Vlad G Pohnert wrote:Yep, the world is a big place and the word "Quality" can mean so much in so many different places. I think in gemeral, I have to somewhat agree that I just can't understand why you need a uncompressed editing card if it's for a hobby like AMVs or for small consumer stuff..
Now in terms of broadcast quality, that's a whole can of worms and I guess it also depends where and for who your working for. I know of a few in places like South America who use pro-consumer cards to make television commercials.
My point is, as I think was pointed out, get what you need and what works for you and don't get so tied down in this codex, compression mumbo jumbo!
Vlad
Nightowl wrote:Oh, I would like to say that I would hate it if my room was like Lain's! I mean, it's so dirty... the heads on my VCRs would be all messed up!Imagine the dust! IMAGINE THE DUST!!! I'm very proud of my clean, dust free computers. Well, the old PC wasn't exactly dust free... but it wasn't exactly well built either...
-N
Nightowl wrote:I said GOOD analog capture. That's SDI, kids. -N
Quu wrote:I took my question to a different forum.... ^_^
going
Analog->MPEG-2 is much prefered to going
Analog-DV/MJPEG->MPEG-2 no matter how good your video capture card is....
of course
Analog->Uncompressed->MPEG-2 is as good as the direct transfer... but takes longer
basically this thread was oroginally there to help you all ^_^
so screw you all hippy chicks (jk)
nah... its ok.... and... my room and house has gotten worse... I have seen NightOwl's rooms (he has two... a computer one and a bedroom)... I am worse.... and I have seen pictures of Vlad's editing room... I am worse...
Quu wrote:my question was asked becasue since all i was doing is archiving other people's videos... ie not editing them my self... i was trying to avoid recompressing as much as possible...
going
Analog->MPEG-2 is much prefered to going
Analog-DV/MJPEG->MPEG-2 no matter how good your video capture card is....
of course
Analog->Uncompressed->MPEG-2 is as good as the direct transfer... but takes longer
Kai Stromler wrote:There is one system that I know of that does this, but it's got some drawbacks.
Despite Nightowl's comments about newer consumer-DV companies, I've been quite satisfied with my Dazzle DVC II-based setup, which is all I've really ever used for editing. It's definitely not pro-level, but it's decent, and for archiving it's probably your best bet. The card captures directly into MPEG2 from composite or S-video at a variety of bitrates, and I don't think I've seen even so much as a single dropped frame, despite my somewhat antiquated motherboard and ever increasing standard bitrates (8000 Kbps now standard).
--K
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