Importing Video

[Mandala]

I just bought a video input card (WinTV from Hauppauge!)so I can record from Video Tapes. The problem is that if I try to record at a frame size larger than 320 x 240, I get files that are gigantic...like half a gig for about thirty seconds. Not to mention the file is all garbled. Is there some way to import this footage as 640 x 480 and keep the file size down to a workable size? I've got Premier, After Effects, Quicktime and some other multi-media software. Thanks,

Mandala

 

[WizyWyg]

the bigger the resolution the bigger the file size
if yo uwant to keep quality then you will have blance between which codec to use on CAPTURE and what kind of quality you want.

I personally capture in DV AVI or uncompressed AVI. That means in DV AVI its roughly 12 - 20 megs per min.
Uncompressed AVI = 10 megs PER second.

MPEG 2 (dvd quality ) = 1.4 GB per 30 min on AVERAGE bitrate. 2.8 GB per 30 min for extremely good bitrate. HIgher the bitrate On video and audio, the better the quality.

Since you're using a substandard TV capture card, you are stuck with whatever codecs Hauppauge uses. And by my experience, they have one the worst to work with. Giving you the bad quality vid caps.

I work with 1 80 GB and 1 200 GB HD's on my computer to handle my video cpature and editing.