Any other option besides Microsoft DV codec for DV capture?

[average joe]

Many people have asked, and it does not seem to have clear answers, so...

1. To capture...I use Adobe Premiere, why does it use a Microsoft DV codec to compress? Isn't an AVI supposed to be uncompressed? Does that mean the AVI I capture already has compression even before converting to DVD? Is there something else as another capture plug-in for Adobe or is there another suggested Freeware that will result in less 'loss-less' AVI?

2. There have been suggestions on here to capture to DV camera from analog (I use the Hollywood DV Bridge, my JVS will not do it on the fly) and THEN playback and capture the new DV into the computer...is it true that you may get better results going from the analog into the DV camera instead of directly into the computer from the FireWire Hollywood DV Bridge or similar capture device like ATI?

3. Any GOOD Vegas Video forums out there? It loads so much faster than Adobe?

[VCD GURU]

Yeah i want to know the same thing!

Every dv files i "copy" from camera to my computer ends up with the microsoft DV codec.

Can this be changed to eks : canopus DV codec or any other codec?

Thanks for replies

[BJ_M]

Vegas Video Forums

http://www.creativecow.net/index.php?forumid=24

http://www.dmnforums.com/cgi-bin/disp.fcgi?dire=4&prog=displaywwugindex.fcgi&endday=14...-foundry_vegas

[geek rock]

1. To capture...I use Adobe Premiere, why does it use a Microsoft DV codec to compress? Isn't an AVI supposed to be uncompressed? Does that mean the AVI I capture already has compression even before converting to DVD? Is there something else as another capture plug-in for Adobe or is there another suggested Freeware that will result in less 'loss-less' AVI?

i think you're confused somewhere along the line.

DV is DV is DV. obviously different hardware has its own unique programming and "codec" if you will. but they all output the same thing - a DV stream, which is exactly the same as the stream from another camera or dv bridge. (from a technical point of view - different devices can give better picture quality than others).

"avi" does not mean a certain file type. you can have an avi of DV footage, an avi of divx, an avi of any other format. it's just the "header" file, if you will, of whatever video stream you have, and whatever audio stream you have, in the same file (avi stands for audio video interleave).