A canopus or a new dv cam ?

[TomSem]

A canopus or a new dv cam ?

I ve captured a 30 min footage from my Hi8 and it looks crappy to me.
The Hi8 looks very good on tv but the avi cap has horizontal lines everywhere !!
I must say i've a very old Miro tv tuner cap card !! ( 8 years old)

Here is my procedure
- capture with Vdub and tried several codecs and i have no frame drops
- i ve tried pic video , huffy and mpeg4
- but the result always end in a very zigzag avi no matter the settings i try
- i use ulead video studio to create vcd and dvd

So my question is, do i go for the canopus and keep my Hi8 cam or should i buy a new dv cam ?

[thecoalman]

The horizontal lines are normal, it's called interlacing. It's how TV video looks on a computer monitor. If you use a a player like powerDVD it will compenste for the interlacing producing a better playback, regardless once burned to DVD and played on a TV they will not be visible. You can deinterlace for playback on a monitor but leave it interlaced if your intended target is a TV.

Having said that considering the advances in capture card tech I'd suggest it would be good idea getting a new one if you want better capture quality. As for picking between canopus or DV cam I guess that's really your preference, the quality is going to be about the same.

[TomSem]

But the zigzag problem is still there when i burn on vcd or dvd and watched on tv.
I think think the problem is in the capturing because
the avi itself has horizontal lines when i watch with powerdvd or mpclassic.

Where is my problem ?

[thecoalman]

Lines such as you see here on the singers hand are normal:



Where ever there is movement you'll see them. If this is how they appear you could possibly be picking the wrong field order. Try using upper or top when given a choice. If you had a screenshot it would be easier to decipher what the problem is if what your seeing is different than this picture. Use Power DVD's screenshot feature and post it.

[TomSem]

sorry for late response

My caps indeed are interlaced
It looks pretty the same as your life concert
The problem is it get worse when i do avi-> vcd (tmpeg)
I think vcd can't handle interlace or maybe fields are wrong in tmpeg.
I'll try dvd when i have more time
Problem is my ulead ran out of trial

[edDV]

VCD is too small a raster (352 x 240) for interlace. The raster must be sized down and deinterlaced in the process.

Are the pictures OK at full size?
Post some sample stills of your cap.