Cant get better quality on my video imports, HELP. - Page 2

elementalwindx · #11 (**permalink**) 08-20-2006, 11:12 PM

Originally Posted by Nikosony

Can I just clear one thing up, HI 8 analogue camcorders don't have either USB or Firewire, I had a Canon V75Hi recently (to transfer old 8MM and HI8 tapes onto both computer and DVD)and I would have sold one of my kidneys to have had a Firewire port on it. It will have both S-video and Composite video outputs, to get the best picture quality get an S-video cable and if you have that connection on your computer connect up that way, you will have to run the audio out separately to the sound card as an S-video cable only carries pictures (the chrominance and luminance signals are separated to give the much higher picture quality compared to Composite video where they are combined).

Well I guess this isnt fully analog, it has a usb port that I'm using on it. I have the s-video cable, but what do I use to get the audio off? Do I use a regular stereo to stereo cable and connect it into the a/v out jack?

LJR · #12 (**permalink**) 08-23-2006, 10:06 AM

Yes. Or sometimes the cameras come with a jack that will carry the video and the audio and splits out into the s-video and two standard stereo jacks.

But if you think you will get better quality from the S-Video than you would over USB then I think you'll be disappointed. i would suspect the USB would transfer the video data at the same data rate. Still, always worth a try.

LJR · #13 (**permalink**) 08-23-2006, 10:09 AM

Okay, so I just looked up the specs on your camera

1) You are correct in that you CAN transfer video or stills using USB (and I think this equal your s-video out transfer)
2) Your camera only supports mono, not stereo audio