How to get a good quality in capturing video via a digital camcorder connected to pc via capture card?

by robertnelson

Im by a PC with Sony capture card.
My digital camcorder is Sony brand too.
Im by Ulead Video Studio 10 to capture & edit video.

Answer by bubble g
you simply can’t

Answer by arrobins321
You get what you get. Liable the camera isn’t the highest resolution HD camera on the promote. So what you get is the standard definition 640×480 resolution. Sometimes when your computer monitor is set to a higher resolution the image will be stretched to that it doesn’t look itty bitty and that can produce the image to look really blurry but when it is exported and played on TV it will like slightly better.

But the only thing that might be able to improve the quality is changing the import capture settings to be the highest they can be. That might be the conundrum. But do not expect super hight quality video from anything below high end professional, shoulder mounted cameras. Sorry

Answer by Dr. How to do it
Hey Pr-AK-Ash,
That’s the conundrum with consumer brand software, quality is allows compromise. If you are serious about video editing, I recommend Adobe Premiere, very professional editing software, comes with capture card, the whole bit..

Answer by Nu’uanu
If you want the best available quality, you need to transfer the digital information from the camcorder digitally. The last time I checked, “capture cards” typically use the AV cable connected to the camcorder. When this capture method is used, the yellow lead carrying the video out of the camcorder to the capture card is analog.

You did not tell us which Sony digital camcorder you are by.

If it is miniDV or Digital8 the video import from the camcorder to the computer should be done digitally by firewire/IEEE1394a/DV/i.link (all the same thing).

If it is a hard drive or sparkle memory digital camcorder, the video data file transfer will be over a USB cable.

If it is a DVD based camcorder, it really does not matter how you transfer the video – You would either rip the video from the DVD by something like HandBrake (presuming your computer has a drawer-loading DVD optical drive) or you would need an analog/digital bridge from Pinnacle (USB) or Canopus (firewire) if your computer’s optical drive is a slot loader or reads CDs only. Either way, the video quality will not be very excellent.

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