Live camera question

videoteque_ · Post by **videoteque_** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 11:47

Anybody using DV IN for live camera and happy with the image quality??

Anybody using an USB 2.0 video capture device?? Which one??

Comments welcomed!!!

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julian_ · Post by **julian_** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 14:05

i use dv in smtimes and the quality is fine , it can get a bit jerky when havin 2 full avis running and receiving dv in , important is to set the cam so it doesn't go to sleep mode that can crash the app.

videoteque_ · Post by **videoteque_** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 18:28

But do you move your camera???

When I move my camera, I see lines in the output. It's not a CPU problem. What output resolution do you use??

whiterabbit_ · Post by **whiterabbit_** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 12:59

what sort of lines?
to be hones t last time i used it is a bit ago and i didn't move the cam a lot, output screen is set on 320/240 ....are the lines like interlacing lines?will check l8er ,

de-x_ · Post by **de-x_** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 18:01

yes there are some fu.ki'n lines

Kevin_ · Post by **Kevin_** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 18:00

the lines that u refer to sound like the result of interlacing in your camera... there is not a whole lot that you can do about it. Maybe if you used a smaller resolution scaled up, the lines would become less obvious.

DinkyToys_ · Post by **DinkyToys_** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 19:59

I use an Hauppage WinTV USB device.
A little delay in the capturing. But have no complains.
Camera is zoomed @ the DJ's mixing gear.

whiterabbit_ · Post by **whiterabbit_** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 13:28

yep the lines are the result of interlacing....tuff tried the deinterlace plug in pete wardens effects but to no asvail....gotta keep the camera still and the crowd as well....or live with the lines.
Still cam on gigs and a slow shutter speed below 50 corrects the lines a bit due to motion blur...

videoteque_ · Post by **videoteque_** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 14:03

I would love to have a proper DV-IN, with the possibility to have native resolutions, 720x576 in PAL. In this way the DV-IN would have a little bit of delay, but no quality degradation...

I thought I already paid for this features in the 1.50 when I bought it. I hope I don't have go to 2.0 just for this...

Jaymis_ · Post by **Jaymis_** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 20:49

Have a look into USB webcams or even plugging a digital camera into USB. These are both cheaper and more compact solutions than DV cam. Of course webcam won't zoom but a digital still camera will, you can't do as much as you can with a DV camera but there definitely won't be interlacing.