If U capture via firewire and intended too place on DVD U should encode MPEG2
not avi (or alternatively burn straight too DBD from Video SOftware if
capability there), before a burn to disk as means that during transcoding the
avi gets recompressed to MPEG2..So overall video quality degrades because of
2 stages of encoding..

"srid" wrote:

> i saved the movie as ntsc/dv-avi format. it is better than before. thanks for
> the info.
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
> > Once you've captured the movie via firewire in DV-AVI format, ensure you
> > save it in DV-AVI format. Then use Nero to burn that DV-AVI file to the
> > DVD.
> > --
> > Cari (MS-MVP)
> > Printing & Imaging
> >
> >
> >
> > "srid" <srid@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > newsE3515B5-8EA1-4D19-9E5D-32FF0BE54164@microsoft.com...
> > >i captured a party using sony handyman dcr-hc20 camcorder . then used
> > >windows
> > > movie maker 2 edit the movie, i burnt the video to a dvd using dvd -ram
> > > burner(windvd/nero). when i play the movie in dvd player the video is
> > > fuzzy/not sharp. however when i play the original digital video using the
> > > camcorder on my tv(a/v connection).the video quality
> > > is veryvery good.
> > >
> > > 1)how can i improve the dvd/video quality?
> > > 2)should i reduce my laptop screen resolution before i make the
> > > movie/capture the movie to my laptop?
> > > Note:captured the video using a firewire cable in dv-avi format. made the
> > > movie in ntsc(higher resolution--720x480)/recomended(1 option). my video
> > > card
> > > is ati with 128 memory. my laptop screen resolution is 1440x990.
> > >
> >
> >
> >