On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 16:04:07 +0100, "Sipke" wrote:

>Do all capture cards produce Interlaced capture files?
>
>I got myself a Pinnacle DC10+ (bundled with Studio software) and Adobe
>Premiere 5.1. When I capture from composite source (in my case a standard
>VHS Video Recorder) the AVI-file captured is interlaced M-JPEG (motion
>JPEG). In order to transform this to a useable format for PC (I wish to
>archive the VHS-material on VCD or SVCD) I am using TMPGEnc to DE-Interlace
>and shrink filesize. However, I notice a drastic contrast fall in this
>process and the end product looks rather foggy, even when I select a very
>high datarate. Crispness and contrast are totally gone :-(
>Is this the way it's meant to be with the DC10+ card or could I get rid of
>the Interlaced in some other way? With less quality loss?

If you wish to archive VHS (or most any better format),
for now leave it in its original tape form, uncopied
if possible. The quality WILL suffer when it is compressed
for VCD or SVCD use. An alternative is to copy to Mini-DV
or D8 tape, if the VHS material you have is important
and deteriorating. And, normal video is interlaced, and
it is best left that way for TV-viewing - deinterlace it
only if it will only be viewed on a computer monitor...