I've SONY Hndycm, i've rcvd a CD (imagemixer) to conv frm Hi8 to CD, when conv'd the quality is worse, pls hlp

Question

i've SONY TRV-285E Handycam, the Cd came with it called picture Package from the company ImageMixer. when i m converting the video from my Hi8 Cassette to CD the quality of it is very bad better to say worse. pls help me if any of u guys have faced the same problem and have already overcomed it.

Answer 1

The reason is because the Video CD format is a highly compressed format. It is called a lossy compression where you loose image information a lot. Think if an 8.4GB DVD can hold maximum of 2 hours video of high quality, how can a CD 700MB can hold maximum 80mins video.

Solution:
If you buy a software called Pinnacle Studio DV (latest version), you can capture video from almost every camcorder without having to install camcorder software or drivers, this capture is uncompressed so you don't loose quality at all. Then you can burn high quality DVDs or after editing video you can also record it back to the camcorder provided your camcorder has DV or analog input. This pinnacle software costs £50