DV capture using Movie Maker or WinDV

uncle-buck · Post by **uncle-buck** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:01 pm

Hello,

I want to capture some old analog video recorded on a Hi8 tape by playing it on a Sony Digital 8 camera connected to a PC with a firewire. Capture will be done a Dell Inspiron 1520 notebook PC running Vista.

Would it be better to do this using Movie Maker or WinDV - or does it matter?

Thanks for any suggestions or advice?

Bert

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:03 pm

Welcome to the forums!!

Either will do it just fine. My own preference is WinDV as it is simple to use and usually results in no dropped frames. Whichever you use, if you intend editing it in VS, then set the captured to use Type 1 DV encoder as that gives a wider variety of computers less trouble, and VS seems to prefer it.

uncle-buck · Post by **uncle-buck** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 3:18 am

Many thanks, Ken! I appreciate your advice and will follow it.