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Aviv Hallale · March 21st, 2004, 08:06 PM

I'm taking the leap from analogue and capture cards to DV and Firewire...

Just wondering, I know that captured PAL DV is 756X288 in the DVAVI codec, which is around a gig per 8 minutes (I have 14 gigs freespace :P)

is it possible to capture DV into uncompressed AVI and is there a big difference between this and DVIAVI?

Edward Troxel · March 21st, 2004, 08:42 PM

DV-AVI is about 13 Gig per hour. Your size is wrong. PAL is 720 x 576.

Aviv Hallale · March 21st, 2004, 08:49 PM

Ooops... Thanks for pointing that out :)

Is it possible to capture to Uncompressed AVI though? Is there a big difference in quality between U-AVI and DVAVI?

Edward Troxel · March 21st, 2004, 09:02 PM

Not without special hardware. However, If you're taping on MiniDV tape, you're already in DV so there's no advantage to capturing in uncompressed. Capturing DV is equivalent to doing a file copy from tape to hard drive. "Capturing" is kind of a misnomer.

March 21st, 2004, 08:06 PM	#1
Aviv Hallale Major Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Posts: 276	New to DV I'm taking the leap from analogue and capture cards to DV and Firewire... Just wondering, I know that captured PAL DV is 756X288 in the DVAVI codec, which is around a gig per 8 minutes (I have 14 gigs freespace :P) is it possible to capture DV into uncompressed AVI and is there a big difference between this and DVIAVI?

March 21st, 2004, 08:42 PM	#2
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	DV-AVI is about 13 Gig per hour. Your size is wrong. PAL is 720 x 576.

March 21st, 2004, 08:49 PM	#3
Aviv Hallale Major Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Posts: 276	Ooops... Thanks for pointing that out :) Is it possible to capture to Uncompressed AVI though? Is there a big difference in quality between U-AVI and DVAVI?

March 21st, 2004, 09:02 PM	#4
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Not without special hardware. However, If you're taping on MiniDV tape, you're already in DV so there's no advantage to capturing in uncompressed. Capturing DV is equivalent to doing a file copy from tape to hard drive. "Capturing" is kind of a misnomer.