2006-07-13 03:05:58 · 5 answers · asked by firewall 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Camcorders
DV is better. DV is a 13:1 compression ratio, and each frame is compressed separately, so it is editable. MPEG2 compresses at a much higher ratio (lower quality) and also does intraframe compression to make it even smaller. DV is good enough to be used as a master format for independent films, MPEG2 is meant as a final format. DV is good enough that it is worth getting a three CCD camera if you really need better quality than generic consumer cameras.
2006-07-13 03:12:48 · answer #1 · answered by Jeffrey L 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a previous poster said, DV is better. Both DV and MPEG-2 use compression, but DV compresses individual frames only. MPEG-2 additionally compresses multiple frames together. MPEG-2 is the compression format for DVDs, DV is for digital tape recording. Professional camcorders use DV. One of the professional DV formats uses the same exact codec as consumer DV camcorders.
2006-07-13 08:42:30 · answer #2 · answered by anim8er2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MPEG 2 because I believe DV is compressed.
2006-07-13 03:06:55 · answer #3 · answered by Eric D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mpeg-2
Edit:
actually wait, whatever the majority says in 24 hours.
2006-07-13 03:07:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
DV is uncompressed and will give better quality
2006-07-13 03:08:26 · answer #5 · answered by Bill 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋