How do I get the best resolution ?

I have made a movie using my USB 2.0 connection with my JVC miniDV but the
resolution on the DVD is very poor. How do you get a better picture on the
DVD ? Should I buy a firewire card and cable?

Yes you should buy a firewire card. This would allow you to capture in DV
AVI format in Movie Maker which is the best resolution capture you can make
in MM

However the quality on DVD would also be affected by your choices in other
steps of DVD Video making. (See my faq for an overview of these steps:
http://rehanfx.org/faq.htm). Particularly you should consider:

1. Not use effects and transitions in MM unnecessarily.
2. Output in DV AVI from MM after editing
3. Use a high quality MPEG2 encoder such as Procoder or TMPGenc (with 2 pass
vbr encoding)


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Rehan
www.rehanfx.org - get more effects and transitions for movie maker





"EdboyPA" <EdboyPA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have made a movie using my USB 2.0 connection with my JVC miniDV but the
> resolution on the DVD is very poor. How do you get a better picture on the
> DVD ? Should I buy a firewire card and cable?

Hello there,

Yes, Firewire is intended for capture of Video and although USB 2 has a
slightly higher data rate it is only meant to be used with still images
etc..Its because USB apparently can not sustain its high data rate.

Once you have the firewire up and running you should be able to capture in the
DV-AVI format which is as good as it gets with domestic equipment.

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I will install the firewire and give it a shot.
Thank you.


"Rehan" wrote:

> Yes you should buy a firewire card. This would allow you to capture in DV
> AVI format in Movie Maker which is the best resolution capture you can make
> in MM
>
> However the quality on DVD would also be affected by your choices in other
> steps of DVD Video making. (See my faq for an overview of these steps:
> http://rehanfx.org/faq.htm). Particularly you should consider:
>
> 1. Not use effects and transitions in MM unnecessarily.
> 2. Output in DV AVI from MM after editing
> 3. Use a high quality MPEG2 encoder such as Procoder or TMPGenc (with 2 pass
> vbr encoding)
>
>
> --
> Rehan
> www.rehanfx.org - get more effects and transitions for movie maker
>
>
>
>
>
> "EdboyPA" <EdboyPA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A5C97025-9A4D-4436-A943-A7899794DE16@microsoft.com...
> >I have made a movie using my USB 2.0 connection with my JVC miniDV but the
> > resolution on the DVD is very poor. How do you get a better picture on the
> > DVD ? Should I buy a firewire card and cable?
>
>
>