Can caputring video quality get any better?

gunsnbam · #1 (**permalink**) 11-15-2005, 04:14 AM

OK I am brand new at all this and I am caputring my videos (from a Canon Optura 20) using a firewire to Pinnacle Studios 9 and with the full DV quality thing in check. Once I output it to a VCD and watch it on my TV I noticed that the video looked a little grainy and that things that moved *like people* have like a blur around them. Is there anything I can do to make this look better? Get a dv caputure card or something? I am just using my computers firewird plug. Thanks

Mihai · #2 (**permalink**) 11-15-2005, 05:39 AM

Well VCD is a very low quality format...

Marc Peters · #3 (**permalink**) 11-15-2005, 06:42 AM

As SVHS says, it's not your capture that's the problem. It's the fact that VCD uses MPEG1 which can indeed look the way you describe. If you want bettter quality I suggest you invest in a decent MPEG2 encoder and a DVD burner with authpring sofftware.