firewire losing quality in transfer...temporary glitch?

[strwbrysunshine]

Hi, everyone!

I'm stwbrysunshine and I'm new here and I've got a question: I've been making short films with USB, editing in Windows MovieMaker. I just converted to Firewire (yay) and everything's been going great until I started working on a new project, which is roughly an hour in length, unedited. The problem is, as I drag and drop each file into the storyboard window, each file becomes grainy and the sound quality sounds tinny and metallic. Is this something that will fix itself when I burn the project to DVD, or am I doing something wrong? Or should I just get a better program? Or recapture everything again? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!


Cheerfully,

strwbrysunshine

[guns1inger]

If you mean in the preview window then, yes, things should look better when rendered. Simple test - render a couple of minutes to DV avi and see what it looks like.

[thecoalman]

As long as your capture settings are set to DV-AVI it's an exact duplicate of what is on the cam.

[strwbrysunshine]

ahhh, sweet.

i know i should test it...but how's this for fun: apparently my burner only came with a trial burning period and the actual pack is an extra 70 i don't have right now. (lame! a burner that doesn't really burn!)


thanks for putting my mind at ease! you guys rock!

[thecoalman]

As far as the captured file goes you can use g-spot to determine what it is. Hard to screw it up with Movie Maker though cause you only have the choice of DV-AVI or WMV. You can also look at the file size, should be 13-14 gigs per hour. there's other software for trnasferring from the cam, WinDV is quite popular.

apparently my burner only came with a trial burning period and the actual pack is an extra 70 i don't have right now. (lame! a burner that doesn't really burn!)

Trial for what? I have yet to see a burner that didn't come with basic versions of burning software. Either Roxio or Nero usaully.

[aedipuss]

just a guess, but it's probably the mpeg encoder that was a demo not the burning software itself. there are a few few encoders listed in the tools section. as for burning software you can't get much better than imgburn which is also available as freeware. may take a little time to learn but worth it.

if you need a free, easy to use encoder there is an old version of convertXtoDVD still listed.
http://download.videohelp.com/download/vsoDivxToDVD_setup_0.52.99.exe

may work for you.

[Rudyard]

just a guess, but it's probably the mpeg encoder that was a demo not the burning software itself. there are a few few encoders listed in the tools section. as for burning software you can't get much better than imgburn which is also available as freeware. may take a little time to learn but worth it.

if you need a free, easy to use encoder there is an old version of convertXtoDVD still listed.
http://download.videohelp.com/download/vsoDivxToDVD_setup_0.52.99.exe

may work for you.

I just used that link and the program worked as expected except is there any way to adjust the bitrate? It created a DVD of only 2.2gb of a 2hr avi?