I'm trying to capture video to an avi file from a digital video camera. Does anyone have a suggestion for a codec that provides
minimal compression with sharp images? Uncompressed won't work, because the filesize is too large, but 10-15 gigabytes for an
hour of video wouldn't be unreasonable. I've tried divx and MS MPEG-4, but they seem to have some trouble with blurring around
the edges. The capture is done on a 3ghz P4, and so far I have not run into a codec that overwhelms the processor during the
capture. Thanks.

"Donald Thompson" wrote in message
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I'm trying to capture video to an avi file from a digital video camera.
Does anyone have a suggestion for a codec that provides
minimal compression with sharp images? Uncompressed won't work, because
the filesize is too large, but 10-15 gigabytes for an
hour of video wouldn't be unreasonable. I've tried divx and MS MPEG-4, but
they seem to have some trouble with blurring around
the edges. The capture is done on a 3ghz P4, and so far I have not run
into a codec that overwhelms the processor during the
capture. Thanks.

Thet besy way is to twin pass transcode from the original DV, and then
delete the DV. Are you saying you have no room for even temporary storage of
the DV?

The transcoder I use is the mainconcept MPEG2 encoder.This is a good quality
encoder I use to generate DVD quality video for DVD authoting. You can use
it for capturing as well but the MPEG2 files are not as good.

In message , John Russell
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"Donald Thompson" wrote in message
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I'm trying to capture video to an avi file from a digital video camera.
Does anyone have a suggestion for a codec that provides
minimal compression with sharp images? Uncompressed won't work, because
the filesize is too large, but 10-15 gigabytes for an
hour of video wouldn't be unreasonable. I've tried divx and MS MPEG-4, but
they seem to have some trouble with blurring around
the edges. The capture is done on a 3ghz P4, and so far I have not run
into a codec that overwhelms the processor during the
capture. Thanks.

Thet besy way is to twin pass transcode from the original DV, and then
delete the DV. Are you saying you have no room for even temporary storage of
the DV?

The transcoder I use is the mainconcept MPEG2 encoder.

That's my codec of choice. But I use separate MPEG-3 video-only plus
separate MP3 audio-only rendering before running through Architect
(adding menus as required).

This is a good quality
encoder I use to generate DVD quality video for DVD authoting. You can use
it for capturing as well but the MPEG2 files are not as good.

For those using Tmpgenc, the free Ace Codec Pack us worth while
installing.

--
Tony Morgan
http://www.rhylonline.com

"Donald Thompson" wrote in message
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I'm trying to capture video to an avi file from a digital video camera.
Does anyone have a suggestion for a codec that provides
minimal compression with sharp images? Uncompressed won't work, because
the filesize is too large, but 10-15 gigabytes for an
hour of video wouldn't be unreasonable. I've tried divx and MS MPEG-4, but
they seem to have some trouble with blurring around
the edges. The capture is done on a 3ghz P4, and so far I have not run
into a codec that overwhelms the processor during the
capture. Thanks.

The video data on your camera has already been compressed, coincidentally at
13 Gb per hour, when it was put on the tape. Instead of trying to capture
through analogue, your best bet by far is to spend £7.50 on a FireWire card
for your PC, and transfer it in a way that leaves the data on your hard
drive identical to the data on the tape.

H264 will be out for use in the next few days with Quicktime 7. I've
heard very good things about it on the apple lists, but they haven't
released any comparitive test results yet. It's alleged to be very
much better than MPEG4 at considerably lower bitrates, though I can't
seem to find any actual *facts* online to back up the assertion !!!

The problem you'll have is that I'm not clear when the PC version of
QT7 Pro will become available for PC - AFAIK it's Mac OSX Tiger only
right now : http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/quicktime/ but it
does sound like you'll be able to do native DV-in to H264 capture.

HTH
Cheers - Neil

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 06:59:23 GMT, Donald Thompson
wrote:

I'm trying to capture video to an avi file from a digital video camera. Does anyone have a suggestion for a codec that provides
minimal compression with sharp images? Uncompressed won't work, because the filesize is too large, but 10-15 gigabytes for an
hour of video wouldn't be unreasonable. I've tried divx and MS MPEG-4, but they seem to have some trouble with blurring around
the edges. The capture is done on a 3ghz P4, and so far I have not run into a codec that overwhelms the processor during the
capture. Thanks.