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M2T file captured from Vegas doesn’t look optimal
I have a Canon HV20 and purchased Vegas Studio 9 (9.0b, build 92 – Platinum Pro Pack) to capture and edit the footage shot with this camera. Everything appears to work fine in terms of mechanics. I can capture footage from the HV20, edit and export files based upon the Vegas projects. The problem is I have noticed the footage captured doesn’t look as good as it looks when being played directly from the HV20.
I thought it was how I was exporting the file, but finally started examining the M2T files Vegas uses to capture from the HV20 and noticed the quality loss begins with these files. I’ve viewed the files on multiple computers, and I’ve even tried HDV Split to capture the HDV footage, but it just doesn’t look great. The video quality of the M2T files look somewhat compressed. Almost like a slight haze over the video. It doesn’t look horrible, it just does not look nearly as good as the original footage.
Is there any way to capture from my HV20 without any quality loss?
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Actually you are not “capturing” in the original sense like analog. You are simply making a bit-for-bit copy of the file that is already on the tape. So your “capture” is already completely lossless because it is a digital copy.
What are you using to determine quality? I would output a small section of your footage out to Blu-ray or DVD and watch it on an HD TV. If it looks OK, then the problem is with your PC monitor not being calibrated correctly or possibly that your monitor can’t display these files at full resolution so it is scaling the footage. If you PC monitor is not capable of displaying 1920×1080 then this will add to the problem. Nothing to worry about since it will not affect the final output.
~jr
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