DVD Quality

Post by **Ken Berry** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:27 am

1) It must be on, and in PLAY mode.

2) Yes -- simply change the capture format to mpeg-2. But I would advise against it. The workflow I suggested above is more likely to produce better results.

3). Yes.

bkersh1 · Post by **bkersh1** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 2:19 am

Im hoping you might be able to tell me what im doing wrong.
I've got my VCR on. I've got 3 av plugs coming from the (VCR - Out_ and going into the camcorder. I've got my camcorder going into the computer via firewire. I start the VCR and hit play, I turn on the (empty - no tape) camcorder and hit play.

When i try to capture the video via VS11 or MS movie maker it doesn't work????

Any suggestions?

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 2:35 am

Your camcorder may not have "pass thru" capability. What I was saying was doing two separate steps:

1. Connect the VCR to your cam as you have, play the VCR and record it to your cam.

2. Then you connect the cam to the pc and make the transfer.

bkersh1 · Post by **bkersh1** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:03 am

thanks. Is it possible that my camcorder does not have the capability to record from my VCR? Because I cant get it to that either?

bkersh1 · Post by **bkersh1** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:30 am

I have one last question. I am going to use a usb capture device from vcr to computer. When i open VS and go to capture, the options are: AVI, MPEG,VCD,SVCD & DVD. For best quality which should i use?

Thanks

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:08 am

Is it possible that my camcorder does not have the capability to record from my VCR?

No, I just checked online and your JVC has DV In. Check your manual for instructions.

I am going to use a usb capture device from vcr to computer. When i open VS and go to capture, the options are: AVI, MPEG,VCD,SVCD & DVD. For best quality which should i use?

If you are going this route and you can capture AVI I would do so. Keep in mind that if that is uncompressed AVI then you are talking huge files - 65GB/hr. If it is DV-AVI then that is about 13GB/hr.

bkersh1 · Post by **bkersh1** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 1:32 pm

What am i missing here? You're telling me to connect the VCR to the Camcorder and record the VHS tape to the Camcorder. i realize the jvc has a DV in but how does that connect to the VCR? The only way i know to connect the two are using the red-yell-white AV cable.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 2:18 pm

Most cams come with their own DV cable, so you can plug your cam straight into your TV. In fact, I don't know of ones that don't. It usually will have one mini plug that goes into the cam, then on the other end will be the yellow, red & white that goes into the TV, VCR, etc.

Check the Provided Accessories. DV cable is a Yes.

bkersh1 · Post by **bkersh1** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:12 pm

I found out that one of the 2 camcorders can be used as a pass through. I hook it up and start the capture in VS11. It looks as though its working and 15 seconds in it stops, with a message that says the capture failed, the file created is corrupted and unusable and will automatically be deleted. ????

Any suggestions?

Post by **Ken Berry** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:23 pm

Does it do that when you use WinDV or Windows Movie Maker to capture?

bkersh1 · Post by **bkersh1** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:39 pm

interesting you should ask. Windows movie maker does work. I tried it for a couple of minutes and besides the HUGE file it makes when i played it back on the computer the quality was terrible! my original WMV file looked so much better. Is there a reason for this?

bkersh1 · Post by **bkersh1** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 2:57 pm

Ken if youre out there, i am trying WinDv as you suggested and i had a question. in teh configuration box there is a max avi size (frames) box. the default is 22500. Should this remain the same? There is also an option for Every N-th frame??? Any advice?

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:56 pm

That avi maximum size represents 15 minutes with PAL and 12.5 minutes with NTSC. Since WinDV captures by splitting by scene, it would be unusual that any one captured file would exceed those limits. But if you think you have one very long video on your camera where there is no change of scene, then simply increase the default upwards.

As for the Nth frame setting, I personally have never touched it.

In other words, on both points, my advice would be just to accept the defaults and let 'er rip, so to speak!