How to increase Resolution from 352x240?

but why is it clear when we watch original vcds.. but when i try to write my own vcds, its very blurred..as ive said, i can only view my recorded videos clearly if i connect my cam to the tv directly.. im using pinnacle 9 right now.. is there something i should know? or is the dvd burner the only solution? thanks for your time...

and software. You need to capture at a high resolution to get good video. Assuming this is being done (if your capture is poor, you can't improve the output product), the video must be properly converted to a vcd format. Pinnacle may not be optimized for this. I don't know what would be. I think everyone assumes at least a single sided DVD for video.

burn dvds at same quality as when i connect my cam to the tv? would it retain the quality? what do you think is a nice dvd burner and software? i really have no idea cause im new at this.. thanks for the help kiddpeat..

I don't think that would solve your problem. I am having the same issue. You hook your camcorder up to your TV and see acceptable quality. You then hook your camcorder up to the computer and capture the picture- and you see it is a much lower quality. That is a problem with how you are capturing the video to your computer. If what you see on your computer is not acceptable when you do a preview, getting a DVD burner won't help.

I think we both need advice on how to get the highest quality capture - I use USB and Pinnicle Studio 8. Sounds like I need a different cable and a different software.

dianne, thank you for that information. saved me from wasting a lot of money, was planning to buy dvd burner.. anyways, when you get to solve that problem, please inform me too.. ill do the same if i solve it first.. thanks...

you ought to be able to get very good ntsc res from a good miniDV camcorder. could be the usb cable isn't fast enough, have you considered firewire?

may be a simpler fix, have you looked around the "capture settings" in your software? you want 720 x 480 (or maybe 520 or so) --fj

i dont know how to change the capture settings.. what other softwares should i consider? any ideas?

i dont think the problem is with my cable too.. i use firewire.. thanks for the help in advance

what is virtual dub? im sorry i have no idea.. if you can inform me, ill try to find out.. do you happen to know the solution for my problem too?

Some call me mean for expecting others to put VIRTUAL DUB into google.com or reading the VITUAL DUB manual.

I will not duplicate that information here.

I will however hook up my DVcam and compare Virtual Dub settings.

Cheers,

Bob

i dont find you mean... but i dont understand any of what you are sayin.. hope you would make a christmas exception though.. id appreciate help...

VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility for 32-bit Windows platforms (95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP), licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It lacks the editing power of a general-purpose editor such as Adobe Premiere, but is streamlined for fast linear operations over video. It has batch-processing capabilities for processing large numbers of files and can be extended with third-party video filters. VirtualDub is mainly geared toward processing AVI files, although it can read (not write) MPEG-1 and also handle sets of BMP images.

I basically started VirtualDub in college to do some quick capture-and-encoding that I wanted done; from there it's basically grown into a more general utility that can trim and clean up video before exporting to tape or processing with another program. I released it on the web and others found it useful, so I've been tinkering around with its code ever since. If you have the time, please download and enjoy.

source:http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/showsoftware_virtualdub_346.html

Don13ger,

Did you get the help/idea as how to solve the problem. I am having the same problem with my TRV22 sony camcorder.

Please, help me.
Thanks!