What video capture setting to use???

I'm using FCP 4.1 for some non-broadcast, DVD applications. I'm looking for BetaSP quality output but have no idea what setting will give me good image quality without slowing my Mac. Since I use a Kona LS card, there seem to be almost an endless amount of options. Particularly between 8 bit and 10 bit. I've read about the differences but there are just so many options I don't know where to begin. Are there any standard suggestions for a jumping off point? Thanks.

Holey Moley, I've got one of those machines. Complete with the scsi card and the internal scsi raid. And a cinewave card. Anybody want a cinewave card?
Try an 8bit- that's about what SP gives you, but if you've got a graphic- intensive show, you might be better served at 10-bit.

Similar Messages

  • TV@ Plus, what video capture settings to use?

     I have a TV@ Plus and am unsure what video capture settings to use. I've had it for several months and solved my audio problems and need to know what Video Input Format, Capture Format (Profile), Capture - Size, Quality, Bit Rate and Audio Format settings to use. Should I use the same settings for all input sources or do I use different settings for CATV and S-video inputs? It seems to be OK with my current settings as far as capture and playback goes, I'm OK on the hardware part but with tech detatails I'm a bit  .
     I will be using it to capture from CATV, DVD and VCR input sources for later recording to DVD's. I use a GoDVD! CT-2 connected to the S-video input for recording Macrovision protected media to the HDD.
     My computer sound is monitor mounted stereo speakers.
     Thanks in advance for any helpful replies.

    Quote from: HenryW on 12-September-06, 04:25:48
    I have a TV@ Plus and am unsure what video capture settings to use. I've had it for several months and solved my audio problems and need to know what Video Input Format, Capture Format (Profile), Capture - Size, Quality, Bit Rate and Audio Format settings to use.
    I already had transferred and converted some of my old VHS and VCD movie collections into DVDs (using Composite Input).
    The higher the bit rate the better quality video output you will have - but bigger file size.
    To give you an example:
    A 2 hour video captured on MPEG set at 4000/bps will be translated it to 3.58GB. More than enough to be written on a 4.7 DVD.
    For audio bit rates, you can choose from 128/bps to 224/bps. As for me I set it to 224/bps. Again the bigger bit rates the better audio output. And don't forget to slide up the audio record level to 100%. That will give you a better and clearer recorded audio output.

  • Video capture card to use with WebEx

    Hi all,
    could someone share a list of compatible video capture cards to use in a PC in a WebEx session?
    The  ideia is to use an external camera (instead of a web cam) to capture the  video and I would like to know if this input will be sent as video (if  WebEx will recognize the capture card as an input).
    Thanks
    Regards

    thanks for the advice and links... I was having trouble making sense of barefoot.
    I have heard that a card that works well for gaming will not necessarily work well for CAD based programs like Maya. can any one confirm or deny this? I can use the software for things like this but I am pretty low on the food chain when it comes to hardware issues.
    It is possible I being too picky wanting an affordable card that:
    a.) Has been tested successfully by Autodesk with Maya
    and
    b.)is available to be installed in a Mac Pro
    ....comments?

  • Capture setting when using a firewire and camcorder

    does anyone know the capture setting I use when importing from a dvc camcorder using a firewire

    Typically it would be DV/DVCPro (NTSC or PAL), 48khz, 16 bit.
    -DH

  • What video codecs can be used with Premiere CS4?

    What video codecs can be used with Premiere CS4?  Or are there to many to list?  I'm looking for a solution to import a .AVI file created with a H.264 codec.

    PrPro can work with so very many, but certainly not all. Some, like DivX will work for Export, but I have never gotten good Import of that material - always something wrong somewhere.
    For H.264, there are three very popular versions: Apple, Lead and MainConcept. The Apple version installs with later versions of QT Player, the other two are available, and many users like them better. They solve some H.264 problems, mainly with Export.
    For a bit of background, you might find this ARTICLE useful.
    Good luck,
    Hunt

  • What video effect did they use in this music video?

    What video effect did they use in T-Pain's - Best Love Music Video
    Here is the music video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wmD3M-BfVo
    You can tell there is a certain effect that they applied to it. It could be a camera tracker or a camera smoother. I just plainly don't know at this point. I would like to "try" and recreate it if I could with your help.
    Thanks in advance.

    That's simple parralax animation to give the illusion that the camera would be very close to the talent while keeping the background in frame. Nothing magic there, given that all the backgrounds are artificial and have been added in post, anyway.

  • What video capture card are you using? Do you like it?

    Hi there. I'm going to purchase a video capture card so I can feed my camcorder, vcr etc. into my iBook. I want to know what people are using and how they like it. DO you use firewire or USB? etc.

    iMovie (and Final Cut) expect video via FireWire.
    If you select a video over USB solution you will need to find a Mac compatible software application to read and recognize it.

  • Web-based video capture and detection using web cam

    to anyone:
    is it possible to capture video and detect motion using a web cam in a web based application?how is it done?
    if not possible, what solutions can you suggest so that i can put it on a web based application?
    tnx for the help..

    Ironman wrote:
    I'm sure it could be achieved by capturing individual frames, say one every second or so, and then doing a checksum on the image bytes and compare it with the previous frames checksum - if they were different then the frames are different and therefore motion can be assumed. If you don't want to check the entire image you can choose a tile, say in the centre of the picture, and checksum this. I use this technique to detect frozen images if CCTV cameras are causing problems. This other thread may also help :
    http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5233760
    Wow, now that is good idea. I guess you don't need external hardware to check for movement. Brilliant!

  • Hauppauge ImpactVCB Video Capture Board - Anyone use it?

    Has anyone used Hauppauge ImpactVCB Video Capture Board with Flash Media Live encoder and have success?

    George. You probably don't have many options with the Epix board. However, if your Epix software enables you to save files to disk, then you can open them from LabVIEW and process them with Vision or Vision Builder.
    Another option is to contact Graftek (www.graftek.com) or ImageMill (www.imagemill-tech.com). They have created drivers for third party image acquisition boards in the past and they may have one for your Epix board.
    A third option, of course, is to upgrade your Epix board to an NI IMAQ board. Your sales contact within NI may even be able to give you a discount on the trade in, but I can't guarantee it.
    Good luck!
    Kyle V

  • What video filter do I use

    Hello, I just can't seem to find the correct filter I need for this effect. Basically all I want to do is create a mask that when I pan over a still image or even a video that part that goes over the action safe lines won't be seen. If I were to screen the project on a standard TV ( I guess want you would call 4:3) everything is cool. But if the project is shown on a widescreen display you see the part that is going over the action safe boundary as well. So what I would like to do is create a mask/cutout that lays on top of the video so you only see things moving inside of the cutout. Hope I made myself clear on what I'm trying to do.
    Thanks.

    Well after re-reading my post I forgot one important fact which I hope will make it clear. I am scaling the image so that is is oversized so the image is also out of the action safe area. Now if I were to keyframe the clip so that the image moves left to right and goes over the action safe boundary on the left you see it on a widescreen display monitor. I could go in and use the crop tool so it doesn't go outside the action safe area on the left but that is only good for that one frame when the clip continues it goes outside of the crop and is viewable on a widescreen. All this is a mute point when watching it on a regular 4:3 screen. For instance if you have watched a Ken Burns documentary on a widescreen the black borders (not sure if this is a letter box) constrain the picture to be inside of the black border even though the image is moving because of a pan or a zoom in effect. Hope that helps clarify things a bit. Again basically all I want to do in make a constant border around my image/video so no matter how I scale, pan or whatever on the clip you can only see what is inside of the border.
    Message was edited by: lcourpet

  • Not sure if this is the right place, but what video capture software....

    do you recommend? I need something that's cost efficient. I see that there is Mac Capture and Screen Record software that is available and both are under $30. Do any of you have experience with either one of these? Or are there any other that you guys recommend? I want to record the audio and video of the video files that I play on my Powerbook. Thanks.

    To me cost efficient is what works the best.
    SnapZPro from ambrosiasw.com

  • Video capture from Web using Tiger

    Hope this is right place for this:
    Need to capture (via Safari or Firefox) the video (visual and sound) such as at this site: http://www.indigoplatforms.tv/recorded/video/208
    I tried Download Helper in Firefox but it does not work. Can't find a way in iTunes nor QT Pro.
    Perian in Firefox doesn't work.
    Any ideas??

    I should have added that I do not understand this part of that site and could not tell if they are Windoze stuff or what:
    +KeepVid and YouTube Downloader are download-helper websites that allow users to provide them with the video links. These videos will hence be catalogued and uploaded to the site. They are not video hosting websites like YouTube or Dailymotion; they provide a browser-based service from as the user only has to enter the video’s URL in the field provided and choose its source from the list. The file formats in FLV can be converted into Mpeg video formats on Keepvid.+
    +Download Links:+
    +KeepVid: http://keepvid.com/+
    +Youtube Downloader: http://www.youddl.com/+

  • Audio Video Capture Setting

    Is there any way that the timeline settings can change without going into the menu and selecting another preset. I have a project that originally was DV NTSC 48kHz and somehow changed or was changed to DV 23.98?
    Yours in Mac OS X,
    Jose Cuervo

    You can press CMD+0 to access the settings for a sequence.
    Choosing a new preset won't change any settings for an already existing sequence.
    A new preset will make a difference for any new video you capture or any new sequences you create.
    Leigh

  • Video Capture using VFWCapture

    Hi,
    I have been looking in the JMStudio source code for a solution to my problem, but no luck so far. Specifically, I have been concentrating on VFWManual, which uses the VFWCapture class and sets the desired format. However, I never can get any video capture when I run the VFWManual class.
    Anyway, here's my problem: I have a 4-Port USB hub to which I have attached three cameras. The hub itself is connected to one USB port on the computer. So, the computer only vfw://0 as the single source for all three cameras. Now, the first time I ran JMStudio, it gave me a neat little dialog box titled "Video Source" in which I was allowed to choose between the three cameras. The second time I ran it, it decided to use my previously selected camera but that's a different problem entirely.
    Here's my main question: Is there any way I can programatically switch between the cameras connected to the hub? I believe the answer lies in the VFWCapture class, but I don't quite know how to use it. From testing the VFWManual class, I could tell that the dialog which allowing me to choose between cameras was triggered by VFWCapture.capDriverDeviceConnect(). However, since I can't see the source code to VFWCapture, I don't know how those three cameras were found inside VFWCapture.
    I have been looking at the tutorials and sample code, and I finally got video capture to work using the DataSourceReader sample code from Sun's JMF website.
    Any ideas for programatically switching between those three cameras?
    Thanks.

    If your cameras do have a TWAIN driver, one
    possibility is to use the Java Twain packageI have tried the Java Twain package, but it has the same problem. It views the hub connected to three cameras as one source.
    I would prefer JMF because it has a media player, and my theory is that since I could use a JMF GUI to switch between cameras, I should be able to do it programatically. However, this requires inside knowledge about com.sun.media.vfw classes such as VFWCapture.
    One thing that really doesn't help is the fact that JMF source code is "temporarily" unavailable to the community. The other thing that doesn't help is that a USB API for Java is in its beginning stages of development.
    Any other ideas?
    [email protected]

  • Video capture card for Arch Linux

    Hi all,
               I'm wanting to do some home video stuff with cinerella etc. But i am not sure what video capture cards are going to work at the right resolutions and fps etc.
    I want to record from a video input not tv tuner and i want to be able to to get a tv / film quality.
    I am not worried about outputting video as my GFX card can do that and also i will burn to dvd.
    Have any of you guys got any suggestions for me please , of makes / models that will work fine with the great ARCH ?
    Cheers
    Justin Smithies

    I bought the cheapest Hauppauge 150 card I could find, and it's worked well with every linux box I've stuck it in, Arch included.  Most Hauppauge cards have a combo of inputs, including rca, svideo, and coax.  I'm not sure what you mean by
    I want to record from a video input not tv tuner and i want to be able to to get a tv / film quality.
    but you should be able to record anything you can send through the card.  If you mean you want hdtv quality, then I'm no help - I looked at those options, but decided that 720x480 was going to be fine for 99% of my use.  There is a ton of info at the myth site and the ivtv site, as well as the knoppmyth site.
    http://www.mythtv.org/
    http://ivtvdriver.org/
    http://www.mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html

Maybe you are looking for