Unless of course he has media centre editon OS and the sonic plug in for MM.
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Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
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"Wojo" <[REMOVE]wojos_web@[REMOVE]verizon.net> wrote in message
news:JAwuf.63$Yc2.26@trnddc04...
> Yes MPEG is a higher compression/lower quality format but MPEG2 is also
> the format read by DVD players only it is converted to VOB files. But you
> couldn't have saved your video as am MPEG using Movie Maker since Movie
> Maker will only save as a DV-AVI or a WMV file there is no option for
> saving as an MPEG.
> -Wojo
>
> "Kayaker" <Kayaker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:96D9EC6F-F6AC-4E66-99E2-64205D0B4C8A@microsoft.com...
>>I was able to create a DVD when I saved the file in MPEG format...set at
>>the
>> highest resolution. The quality seems good...but I am assuming that it
>> would
>> be better if I could save with the AVI....or does it not matter? The DVD
>> I
>> created was approximately 3 minutes in length. A few skips (hiccups)
>> with
>> the audio portion...but the video portion worked.
>>
>> Am I correct in assuming the the MPEG format quality is lower than the
>> AVI?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>>
>> "Wojo" wrote:
>>
>>> You shouldn't have any performance issues with that system.
>>> It sounds like you did everything right which would tend to point
>>> towards
>>> either a problem with the camera or with the firewire cable (not the
>>> port
>>> obviously since you have tried 2 different computers) but have a look at
>>> this site in case you missed anything it details exactly how to optimize
>>> your computer to capture a good video.
>>> http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutor...PcForVideo.htm
>>> -Wojo
>>>
>>> "Kayaker" <Kayaker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:978D4DE5-8CE6-4C7A-83D6-994A6CE0286A@microsoft.com...
>>> > AMD athlon xp 2500+ 1.83 GHz - 1.00 GB of RAM
>>> > Lite-on DVDRW SOHW1673s
>>> > "Wojo" wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Well it sounds like you took the right steps so far but let me ask,
>>> >> what
>>> >> are
>>> >> your computer specs?
>>> >>
>>> >> "Kayaker" <Kayaker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> >> news
C4D9F40-F63F-4938-8595-613177295E2F@microsoft.com...
>>> >> >I am trying to create training DVD's for use in my classroom, but
>>> >> >have
>>> >> >so
>>> >> >far
>>> >> > been unsuccessful.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > When I capture video from my DV in AVI format, the resolution is
>>> >> > high,
>>> >> > but
>>> >> > the content is choppy. I have turned off the preview
>>> >> > pane....closed
>>> >> > programs
>>> >> > so that only my capture program is running....defragged my hard
>>> >> > drive....used
>>> >> > two different machines with the same result. I have also spent $93
>>> >> > on
>>> >> > Easy
>>> >> > Media Creator 8 today....and still the same results.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>