Field Order A/B Upper/Lower

[Phil S]

Forgive this question but I am new to the forum. I am using VS7 and have read the Reccomended settings for Capturing Digital video via Firewire. Questions:

What is Lower Field first, my VS7 refers to Field order A or B?

What should I be editing under Project Properties drop down box MPEG or AVI files?

Where do you set the Field and Variable bitrates. I have played with these settings. Is it the General tab or the Compresion/Advanced tab?

My VS7 resets to DV whenever I select AVI files in the Capture drop down menu. Is this the same thing?

[GeorgeW]

There's a brief writeup in the online tutorials here: General Tutorials

Ulead used to refer to Lower Field First as Field-A.

[Ron P.]

Hi George You beat me to posting...

Hi Phil, welcome to the Forum

What is Lower Field first, my VS7 refers to Field order A or B?

There is a "Search" function provided on this forum. Following the Rules posted Here advises to do so before posting.

I done a search which took less time to find an answer then typing this post, and came up with the following:

1. Ulead Learning Center Referance Field Orders and More
2. One Post of a possible 337 concerning Field Order
3. Another post explaining Field Orders

What should I be editing under Project Properties dr

op down box MPEG or AVI files?

There are differing opinions on this issue, and alot has to do with how powerful a system you have, and if you are going to do alot of editing to the project/video.
It is generally an accepted recomendation to edit DV-AVI. While you certainly can edit MPEG-1 or MPEG2, or maybe even MPEG-4, they are primarily distribution formats. Loss of quality can occur when trying to edit in these formats, AND VS 9 can throw fits if your system is not up to the task..

Where do you set the Field and Variable bitrates. I have played with these settings. Is it the General tab or the Compresion/Advanced tab?

To set the Field Order you will find it on the General Tab To set the Bit Rate and VBR or CBR go to the Compression Tab

My VS7 resets to DV whenever I select AVI files in the Capture drop down menu. Is this the same thing?

Generally yes they are...
DV-AVI is Microsoft Avi, which is a compressed format, however is not compressed or lossy like the various MPEG, DivX, WMV are. There is an Uncompressed AVI format however it requires about 65 Gig of storage space per Hour. DV-AVI requires about 13 Gig per hour.

Are you capturing from a Camcorder, VCR, from the TV?
Are you capturing Anologe or Digital Video footage?
Are you wanting to create a DVD, VCD, SVCD, output back to tape, or just watch the video on your computer? Maybe Email or post on the Web?

Without knowledge of some of the above, plus info on your system, it's difficult to provide accurate answers.

Hope the above helps you to get started on your project(s)..

_______

Ron

[Phil S]

Thanks for the replies.

I am using a Sony TRV33 Mini DV camcorder connected with a ilink/firewire cable into a Athlon XP 3200+ (2.2Ghz) with 1Gb mem and 125 Gb of free disc space.

The dropdown box changes back to DV if I select AVI and I wasn't sure whether this is normal.

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi Phil

When capturing via Firewire to Dv the format will revert to DV this is normal.

Capturing DV-Avi requires no re-coding, what you have on your cam-corder is what you get on the pc.
The process copies your video data to the pc. Because of this you have few options to choose from.
No capture properties to select.
The only option recommended is DV-Type 1 (from the Options cogwheel)

The field order will be what your camera used and will be ‘Field A’ which is normally/always used on digital devices.

Hope this Helps

Trevor

[DiscCoasterPro]

Hi all, I have found some very very good reading (IMO) on AVI types, Editable and non editable formats. I just wish there was an easier way I knew to present them to you. There is probably a better way, but I dont know it

There is a program called Edit Studio by Puremotion If you take the time to visit this web site and go half way down on the right, download the user guide for EditStudio and take a look on pages 155-156 and page 160.

I found this to be very helpful in understanding lots of these concepts.

http://www.puremotion.com/downloads/

dcp

[Ron P.]

Hi DCP,

That's a good find, and does explain the DV-AVI, MPEG editing argument well.
I wish Ulead would learn to write manuals as well. But anyway with that information it is clear that to edit use DV-AVI, to avoid massive headaches, and hairloss, as well as putting less strain on a system...

Thanks