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#MiroDctv1

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#2006From: Arnold L. FinkelsteJan 14, 1995 10:32 PM
Hi I recently purchased DC1 TV board. I have Pentium 66-Micropolis, 1.75 GIG AV, Fast SCSI 2 Controller and 32MEG of RAM. My capture, with a SONY Hi8 Handycam and S video, is very good at data rate of 700KB/sec. My export to video is not good and my transfer to video tape of my saved movie is not the same quality as my capture. I can't seem to get Print to Video quality when I save movie using AVI compression. It is somewhat jerky and appears to be missing frames when it plays back (although all 30/sec are in saved file). When I export to video the jerkyness goes out to the tape. Can you help me with how you have been doing both or point me to someone who can help?: a) Print to Video b) Transfer to video tape. Please advise on the various settings and techniques you use for each. I would really appreciate your help. Thanks Arnie Finkelstein
#2013From: john dolanJan 14, 1995 11:44 PM
Arnold, a) Print to Video- First off the video you see on the tv monitor at capture is not the quality of capture, only the loopthrough, if that was the quality of the board they would charge alot more than they do. after capture in video studio or pemiere play back the movie right away to see your captured quality. When you capture, what are your settings? for best results capture at minimun compression, never force recompression, what's your audio frequency set at? If you are capturing 44khz,16bit stereo you will really slow things down. I have found 16bit 22khz mono is great. I don't work for miro or ulead I'm just speaking from what , I think, I know. b) Transfer to video tape.- It's always going to be pixilated and a little jerky, hell, it was only 500 bucks! For the price, you have the best. Until they come out with a miro PCI, we'll have to wait. One thing I have come across is that I have to move the audio track exactly 3 frames before the actual video for the audio to sync. I also do not set a data rate and it works for me.Hope this helps, I'm still thinking of other possibilities. John