First of all, awesome video....glad I got to see it, even though I missed it in
person. (I just broke out my Helmet CD a couple of days before seeing
this video ...I hadn't heard "Unsung" for years...then WHAM...it's in this
video...what a coincidence).
romack991 said:
well its miniDV and not dvd so not quite as high quality and different method but the link did help as i found an article i was looking for.
romack991 said:
what do you use to import the vid on? i have a sony handycam minidv and it looks good on tv but quality really sucks and image gets small when i import it (even before it goes to movie maker). im just using the usb data uploader and driver that came with it.
Romack991, MiniDV is actually HIGHER quality video than DVD,
because it doesn't compress the video as it is being recorded.
When you capture MiniDV, it comes off the camera to the computer
raw and uncompressed.
The crappy resolution you are seeing is because you are using the USB
interface on your camcorder. Many cameras out there have both Firewire
and USB interfaces....the firewire is for capturing high-resolution video,
and the USB is usually for capturing still images or "web-cam" quality video.
This is not ALWAYS the case, but it's quite common. From what you
are describing, I'm sure that is the case with your camcorder.
I'm willing to bet you have a firewire interface on your Sony (it might be
called IEEE1394 in your manual, or iLink since you have a Sony). THAT is
what you want to use to capture video.
You can pick up a 3 port $25.00 firewire card for your computer at your
local Wal-Mart if you don't have firewire interfaces on your computer
already, or mail order one for $10.00-$15.00 at newegg.com.
You will be very pleased with what you can capture from your MiniDV
camcorder through the firewire interface.