DVD PLAYBACK IS LOUSY

[YODAS_VIDEOS]

Hi There

New to this forum. My question is about capturing video from VCR. Got 12 year old precious footage that i wanted on my computer for editing and then placing on dvd. Got myself Dazzle to convert it into my PC, works fine.

Problem is there's a huge reduction in quality when i stick in the burnt dvd into my standalone dvd player. Even when i set the dvd to burn at highest possible quality, I get this blurry/pixilated/choppy version of the clear footage i put into the computer. I'm using Nero to burn.

The PC is brand new, a Dell Dimension 5000 with over 1 gig of ram and 80 gigs of hard drive and a cpu pentium 4. I don't have a firewire outlet so my only option with old tapes or my new mini dv cam is to hook up the dazzle cable. Is that the issue?

If installing a firewire port resolves this, does anyone know what those things cost you to buy? Any ideas as to how to stop this problem would be really appreciated!

Many thanks,

Yoda

[bgarthp]

:firewire:
firewire PCI cards are pretty cheap, about £15-£20 max, if you're using USB this will most likely be the cause of your problem, It's definitely worth getting a firewire card.

[Mihai]

... but then you have to give up the USB device (Dazzle), because it has no Firewire connection, and get an ADC (like Canopus), which will add at least another $100 to your grand total.

[mrlipring]

or use the passthrough on the camera.