#MIRO DC1 & ADOBE PREMIRE
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I just read the message from Ron Russell 4\22. I also am using Miro DC1 and
Premire 4.0. I was expecting better quality digitized video output than I am
acheiving.
Any advice on optimal settings would really be helpful. I am running a DX2/66
VLB with 20meg 70n ram, Miro DC1 card, 2meg #9GXE64 video card, sIDE-4/vl
controller card and 2 13m sec 540 meg drives. The 2nd drive is only for capture
and virtual memory.
I have tried as many combinations as I can think of to produce full motion (pro
quality) video to Hi8, but either I get poor frame rate (stepped playback) or
dropped frames. Also, no combination produces video without pixel distortion at
high contrast change areas.
HEELLPP!!
My goal is to edit Hi8 video for movie production and a special effects demo
reel.
Thanks,
Mitch
Mitch,
While others here may give you some tips/tricks for getting better
quality out of the Miro DC1, I thought that I might point out that at
its very best the DC1 and other boards that capture at 320x240ish or
so with high compression algorithms will give you a much lower
quality upon output than your input quality. The sampling rate
alone, 320×240 is less than a quarter of what other "pro" boards do,
and with compression ratios of over 10-1 there is bound to be a
significant loss in detail.
-John
Thank you John for your reply and the information provided.
Had I known that all of the consumer capture cards are able to provide quality
non-linear editing but without professional quality output, I would not have
purchased the equipment to become a video editor.
After becoming disabled in January, I decided to use my previously
obtained video skills to make some side money at home while recuperating. I
researched the components for the project, figured in my budget and went out to
purchase the final list using the money recieved from selling my business.
The TR 700 camera and Sony Svhs Vcr are of the quality I need, but the
Miro DC1 system is the weak point in my system. In asking questions at the
local computer stores, I was steered to the DC1 as the best example of the
products available at this time. The DC1 box showed all of it's features, but
unfortunatly didn't give any indication that the quality of output was not what
one would imagine from a $600 board.
I'm glad I found this forum. Now I can start to recuperate from my
purchase mistake and when I get back on my feet (money wise) in about a year,
mabye the products available by then will be of higher quality.
Thanks Again
Mitchell Wilson (Executive DeskTop Video)