Just picked up new Studio AV/DV card. Need some advice

[pr-man 1]

ok I will be capturing old composite video from a Video 8 XR Sony Handycam

CCD-TRV57. I noticed that this card I picked up can do realtime capture to dvd quality mpg2 @ 720 x 480 max or avi @ 720 x 480 max. I received a free full copy of the studio 8 software and ive used it before briefly with a previous product so it seems simple enough to use. What would you guys suggest I do as far as mode of capture, program to "clean" up the composite video etc. I will eventually be making dvd-r's of all of our home movies now that I have a dvd burner as well. Thx

 

PS and yes amazing enough I have it working perfectly under WinXP Pro even though its Pinnacle LOL

[sapiens74 0]

You ca capture in its highest settings, but sometimes its more grainy, causes it effectively resampling the movie to a higher res. Try to set the capture settings a notch above what your cam does.

[pr-man 1]

any cleaning programs or programs I can use to rervitalize the video?

[Jerry Atrik 0]

if it's old tape then i capture at dv quality (most uncompressed) and encode to svcd (no dvd burner yet)

 

if it needs cleaning up then i use virtual dub, here is a link with good cleaning tips

http://nickyguides.digital-digest.com/vdub-filters2.htm

 

if u want to do any editing or fixing i suggest dv capture

 

edit> studio 8 works perfectly on xp pro