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Do i lose quality by capture Windows Movie Maker and import
You may well ask…. why would i want to capture from the Sony DCR-TRV340 camcorder via firewire using Windows Movie Maker?
Well for some reason when i try to capture some of my Digital 8 Tapes using Prepiere Pro CS3, about 10 seconds to 2 minutes will be captured ok, and then it stops and i receive ‘unknown record error’.
Then i have to save that short clip, and start the capture process again.
Very very frustrating, and to load 60 minutes of video, can take a long time sitting and waiting and finally ending up with 40 small snipbits of loaded movie (at no pre-determined breaks).
It does not happen to all my tapes, and my most recent guess at what may be causing it is that it seems to happen when i move the camera around a lot while shooting.
However, Windows Movie Maker captures all my tapes without problem in one nice big video clip.
And then i import this into Adobe Premiere Pro to edit.
My question is……. can i lose quality by doing this?
Would i get better quality if i could import directly into Premiere Pro?
Can i do anything with settings to ensure i get as good quality capture when using the intermediate step of capturing by Windows Movie Maker?
Thanks in advance,
DaveUsing Premiere Pro on Intel Core 2 Extreme, 4 GB Memory, plenty of space, Windows XP Pro, Firewire.
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3 Replies
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[Dave Brocklebank] “can i lose quality by doing this?”
No. A DV capture is a bit-for-bit transfer of the data from your camcorder to your computer.
Cheers
Eddie -
You probably have breaks in your timecode, which will cause a bunch of hassles whilst capturing. Try to always leave your camera on while recording until you are completely finished shooting.
William
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Thanks William for the suggestion.
However, the filming took place over 1 session…. the camera was switched on all the time, i did not press stop during the main shooting which was about 40 minutes long.
The first clip was about 2 minutes with audio setting on the camcorder set to Stereo 8 bits. Then i switched the setting to Mono 16 bits and shoot the rest using this setting.
Strange the way Windows Movie Maker captured the whole tape normally in one clip, while Premiere Pro kept falling over every couple of minutes (sometimes less than a minute) with Unknown Recorder Error.
Dave
Using Premiere Pro on Intel Core 2 Extreme, 4 GB Memory, plenty of space, Windows XP Pro, Firewire.
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