I need some help on getting quality DV onto VCD or DVD.
I recently upgraded both my computer system and video camera to allow easier editing.
The computer is a 3GHz, 512MB RAM, XP home with DVD burner
The camera is a Sony TVR22E using DV tape.
The camera takes excellent quality video on tape. Direct playback from the DV tape to TV gives near broadcast quality pictures.
However, once transfered to the PC, edited and burnt as a VCD or DVD the picture quality sucks. The background is highly pixelated and everything seems out of focus.
All of my research on the topics leads me to believe the fault is caused by one of three alternatives:
(a) the camera - the specs say it is an effective 400,000 pixel CCD which should be good enough but is it?
(b)the connection to the computer - Sony provides a USB2 connection as standard - Firewire is available at considerable extra costs. A 30 minute capture only creates a file less than 500MB - I was expecting at least 5GB
(c) capture and editing software. I've got similiar poor results with XP's built in movie maker and Sony's supplied Image mixer. Video quality is independant of the file size burnt.
Anyone out there know enough to point me in the right direction.
I recently upgraded both my computer system and video camera to allow easier editing.
The computer is a 3GHz, 512MB RAM, XP home with DVD burner
The camera is a Sony TVR22E using DV tape.
The camera takes excellent quality video on tape. Direct playback from the DV tape to TV gives near broadcast quality pictures.
However, once transfered to the PC, edited and burnt as a VCD or DVD the picture quality sucks. The background is highly pixelated and everything seems out of focus.
All of my research on the topics leads me to believe the fault is caused by one of three alternatives:
(a) the camera - the specs say it is an effective 400,000 pixel CCD which should be good enough but is it?
(b)the connection to the computer - Sony provides a USB2 connection as standard - Firewire is available at considerable extra costs. A 30 minute capture only creates a file less than 500MB - I was expecting at least 5GB
(c) capture and editing software. I've got similiar poor results with XP's built in movie maker and Sony's supplied Image mixer. Video quality is independant of the file size burnt.
Anyone out there know enough to point me in the right direction.
