DV Codec Quality

[digvid]

I just thought I would pass on some interesting info about firewire cards and DV codecs that I discovered recently.

First of all, if you want to learn more about firewire cards, check out this link: 1394 Cards

Also, here adcdv.com is a link to an interesting article about Adobe Premiere and DV capture. The article details how Adobe Premiere forces you to use the Microsoft DV codec for capture and editing if you are using a standard firewire card. A company called MainConcept markets their own DV codec that supposedly rivals Canopus DV Codec in speed and quality. The article tells how you can force Premiere to use MainConcept's codec instead of Microsoft's.

Another interesting note: This article also mentions that the codec used for capture does not affect video quality. They say that the capturing codec only wraps the video, which does not undergo compression during capture. They imply that the codec quality only comes into play during editing and playback. Can anyone verify whether this is true or not?

- digvid

[Jerome Cain]

It is super filmmaking room non dv thing,... Maybe you can find DV room to post that topic since it is digital unless use film into digital is permit. haha,... but firewire thing must be out of order. haha! Jerome, deaf filmmaker

[digvid]

Jerome -

Some of us use DV cameras to transfer our films to video. We want our films to look as good and "film-like" as possible on video, so DV codec quality is important to us.

So forgive me if this post seemed off-topic, but I felt that there might be others interested in it.

- digvid