Hi,
It's me again and yes, the easiest and the BEST way is the pass-through method.
Remember one thing, your final raw product can only be as good as the original
so the fewer pieces of equipment and the fewer cables you have to go through to
get to the hard drive the better off you are!
However, this is where the "magic" comes in. I mentioned that I do this for a
living so over the years I've found a lot of ways that don't work and some that
do, most are not free but some are.
When we "restore" film (8mm and super8) after I have used a special capture
system that I have built from scratch (high end, variable speed projector, rear
screen projection system and a fully restored pro hi8, multi ccd camcorder,
more on that later, that I sync through a special audio/video mixer) to get the
film on tape in analog format, I run it through a SIMA SCC-2 color correction
box. From the SIMA into a dedicated analog capture card with special
third-party drivers and save it as an AVI file.
Why go through all this trouble? Beacause of exactly what you are running
into, poor quality plus the reason for analog is simple, it is the easiest
format to modify and edit, why do you think a lot of TV stations still use tape
and or Beta?
At this point I review clips for quality and then deside where to go from there.
If I need further "restoration" I use a variety of tools, some of which are
free, some are not (one of the best analog editing tools around is VirtualDUB
and all of the various filters that are all free for the asking!), or I may use
"Video Pilot" or "CinemantiQ" software, or one or more of many others that I
have in my "tool box".
I know that this is long winded but I just wanted to point out some of the
variables that can cause poor quality avi files from the camera and quite
possibly it could also be the camera itself.
Do you know that if an older analog camcorder is not used for an extended
period of time (ie: curent passing through the circuits) that the capacitors
will dry up and fail? FACT!
I know because I just had an older Sony unit "restored" ($300+, one of many
that I use) and all the caps had to be replaced!
I could go on for hours (this has been long enough ;) ) because film and tape
restoration is a passion of mine.
Regards,
Jay F.
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