I have just purchased video studio 9. I have a panasonic nv gs17 camcorder, and have capture about 5 mins of indoor footage using firewire at a resolution of 720x576 and 25fps (pal). I am capturing using DV avi.
The problem i have is that the captured film looks good with good sharp clarity. However when i begin to edit it and then preview it, the quality is no way as good. Its still watchable but less than video quality. Also, i am getting a lot of jagged edges on object outlines, especially on bright surface, such as white shirts.
I am yet to buy a dvd burner so i have rendered it as mpeg2 and saved it on to the desktop as a test, and when viewing it using windows media player, it still is no way as good and clear as when viewing the camcorder footage on the TV.
Is this normal, and will the quality increase once it is burnt to DVD and watched on TV.
Also, if i were to buy a dual layer dvd burner, would i be able to burn a 2 hour film on to the dvd rather than a one hour film with a bog stadandrd dvd burner.
i'd appreciate any help/reassurance. :?
Am i doing something wrong ??? also Dual layer question.
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pete1336
I wouldn't worry too much about the preview quality you get, when you burn it to dvd and watch it on the tv the quality will be better.
When you buy a dvd writer even an ordinary one, you'll be able to get 2 hours of footage onto a standard 4.7gb dvd but you'll have to lower the quality settings. The trick there may be to buy a dvd writer able to write to dual layer disks. These have twice the capacity of ordinary disks and the more space you have the higher your quality settings can be.
Pioneer drives are good, if you're in the market for one, consider this Pioneer DVR-110DBK 16 x 16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM. You can find it here http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ ... rives.html
When you buy a dvd writer even an ordinary one, you'll be able to get 2 hours of footage onto a standard 4.7gb dvd but you'll have to lower the quality settings. The trick there may be to buy a dvd writer able to write to dual layer disks. These have twice the capacity of ordinary disks and the more space you have the higher your quality settings can be.
Pioneer drives are good, if you're in the market for one, consider this Pioneer DVR-110DBK 16 x 16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM. You can find it here http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ ... rives.html
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After completing your editing, create a video file on your hard drive and then view it with whatever software you normally use to watch your MPG's
(I use Power DVD or you can use the Windows Media Player that comes with XP)
If your video still suffers from "Jagged edges" - especialy during movement, you may have renderd it with the "Field Order" the wrong way round. If its only a 5 minute clip simply create another copy using a different name, but with the field order the other way round and then compare the results.
Stuff from a camcorder via a firewire is normally lower field first.
Stuff from a TV card is normally upper field first
(Though this rule can be different dependant upon YOUR hardware)
(I use Power DVD or you can use the Windows Media Player that comes with XP)
If your video still suffers from "Jagged edges" - especialy during movement, you may have renderd it with the "Field Order" the wrong way round. If its only a 5 minute clip simply create another copy using a different name, but with the field order the other way round and then compare the results.
Stuff from a camcorder via a firewire is normally lower field first.
Stuff from a TV card is normally upper field first
(Though this rule can be different dependant upon YOUR hardware)
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THoff
UVS 9 adds a new high-quality Preview on the Share tab that allows you to view your project with all effects / filters / titles applied, and without resizing. It's essentially the same as using Share -> Create Video File and viewing the resulting file using an external program like Windows Media Player.