#RE: Premier 4.0 & Compre
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Richard,
Yes, I can capture video and audio from a VCR and record both on a VCR.
How good is the output quality?
Not very! Probably 4th generation quality, but it's been years since I've
copied a tape that many times over.
Actually, I'm disappointed and am considering the current investment as a
training exercise in editing techniques.
FAST's Movie Machine Pro w M-JPEG is $995.00 from Selectra 1 800/248-3278
AllMedia has a set of products based upon the same chipset as FAST's stuff. I
don't know their pricing.
Bill Metzger
Bill,
Thanks. I'm beginning to have the feeling that waiting six months to a year on
this would probably be a wise idea. I got the first Video Blaster a year or so
ago and it didn't do much, now the Intel SVRPro more or less does a decent job,
so I guess I'll stick with that – I can make 4th generation video copies easily
enough with two vcrs!
The problem is of course that Premier 4 offers amazing control and it sure
would be nice to output it to something grander than 1/4 screen avi's.
Recompression is definitely a problem though. I edited a master avi and made a
cd-r that included the final master plus the individual source avi segments.
Played fine on a P90 and on a 486/33, but when I sent it off to a friend with a
486/25 he couldn't get the master to play, just the source segments. I'm sure
it was partly my fault, no knowing what I was doing, but obviously this doesn't
create any great feeling of security…
Richard