ULEAD VS 7

[vcdnew]

I am capturing from my DV and the avi that is created as a result seems to be at a less quality, if not poor at times. Does my capture card have anything to do with this and does the amount of memory on my PC affect the capture.

I have 256 MB RAM and ATI DV Wonder card. My DV is a Panasonic digital.

Does capturing from the DV and using the option split by scenes affect the avi file?

Thanks

[joedotcom]

The problem with all Ulead video products is that they're designed to do everything, but as a result do everything poorly. This doesnt solve your VS7 problem, but try using Virtualdub for your captures. It has a steeper learning curve but its really worth the effort, as you have total control over the final output. I was a Ulead user but now I've learned virtualdub I'll never go back!

JDC

[donpedro]

Capturing from DV camcorder through firewire is not realy capturing but more like file copying.

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=155686&highlight=

You can have problems when hardware can't catch up with data stream.

[Specialist]

Capture of DV material involves copying digital information.

I have VideoStudio 7 and I'm getting perfect DV captures.

I'm not certain what could be causing your captured video to degrade.

Have you looked into your hard drive performance?

Jerry Jones
http://www.jonesgroup.net

[nerdboy69]

Specialist is correct in that DV loading to your PC via firewire is a digital copy and it should not matter what software you use. Hell, you could use the Microsoft crappy thingee if you want and the end result should look no different - it is a digital copy, not a analogue capture.

Are you getting dropped frames during transfer? This won't reduce quality so much as introduce gaps/stuttering/sync problems.

What I really think your problem is (and you won't like my answer) is that your source is not as good as you think it is. Why do you believe it should be better?

If it is because it looks good on the DV cams LCD (please don't tell me this is why) or looks better when you play through your TV, it is probably because your TV is converting to a analogue signal and is smoothing/softening some of the jaggies as a analogue conversion is likely to do.