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Old 09-26-2005, 06:10 PM
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Default Sony HC19E - poor transfer quality
Hi - I'm a newbie to this site - so i apologies now!

Ichecked through the forum for an answer - but havnt been sucessfull - so i hope someone can help.

Last week i purchased the sony DCR HC19e after reading excellent reviews abouts it "broadcast-like" quality. I also purchased a firewire lead too as i heard this make an impact.

Its true - you do get the "broadcast-like" quality when played through the TV - but when i transfer onto the pc its more like a webcam quality. I have tried a few differnt editing software - the best one i have is Ulead VS9. Now i know for the price it wont be like somthing off BBC - but surely it should not be as poor a quality - am i doing something wrong?

My PC meets the spec required Intel Celron 2gHz 80g h/drive and 1gb of DDRam.

Any advice would truley be greatly recieved.

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Broadcast quality. You gotta love some reviews.

Are you using FIREWIRE?
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Old 09-26-2005, 06:16 PM
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Broadcast quality. You gotta love some reviews.

Are you using FIREWIRE?
Yes i am
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Then you should be seeing an identical copy. Does your capture programme report dropped frames?
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Old 09-26-2005, 07:03 PM
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Then you should be seeing an identical copy. Does your capture programme report dropped frames?
No - nothing dropped. Just a very grainy picture. It seems really odd. Ive checked all the settings. Is there a better software package you would recomend?
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Technically you're getting an identical copy. It won't really matter what software you use except for the DV codec it uses.
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thanks - is there another codec i can d/load or is this just as good as it gets?
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You won't notice the difference to be jonest. You should howver be seeing an identical copy...
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Old 09-26-2005, 07:29 PM
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IC - just to get an idenitcal copy would be good enough for me instead of some blurry mess!!

thanks anyway
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Are you sure you're using the firewire cable and capturing in DV? How big are the file sizes and what are the video lengths?
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