Video transfering

[Venomized281]

I've noticed that some videos look clear and others aren't. Do they transfer the videos from the tape to digital to have it clear? Or are they using an expensive memory card?

I've noticed this on mine. I recorded some races onto the memory card and the quality is so-so. Then I see these others that look as if they took off the tape and uploaded it onto the computer.:shrug:

Thanks

 

[WireEater]

Some may be digital and some could be transfered from VHS, HiFI tapes using a capture card/device.

 

[Venomized281]

Ah, okay. Well, I have a Sony Mini DV TRV22 and was wondering if I could transfer the stuff from the tape, onto the computer.

 

[WireEater]

You could by getting a video capture card. Or you can get a device called Dazzle that lets you record from your VCR, camcorder.

 

[Venomized281]

Okay, thanks. I'll check into that.

 

[xilix]

Bitrate values for the encoding process play a big part of quality also. You could have the best camcorder and capture device money can buy, but if you encode it with a low bitrate it's going to look realy crappy and the audio will sound very raspy. The higher the bitrate the better it will look and sound.. but it will also be bigger in size.

 

[TnPaulMan]

He is talking about size on the computer. ie, the same video could be 5 megs or 500 megs, the 500meg being the best looking. The more bitrate the merrier, but at a cost to harddrive space.

Paul

 

[Venomized281]

Ah, okay. I just made a video and the quality's better than my last one. It's 23 megs. which isn't too bad for a 4 min. 30 somethin' sec. movie. I'm still going to check into that Dazzle software WireEater mentioned.

Thanks again, guys.