Hi,
I have just captured some vid from my jvc dv camera to my pc and then burnt
it onto a dvd. The quality is not as good (grainy) as when i connected the
camera direct to my TV. Should there be any loss in quality? I thought that
digital through firewire to pc was lossless. I captured with mm2 using
dv-avi setting.
Thank you in advance

si

If you connect via firewire and capture to a DV-AVI file then the quality
should be as it is when you connect the camera to the TV. If it isn't then
there are a lot of possible reasons as to why.
How does the DV-AVI file look when viewing on your computer?
If it looks good then it is likely a problem with either the DVD Authoring
software or with the disc itself if not a problem with your home DVD player.
If it doesn't look good then it is likely a problem with either the firewire
cable or card or possibly both. Or it could be a problem with system
resources. To fix this you can try a different cable or a friends computer
to see if it is better on their computer. As far as resources go check out
this webpage by Graham on optimizing your system for video capture:
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutor...PcForVideo.htm
Hope this helps
-Wojo
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"Si" <Si@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsE7EECA2-CE3E-4AFA-AE9D-9CAEA0FA8755@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I have just captured some vid from my jvc dv camera to my pc and then
> burnt
> it onto a dvd. The quality is not as good (grainy) as when i connected
> the
> camera direct to my TV. Should there be any loss in quality? I thought
> that
> digital through firewire to pc was lossless. I captured with mm2 using
> dv-avi setting.
> Thank you in advance
>
> si

Thanks for your time wojo. Will take a look at what you have sugested.

Si

"Wojo" wrote:

> If you connect via firewire and capture to a DV-AVI file then the quality
> should be as it is when you connect the camera to the TV. If it isn't then
> there are a lot of possible reasons as to why.
> How does the DV-AVI file look when viewing on your computer?
> If it looks good then it is likely a problem with either the DVD Authoring
> software or with the disc itself if not a problem with your home DVD player.
> If it doesn't look good then it is likely a problem with either the firewire
> cable or card or possibly both. Or it could be a problem with system
> resources. To fix this you can try a different cable or a friends computer
> to see if it is better on their computer. As far as resources go check out
> this webpage by Graham on optimizing your system for video capture:
> http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutor...PcForVideo.htm
> Hope this helps
> -Wojo
> --
> Wojo's Web:
> http://www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/Wojos_web/
> Also Please visit.....
> http://www.remember-christopher.dost...m/christopher/
>
> "Si" <Si@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsE7EECA2-CE3E-4AFA-AE9D-9CAEA0FA8755@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> > I have just captured some vid from my jvc dv camera to my pc and then
> > burnt
> > it onto a dvd. The quality is not as good (grainy) as when i connected
> > the
> > camera direct to my TV. Should there be any loss in quality? I thought
> > that
> > digital through firewire to pc was lossless. I captured with mm2 using
> > dv-avi setting.
> > Thank you in advance
> >
> > si
>
>
>

Thanks for your time wojo. Will take a look at what you have sugested.

Si

"Wojo" wrote:

> If you connect via firewire and capture to a DV-AVI file then the quality
> should be as it is when you connect the camera to the TV. If it isn't then
> there are a lot of possible reasons as to why.
> How does the DV-AVI file look when viewing on your computer?
> If it looks good then it is likely a problem with either the DVD Authoring
> software or with the disc itself if not a problem with your home DVD player.
> If it doesn't look good then it is likely a problem with either the firewire
> cable or card or possibly both. Or it could be a problem with system
> resources. To fix this you can try a different cable or a friends computer
> to see if it is better on their computer. As far as resources go check out
> this webpage by Graham on optimizing your system for video capture:
> http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutor...PcForVideo.htm
> Hope this helps
> -Wojo
> --
> Wojo's Web:
> http://www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/Wojos_web/
> Also Please visit.....
> http://www.remember-christopher.dost...m/christopher/
>
> "Si" <Si@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsE7EECA2-CE3E-4AFA-AE9D-9CAEA0FA8755@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> > I have just captured some vid from my jvc dv camera to my pc and then
> > burnt
> > it onto a dvd. The quality is not as good (grainy) as when i connected
> > the
> > camera direct to my TV. Should there be any loss in quality? I thought
> > that
> > digital through firewire to pc was lossless. I captured with mm2 using
> > dv-avi setting.
> > Thank you in advance
> >
> > si
>
>
>