video editing ??

[bagofcandies]

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hi , any wiz that can help me out? ive tried capturing my video to my pc from my handycam through usb streaming , so i can convert it to vcd format then transfer cd. i have used several softwares like ,ulead ,videowave 7 , video edit magic , open capture video & fox video studeo....... the quality of the video after transfering doesnt seem to be so clear ,pixilated even though the original mini dv is super clear ! any suggestions out there?? or do i need a FIRE-WIRE? has anyone tried using a FIREWIRE? is it better & clearer?

my sony handycam came with an installer cd ,sony picture package ,,,which i tried ,transferring my video for burning with superb quality through usb streming BUT it would only capture 5 minutes length!! suggestion really appreciated .

help pls!

[Nezumix22]

Firewire only makes the transfers faster, but in some camcorder models they don't support transfer of raw DV files through USB and I haven't found software that could capture DV AVI through USB. I don't know with your model but here's a rundown, a transfer from a 60 min. tape will consume as much as 15 to 20 GB that is the raw file, that is probably the highest quality u can get but in order to save space and view your file in another format preferably DVD then you need to convert it to MPEG-2. The raw file is in .AVI. I suggest using DVApp or WinDV for capturing then convert the format to a usable format. One caveat these capture software require firewire. Mao na I said na few camcorders and softwares have a feature na USB video capture. U can use Sonic MyDVD but somehow there is loss in quality and you need a powerful PC but it does the process in one shot, capture and convert. and requires Firewire..

For the average user,for conversion of raw file to MPEG or DVD format you may need TMPGENc, after all this is still free. Or if you want faster performance and better vid quality, you need Canopus PRoCoder.

Ok, so its pretty confusing but it works. SO I suggest, if you want high quality vids then get a firewire port, then capture the vids in high quality takes about 15G of space and hours then convert to DVD format or other format.

[darkdruid]

that's FIREWIRE card plus firewire cable... try cdrking now a days..