How to capture video without loosing quality

When I try to capture video through Firewire, I select the "The best quality
for play back on my computer(recommended)" but the resolution is merely
320X240. If I select "other settings" to 640x480 or higher, even for a half
hour video, my comuter will go off every time during converting file and the
time though there is 5GB free space on my hard drive still.
Is there any suggestiong?

A firewire connection means you're coming in with full Digital Video at 13
GB per hour.... so 5GB free means you don't have near enough space for a 1/2
hour movie.

Even if you select a compressed WMV file, the temporary file is for a DV-AVI
file.... so you're too limited in hard drive space.
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"Nick" <Nick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> When I try to capture video through Firewire, I select the "The best
> quality
> for play back on my computer(recommended)" but the resolution is merely
> 320X240. If I select "other settings" to 640x480 or higher, even for a
> half
> hour video, my comuter will go off every time during converting file and
> the
> time though there is 5GB free space on my hard drive still.
> Is there any suggestiong?

5 GB is nothing when capturing high quality video.

The software that you are using to capture has determined that the best
situation for your computer is as you stated 320x240. This is based upon
the hardware, the processor and the amount of RAM. It is also based upon
your video card. Your computer is obviously not a very powerful one, and
therefore the 320x240. Adding RAM can help, but going to a faster processor
(especially an AMD64) and a current generation video card will be a better
choice. Also, with the process of hard drives being so low, installing a
200 to 300 GB hard drive for video editing is a smart thing to do.

Bobby

"Nick" <Nick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FF86DBF4-B35F-4802-95FB-93194856DC65@microsoft.com...
> When I try to capture video through Firewire, I select the "The best
> quality
> for play back on my computer(recommended)" but the resolution is merely
> 320X240. If I select "other settings" to 640x480 or higher, even for a
> half
> hour video, my comuter will go off every time during converting file and
> the
> time though there is 5GB free space on my hard drive still.
> Is there any suggestiong?

I added a second 200GB hard drive just because those captrued DV-AVI files
are so huge (and I already had a 120GB drive to start with). 5GB isn't enough
to do much of anything when it comes to video.


"Nick" wrote:

> When I try to capture video through Firewire, I select the "The best quality
> for play back on my computer(recommended)" but the resolution is merely
> 320X240. If I select "other settings" to 640x480 or higher, even for a half
> hour video, my comuter will go off every time during converting file and the
> time though there is 5GB free space on my hard drive still.
> Is there any suggestiong?