I'm the editor of a new video gaming site (http://www.gcomplex.com - blatant plug) and I'm trying to get a better quality image on our screen captures from video games.
I figured out that using the DV settings gives a better image than the DVD settings, but I'm running into issues with DV, namely I can't get it to capture a 16:9 image (it's all 4:3 even though the main VideoStudio menu is set for 16:9.)
I also can't seem to get it to capture anything that's above 480i. 480p, 720p and 1080i images all show a weird scrambled double image. Almost all Xbox games support 480p and there are a growing number of Playstation 2 games that support higher resolutions as well.
I'm running an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor, 1 GB of RAM and an Pyro A/V link video capture device with component inputs and a firewire connection to the PC. VideoStudio 9 (as with 7 before it) fails to recognize the capture device and simply lists it as "unknown")
Here's the device I'm using:
http://www.adstech.com/products/API-555 ... id=API-555
Any advice?
Capturing high-def signals?
Moderator: Ken Berry
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GeorgeK
16:9
Hi,
All the best with what your doing.
I have used the 16:9 function on my JVC DVL820 DV Camera with no issues to create 16:9 DVDs using UVS9.
Or to capture widescreen still shots from them 16:9 footage when displayed in Ulead.
But please note that the DV AVI files are always 4x3 as this is what DV format truely is. The 16x9 ratio is achieved by "streatching" pixcels to give a 16:9 look as when the footage is recorded in its 4x3 (ie for PAL 720x576) frame, the image coming in via the lens is electronically "squeased' from a 16x9 apsect ratio to fit the 4x3. (not an elegant description, but I hope this helps).
Even when encoded to the DVD, I believe that the MPEG2 file is still 4x3 but carries instructions to the DVD player to streatch the image to 16:9.
I have not yet proved or tested it, but I believe that if you render the 16x9 DV footage to a WMV file, that the data in this file may actually be stored in a 16x9 ratio and that the rendering process has converted the footage from 4x3 to true 16x9 (ie change the horizontal pixel count).
I hope others can verify if this is correct or not.
If your having difficulty getting the DV data from tape to display as 16x9 DV in ulead, then I suggest that either the setting are not correct, or that the camera your using is not true 16:9 but is just putting blank strips on top and bottom of the 4x3 dv video.
I hope this helps you.
George.
All the best with what your doing.
I have used the 16:9 function on my JVC DVL820 DV Camera with no issues to create 16:9 DVDs using UVS9.
Or to capture widescreen still shots from them 16:9 footage when displayed in Ulead.
But please note that the DV AVI files are always 4x3 as this is what DV format truely is. The 16x9 ratio is achieved by "streatching" pixcels to give a 16:9 look as when the footage is recorded in its 4x3 (ie for PAL 720x576) frame, the image coming in via the lens is electronically "squeased' from a 16x9 apsect ratio to fit the 4x3. (not an elegant description, but I hope this helps).
Even when encoded to the DVD, I believe that the MPEG2 file is still 4x3 but carries instructions to the DVD player to streatch the image to 16:9.
I have not yet proved or tested it, but I believe that if you render the 16x9 DV footage to a WMV file, that the data in this file may actually be stored in a 16x9 ratio and that the rendering process has converted the footage from 4x3 to true 16x9 (ie change the horizontal pixel count).
I hope others can verify if this is correct or not.
If your having difficulty getting the DV data from tape to display as 16x9 DV in ulead, then I suggest that either the setting are not correct, or that the camera your using is not true 16:9 but is just putting blank strips on top and bottom of the 4x3 dv video.
I hope this helps you.
George.