I've been successful in downloading video from a Sony digital camcorder into Roxio Videowave as an avi file. Then I use VS9 to edit and create DVDs. Have produced probably 100 like this.
Now I have a new Sony DCR SR42A hard disc camcorder wherein I can only load the video into my computer as a MPEG file using Sony's software. Not sure if this is the problem, but the video looks bad. Lines that should be straight such as a driveway, look like a zig zag. Have tried rendering in DV and also MPEG and have similar results. Any ideas? Thanks
Andy
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Hi Alan,
The two basic differences between your old and new cam are these:
The new cam will only record in MPEG2, your old cam recorded in DV AVI.
The new cam records interlaced with Upper Field First, the old cam Lower Field First.
The field order difference is most likely the cause of the degradation. As it is, all your project properties etc are probably set for the old field order so you get the jaggies!
Try this, connect the cam to the computer and let windoews detect it. Navigate to the disc on the cam and find all the MPEG files. Simply drag these across to a convenient location on your computer hard drive.
Open VS and use the Add Files function to load the files into the library or the timeline. Make sure the project Properties are set to match the properties of the MPEG files you are bringing in. Check to see VS agrees we are going to be going with Upper Field First!
That, hopefully, should resolve it.
The two basic differences between your old and new cam are these:
The new cam will only record in MPEG2, your old cam recorded in DV AVI.
The new cam records interlaced with Upper Field First, the old cam Lower Field First.
The field order difference is most likely the cause of the degradation. As it is, all your project properties etc are probably set for the old field order so you get the jaggies!
Try this, connect the cam to the computer and let windoews detect it. Navigate to the disc on the cam and find all the MPEG files. Simply drag these across to a convenient location on your computer hard drive.
Open VS and use the Add Files function to load the files into the library or the timeline. Make sure the project Properties are set to match the properties of the MPEG files you are bringing in. Check to see VS agrees we are going to be going with Upper Field First!
That, hopefully, should resolve it.