raw dv capture or recompression ?

[pierre....@gmail.com]

Hello,

When capturing from a DV device, does VIDI recompress the incoming DV
stream or does it write it "as is" to the disk ? If it is the latter,
is there a way to force VIDI not to recompress (may be it is the "best
quality" setting) ?
Also, when capturing DV, can VIDI report dropped frames or potential
1394 communication errors ?

Thanks !

Pierre

[pierre....@gmail.com]

On 9 août, 12:00, pierre.cate...@gmail.com wrote:

> When capturing from a DV device, does VIDI recompress the incoming DV
> stream or does it write it "as is" to the disk ? If it is the latter,
> is there a way to force VIDI not to recompress (may be it is the "best
> quality" setting) ?

Sorry, I meant "if it is the former", not the latter.

Pierre

[Mitz Pettel]

Vidi saves the DV stream as-is, without recompressing. The quality
settings affect only the real-time rendering, similar to the playback
quality options in QuickTime Player. In reply to the other question,
Vidi does not report dropped frames or other errors.

Regards,
-- Mitz Pettel