DV Playback?

[reubenray]

Here is a question I have not seen yet. What software do you use for the playback of a DV (recording/capture) from the hard drive? I know that most of the capture cards captures can be played back by either Zoomplayer or Windows Media Player.

Will these work with DV also?

[psychoace]

as long as you have a dv codec you can play it in any media player that will play avi files. I prefer bsplayer since you can change aspect ratio's and such if you tape something in wide screen or something.

[reubenray]

What is bsplayer?

[reubenray]

Forget about the above question, I found out all about it.

Which DV codec do you recommend and where can I get it? I would like to have everything installed and ready when I get either the ADVC100 or the DAC100.

[yg1968]

You don't need to install a codec unless you use type 2 DV avi. Windoes Media Player can play DV. Power DVD does a better job of playing DV as it de-interlaces DV upon playback (which looks better on a computer).

[reubenray]

Now isn't the Type 2 DV supposed to give the best picture quality? I do not think I can use PowerDVD. My TV is set for 1280x720 and the minimum size for Power DVD is 768.

[yg1968]

Type 2 isn't really better but some program require it. There is no harm in installing one DV codec. For example, you can install the Panasonic DV codec. I am not sure about PowerDVD but I assume that it would still work.

[MaxxFordham]

Hey, Psychoace, it's a good thing that plurals (more than one of something, such as the word "ratios") actually DON'T have apostrophes in them, isn't it?

[guns1inger]

You can only have one vfw DV codec installed at a time. Not so much an issue for DirectShow codecs

[mats.hogberg]

@ MaxxFordham:If you have nothing else to contribute than picking on grammar and spelling, please refrain from posting. Specially if the thread is 4 months old.
This is an international forum. English may not be everyone's native tounge.

/Mats

[MaxxFordham]

ESpecially if the thread is 4 months old.

@ mats.hogberg: Hmm... THAT from someone who thinks it's only 4 months old instead of actually 4 years old!

(I only bumped into it the other day, though.)


"Whatever, dude..." Not gonna hurt anything to say that to them...

[mats.hogberg]

You got me on that one! Doesn't (did I get that apostrope right?) affect my response, tho...

/Mats