Capturing DV video

[W00DY]

Hi Guys,

I have just purchased Nero 6 and need to capture all my video files from a DV Handycam.

My Question: What file type is it best to capture the video in???

AVI
DV-1
DV-2
DVD (MPEG-2)

I will probably use either Pinnacle studio 9 or Nero to edit the video with. I see that AVI files are much larger than MPEG-2, does that make the quality better?

Please shed some light on this for me

Cheers,

W00DY

[ormonde]

If you want to retain the best quality, I would capture in AVI using a "Lossless" video codec. Afterwards, you can compress to mpeg-2 for the purpose of burning to DVD. Capturing on the fly to mpeg 2 is the fastest method, and depending on your hardware, should yield satisfactory results.

[setarip]

"What file type is it best to capture the video in???"

What will your FINAL video type be?

(For DVD, capture as MPEG-2 DVD, for .AVI capture as .AVI)

[W00DY]

Originally posted by setarip
What will your FINAL video type be?

(For DVD, capture as MPEG-2 DVD, for .AVI capture as .AVI)

I will eventually edit the movie and burn it as DVD so I can play them on my home DVD player.

Originally posted by Ormonde"Capturing on the fly to mpeg 2 is the fastest method, and depending on your hardware, should yield satisfactory results."

I have a fairly good machine and the mpeg 2 video I have captured seems to be good quality.

So I guess to save disk space I am just best to capture as mpeg 2 and then save as DVD format after editing. Correct my if I am wrong.

W00DY

[Phytrax]

That should do fine. For best quality use AVI for all your editing, then output to mpeg2, but the AVI will take about 12gb/hr.

[setarip]

"So I guess to save disk space I am just best to capture as mpeg 2 and then save as DVD format after editing."

That's correct - and there's no reason whatsoever to involve .AVI format at any stage...