifications but I am running windows xp home edition and I have Ulead video studio 10

Post by **Ken Berry** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:17 am

And let me guess: you didn't capture the video using the firewire connection on the camera...??!!

I am afraid that is the only way of capturing high quality video from a DV camera. Sony in effect developed firewire (they call it iLink) precisely to transfer DV format video...

And if your computer does not have a firewire connection, then go out and buy one. They are cheap and easy to install, and usually come with a cable. (Make sure it is a cable with a small plug at one end for the camera and a larger one for the computer end.)

As it is, you have captured in effect a form of uncompressed .avi and in a frame size which itself is not DVD-compliant.

Capturing via Firewire in DV format in effect means simply transferring the video from the camera to the computer in exactly the same quality. It is easy to edit, and at the end of editing, you simply go to Share > Create Video File > DVD and it should convert easily to DVD compliant mpeg-2.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:17 pm

The steps for installing an IEEE1394 iLink card are shown here:
Connecting the Camcorder to the Computer
and optimising the computer for video Editing.