Video cam problem, Help needed..!!!

[winson_ksk]

Hi all,

I'm using canon HV10, I'm trying to convert the super big files to avi with little loss in the
quality. How should i go about doing it? Thanks

Regards
Winson

 

[tommon]

A firewire and NLE. LOL

Sorry, what seems easy can be quite complicated.
Just curious, why AVI? Even tho it is native to DV

Anyway, unless your PC has lots of juice, AVI are uncompressed and very hard to work with. I would advise you to use MPEG 2 instead, amller file size with little lost in quality.

 

[jaegersing]

AVI are uncompressed and very hard to work with.

AVI can be uncompressed, but the vast majority are not. All depends on which codec was used to create it (if none then it is uncompressed).

 

[winson_ksk]

oic, but how should i go about converting the files to mpeg2. what software n setting to use. can advice..Thanks.

 

[jaegersing]

oic, but how should i go about converting the files to mpeg2. what software n setting to use. can advice..Thanks.

For me, I would use Vegas and render the clips as MPEG2 with the PAL DVD preset. Of course there are many other video editors around that are cheaper.

I'm not aware of any free converters that handle m2t (they could be out there though so it is worth a search). But if you are going to be using HV10 regularly you really should consider buying a video editing software that allows you to edit the footage before converting to whatever format you want to use for archive.

Apart from MPEG2, you could also use DIVX or XVID which can give you smaller files for the same video quality.

 

[winson_ksk]

hi once again,

I'm using vegas 7.0, but not sure of the optimum setting to use.

Regards
Winson

 

[jaegersing]

For MPEG2, you can use the DVD preset. This is 720x576 (for PAL), 25fps, Upper Field First. For archive purposes, you can keep the data rate high, maybe 8Mbps CBR.

 

[winson_ksk]

Thanks bro..

Where can i find the data rate. There's another big pro i;m facing now is that the rendering works results sometimes turn out to have some pictures glittering, it's the same for both my laptop and desktop. I was wondering whether anybody experience the same problem as me. Whether a change in graphic card will solve the problem.

 

[jaegersing]

Thanks bro..

Where can i find the data rate. There's another big pro i;m facing now is that the rendering works results sometimes turn out to have some pictures glittering, it's the same for both my laptop and desktop. I was wondering whether anybody experience the same problem as me. Whether a change in graphic card will solve the problem.

Data rate is under the Video settings tab when you select the MPEG2 render format.

The glittering is called aliasing artifacts and is a big pain to deal with. It's nothing to do with the graphics card, it's because you are shooting in high resolution and then downscaling for DVD. All the fine details that cannot be captured properly in SD resolution show up as twinkles and sparkly bits, and flashing areas where you have fine grills and louvres in the picture.

If the HV10 has a sharpness setting you can try reducing that. Applying motion blur in Vegas will also help, but if you also have a lot of motion in your shot then the cure can be worse than the disease.

 

[winson_ksk]

i have no glittering problems with video but with photos, on top of that, my acer has got problem playing rendered video = <not smooth playing>. But sony vaio laptop doesn't have this problem when playing..

 

[jaegersing]

i have no glittering problems with video but with photos, on top of that, my acer has got problem playing rendered video = <not smooth playing>. But sony vaio laptop doesn't have this problem when playing..

Photos are fairly easy to deal with, just downsize them before importing into Vegas.

Problems with playback are usually processor too slow or hard disk too slow. Try rendering to MPEG1, around 2Mbps. The quality will not be great but it should play smoothly even on your Acer. (Or throw away the Acer ).

 

[winson_ksk]

hhahaa, really thanks for all ur info.. hhahaa, In fact i really feel like throwing away the acer and change to a IMAC... hohoooo...


Regards
Winson