A1Burokas@aol.com
Fri, 25 Jun 1999 11:03:15 EDT
In a message dated 6/25/99 12:27:05 AM, nscott@mech.uwa.edu.au writes:
>1) If this is normal behaviour, why is it not mentioned in the literature
>that comes with Premiere or the FireWire card?
Because it's normal behavior. Think about what you're asking for a
moment...
DV is NTSC video. Is your computer monitor an NTSC video monitor? No.
Will it handle DV video in an interlaced format natively? No.
Does 720x480 60i NTSC video mathematically translate evenly into
1024x768 85p? No, it doesn't.
>2) Suppose I want to do something with a high-resolution version of the
>DV movie on my computer. Something obvious like copying one frame to use
>elsewhere. How can I do this?
Read the manual on how to export the frame as a pict.
> The ugly screen version seems to be all I
>can get unless I export back to the camera. Clearly the extra data is in the
>movie somewhere - why can't I get at it?
Because you're not supposed to. If you want to edit video for display on
the computer monitor, you have to convert from NTSC DV format to a
progressive format with a compressor that the computer can handle easily.
This is usually MPEG-1, Sorenson... or MPEG-2 if you have the additional
hardware.
I think you are experiencing what we have all experienced... the
learning curve of digital video. Don't get frustrated the truth is out there.
If you use PAL, then just transpose "PAL" for "NTSC" and change the
apropriate scan and refresh rates.
Anthony
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