Video Production Problem

[magictorch]

Hello Everyone.

I hope I am posting this to the correct forum but please point me in the correct direction if I am not.

I need some help with video editing on my PC. I am new to this and it's not going quite to plan.

I am using the following to create video/DVD.........

Sony Handycam DCTRV351 NTSC (Digital 8 Camcorder) with USB streaming.
Desktop PC
ULEAD VideoStudio 8, recording to MPEG.

I am in the UK, where the standard TV system is PAL.

I have just managed to get to grips with scenes, transitions, cutting, pasting, effects and creation of a DVD (with chapters !!! I have impressed myself !! LOL !)

The problem is, that my videos look out of focus or "blocky." I suppose you could liken it to you are watching a really old VHS tape that's worn out.

I have tried everything I can think of. The camcorder produces excellent quality if I tape directly from the camcorder to a PAL VHS tape. Likewise, if I connect it directly to the TV, the picture quality is fine.

It just seems to be when I stream it to my PC in order to create a DVD,that it ruins it. Is it to do with my camcorder being NTSC and attempting to "make it PAL" ?

Any advice you could give would be brilliant as I have a wedding video in production !

If this is not the right place, could you please direct me to another website or forum on this site ?

Thank you in advance !

Best regards

Jamie

[Paul T]

it may be the cable connetors i find blowing in to them can help.

[david eaton]

Is it to do with my camcorder being NTSC and attempting to "make it PAL" ?


I suspect that you have got the correct answer, or part of it. I have noticed this sort of thing, even on broadcast TV, when a video has been converted from NTSC to PAL, and, I assume, the broadcaster has the best equipment available to do the conversion.

If your recordings in PAL format are good quality, do you get the same effect, if you use a recording, rather than direct from the camera?