Quality of USB vs. i.Link?

[Guest]

I am making my first movie and imported video using a USB connection. I am wondering whether, for purposes of picture quality, it is worth getting a Firewire. Has anyone tried both to see whether a firewire provides noticeable quality improvements?

Also, I imported all video at "highest quality" but when I view it "full screen" in MM2, it has lost resolution. Will I "get back" the resolution when I burn it to CD or is that just how it works?

Thanks in advance...

ZapataSF

 

[PapaJohn]

That's how it works.... for full Digital Video quality, you have to use a
firewire connection. USB is considerably less.
--
PapaJohn
www.papajohn.org

I am making my first movie and imported video using a USB connection. I

am wondering whether, for purposes of picture quality, it is worth getting a
Firewire. Has anyone tried both to see whether a firewire provides
noticeable quality improvements?

Also, I imported all video at "highest quality" but when I view it "full

screen" in MM2, it has lost resolution. Will I "get back" the resolution
when I burn it to CD or is that just how it works?

 

[Someone]

Firewire... an absolute MUST if you want your videos to look good. I
bought a firewire card at Best Buy for around $40. Ummm... the bad part is
that he firewire cable costs as much as the card. But when you see how
wonderful the video comes through, you'll be glad you did. Installing the
card into my computer was simple, and Windows XP immediately recognized the
card and installed the appropriate software.

I am making my first movie and imported video using a USB connection. I

am wondering whether, for purposes of picture quality, it is worth getting a
Firewire. Has anyone tried both to see whether a firewire provides
noticeable quality improvements?

Also, I imported all video at "highest quality" but when I view it "full

screen" in MM2, it has lost resolution. Will I "get back" the resolution
when I burn it to CD or is that just how it works?

 

[jquiet]

USB 1.1, what is in most cameras cannot support data volume needed for good
quality. Usually it is used for still photos and e-mail quality video. On
these cameras you must use i.Link.

Some newer cameras, such as those that record on DVD, have USB 2.0 and this
would be even better than firewire since you don't have to "play back" the
video to transfer it. All you are doing is transferring a file from one disk
(DVD) to another. These cameras don't have Firewire since it would be
redundant and there is an additional royalty charge. Unfortunately since a
DVD can only hold less data than a tape these cameras record in MPEG-2,
which is inherently lower quality than DV.

The holy grail: A high definition camera that records in high quality MPEG-4
or WMV to a hard drive. The High definition will more than make up for the
compression to WMV.

I am making my first movie and imported video using a USB connection. I

am wondering whether, for purposes of picture quality, it is worth getting a
Firewire. Has anyone tried both to see whether a firewire provides
noticeable quality improvements?

Also, I imported all video at "highest quality" but when I view it "full

screen" in MM2, it has lost resolution. Will I "get back" the resolution
when I burn it to CD or is that just how it works?

 

[Hywel Jenkins]

I am making my first movie and imported video using a USB connection. I am wondering whether, for purposes of picture quality, it is worth getting a Firewire. Has anyone tried both to see whether a firewire provides noticeable quality improvements?

Yes - FireWire is undescribably better than USB (unless you've got USB2,
perhaps).

Also, I imported all video at "highest quality" but when I view it "full screen" in MM2, it has lost resolution. Will I "get back" the resolution when I burn it to CD or is that just how it works?

The resolution has gone already.

 

[Jim Delany]

usb 1.1 is about 12mb usb 2.0 is 500 or so firewire/ilink is 450 or so. so i noticed that my camera was frame rate limited using usb assume 1.1. i did switch to firewire with better results.

the video resolution isn't chabged i don't think.