Ritter197
Sat Dec 25 08:35:41 CST 2004
I must have not seen them, because it just said "see below" and I saw only
the 2 commercial sites in hyperlink.
BUT _ I do really appreciate your comments and your excellent websites. I
have entered them under My Favourites and study them in detail.
Have a nice Christmas
Karl
"PapaJohn (MVP)" <PapaJohn@CharterMI.net> wrote in message
news:%23zEumgj6EHA.2584@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Graham meant that he made comments after each of your questions.... he
> didn't mean the websites under his name
>
> --
> PapaJohn
>
> Movie Maker 2 - www.papajohn.org
> Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
> Photo Story 3 - use the menu branch at www.papajohn.org
>
> .
> "Ritter197" <Ritter197@Comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:ftidne8qCqRrfFHcRVn-iA@comcast.com...
>> Below where and what?
>>
>> Seems to be just a commercial site
>>
>> "Graham Hughes" <graham@simplydv.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:eEpHobg6EHA.3708@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>> See below.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Graham Hughes
>>> MVP Digital Media
>>> www.dvds2treasure.com
>>> www.simplydv.com
>>>
>>>
>>> "Ritter197" <Ritter197@Comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:44mdndaKB4TO_FHcRVn-og@comcast.com...
>>>> The camera is a JVC GR DVL 805 Digital movie camera. It came with a
>>>> cable
>>>> that fits into the camera on 1 end and the other fits into the
>>>> computer, a
>>>> fairly recently built one.
>>>>
>>>> It is USB and the other is Firewire.
>>> What does this bit mean, a usb cable is totally different to a firewire
>>> cable, they cannot be interchanged or one end usb the other firewire.
>>> Firewire is best for capturing, usb is poor and often leads to
>>> compressed
>>> capture which could affect the quality of the movie.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> The thing I noticed though, is that the monitor window in MM2 shows the
>>>> images taken at night very dark, almost black, whereas on the monitor
>>> window
>>>> of the camera they were fine.
>>>
>>> It may depend on the brightness of the cam screen and how well set up
>>> the pc
>>> monitor is.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is that attributable to MM2? The images look very normal, considering
>>>> it
>>> was
>>>> taken at night, in the viewfinder and camera flip-out screen.
>>>
>>> It will capture whatever is on the tape if you use firewire, so
>>> shouldn't
>>> make a difference to what you capture, but it may just appear darker on
>>> screen.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> What might be the problem?
>>>>
>>>> I am using Windows XP SP2, plenty of RAM and a separate HD for video.
>>>
>>> Try connecting the cam to a tv and watch it on that. Also export the
>>> same
>>> video back from pc to cam and watch that on the tv, it should be the
>>> same
>>> result as the first. If both the same then all is ok, if both dark then
>>> the
>>> cam screen shows up as being lighter than what is recorded and you need
>>> to
>>> compensate for this yourself in how you record or adjust the brightness
>>> of
>>> the cam lcd screen. If they both show up light, as you felt was
>>> recorded,
>>> then the pc monitor may need adjusting or you may need to compensate for
>>> how
>>> MM shows your movie in the preview screen, which is just a "preview"
>>> screen.
>>>
>>> How does normal daylight video show up? Darker? Lighter? the same?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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