New to this

Jan · Post by **Jan** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:21 pm

Hi all,

I am new to this Video Editing and suppose i'll here asking stupid questions, but please bare with me.

When working on my project I change all my resolution settings to make the the best my comp has, however my wotk is very pixelated is this the norm? Will it rectify when burning to DVD? Also if i burn to CD and copy to DVD on another comp (as i don't have DVDRW yet!) will this cause problems.

Thank you in adcance for helpful responses.

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 9:08 pm

Don't change the resolution to match you computer's display!

First of all, scaling up the source video will require UVS to extrapolate the extra pixels, which more often than not looks bad.

Second, when you create a DVD, UVS will have to throw away pixels again to make the video conform to the DVD standard.

Where does the source video come from (analog/digital camcorder, video capture card etc.), and what format are you outputting to?

Jan · Post by **Jan** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 5:28 pm

Source is digital 8 camcorder.

jchunter · Post by **jchunter** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 6:34 pm

Jan,
Be sure to follow the procedure recommended in the top (sticky) post. This will help you avoid bugs and other pitfalls in Video Studio.
John

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:21 pm

Jan wrote:Source is digital 8 camcorder.

In that case the video would already be of the correct size (720x480 / 720x576 for NTSC / PAL, respectively) for a Full D1 resolution DVD -- just leave the video alone.

When you play back the DVD on your computer and tell the DVD player application to display the video full-screen, it will resize it as needed (possibly using special DVD playback support in the video card if it's available). When you play the DVD on a TV, no resizing is necessary, and it would look better than the full-screen playback on your PC.

Jan · Post by **Jan** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 1:39 pm

Thanx. I think the problem is pixel related, my camcorder is producing 720/480, and the maximum i can get in UVS 9 is 320/??? how would I be able to get the correct pixel effect. I have worked out everything else and am very impressed just very disapointed by picture quality.

Also

The manual mentions a IEEE-1394. I have gone into device manager and cannot find this, so presume i don't have it. Would this be the difference although my can and UVS work without it.

Jan · Post by **Jan** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 1:39 pm

Thanx. I think the problem is pixel related, my camcorder is producing 720/480, and the maximum i can get in UVS 9 is 320/??? how would I be able to get the correct pixel effect. I have worked out everything else and am very impressed just very disapointed by picture quality.

Also

The manual mentions a IEEE-1394. I have gone into device manager and cannot find this, so presume i don't have it. Would this be the difference although my can and UVS work without it.

joosuna · Post by **joosuna** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 1:52 pm

Jan, does your camcorder have a fire wire IE 1394 port ?. If it does..
you probably should activate the EE 1394 controller in your computer, so you can use it to down load from your camcorder.

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 3:46 pm

If the camcorder is connected using a USB cable, you are probably limited to 320x200, and cannot perform bi-directional transfer or use device control. You'll need to connect the camcorder using a Firewire cable to transfer at the full DV resolution and use the other features.

Jan · Post by **Jan** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 4:08 pm

My camcorder is connected via USB 1.1. So if I purchase a EE1394 port and cable it will allow me the correct resolution so not to lose quality?

BrianCee · Post by **BrianCee** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 4:57 pm

Yes it will

joosuna · Post by **joosuna** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 6:01 pm

Jan, ( because you are new at this ) ... one more thing about the soon to be purchased expensive firewire cable IE 1394......check the size of your camcorder firewire port...it will probably be a 4 pin sized port, then check your computer firewire port..it will probably be a 6 pin sized port. If this is the case, purchase a firewire cable with 4 pin at one end and 6 pin at the other end. Usually the gold plated firewire pins cost more than the non-gold plated pin terminals. The gold plated pins are better conductors.

Jan · Post by **Jan** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:02 pm

Thankx for all the advice so far. I now have the problem that, I now have a 1394 port and cable and all fits and works, my computer recognises the camcorder via this madium. however cannot find driver. I have treid the disk supplied with both 1394 port and camcorder and also camcorder site, but no joy.

My camcorder is a Sony DCR-TRV265E. If anybody could help it would be appreciated.

keenart · Post by **keenart** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:40 pm

Did you use the Control Panel Install Scanner and Camera Install Wizard? If not, you might try this feature, as sometime WIN XP may fijnd the Cam but not the drivers unless this feature is used.

When asked to install the Cam, Click on the Have Disk and insert you Cam Software Disk, which should contain the Drivers. You may have to search for the Drivers on the Disc, and you may have to choose the correct Cam from a list supplied from the manufacturer. This should install the Cam drivers. You may also have to reboot before the Cam Drivers are effective.

If the above does not work you should get Tech Support from Sony to help install the correct drivers.

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:43 pm

If that is a OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface) compatible 1394 controller (as are virtually all Firewire cards these days), you don't need another driver.

Plugging in the camcorder and turning it on should result in you hearing the Windows Plug-and-Play device recognition sound, and possibly a balloon help message by the System Tray about a new DV device.

In UVS, make sure you select the DirectShow capture plugin, and select DV and the camcorder as the source. You can also try the DV-To-DVD Wizard if you have UVS 9, I think it will automatically look for a DV device and capture from it. But, eventually you'll probably bypass the Wizard, since it isn't very flexible in what you can do.