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Quality Of Video Importing Video

#1 avidreader

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Posted 28 March 2011 - 09:40 AM

Hi i have a Canon ZR30mc camcorder and30 tapes they all need to be made into digital format with high quality. I cannotspend any money on this. I already have a fire-wire cable and windows livemovie maker. I have tried importing them but bad quality. Can u give me help?Thanks

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#2 Grr8008

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Posted 29 March 2011 - 06:29 AM

I'm sorry, but when I looked up this camera, it doesn't appear to be a high definition camera. This may be your problem, so I don't really know what you can do. Can you provide more information on the camera?

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Posted 29 March 2011 - 12:02 PM

avidreader, on 28 March 2011 - 09:40 AM, said:

Last I checked you can capture using virtual dub, or VLC in Windows, which will let you save in a variety of different formats. But most places seem to recommend using Windows Media Encoder to do the task.

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Posted 31 March 2011 - 09:44 AM

hi the program i am using right now is windows live movie maker to IMPORT the video. it then saves them as uncompressed avi's. even after editing in mm (movie maker) still all fuzzy.

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Posted 31 March 2011 - 03:55 PM

avidreader, on 31 March 2011 - 09:44 AM, said:

hi the program i am using right now is windows live movie maker to IMPORT the video. it then saves them as uncompressed avi's. even after editing in mm (movie maker) still all fuzzy.

Fuzzy on the computer screen or on a TV? How fuzzy? Can you either take a picture with a camera of it or a screen capture and post it to this thread?

As noted, that camera takes "standard definition" video. Such video will look "fuzzy" when viewed up close on a large monitor or TV. It should look much better if watched on a TV at a "normal" TV watching distance. It will NOT be as sharp as a high definition video, no matter what you do.