http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: 720 - Recent Topics en Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:30:16 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/1080-or-720#post-72573 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:21:20 +0000 Pierre Tessier 72573@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'll be shooting at a reception that will last about 4 hours. Shooting time will certainly be between 2 and 3 hours! That will be a lot of data to transfer at 1080p. Since this will go onto a DVD, is it really worth it to shoot at 1080p or would 720p do the trick?  </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/camcorder-options-for-streaming-video#post-68149 Fri, 20 May 2011 23:43:58 +0000 AthanJ098 68149@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hello all.  I hope this is posted in the right area.</p> <p>I'm looking for some feedback regarding a camcorder that I will use for indoor shooting of a music performance that will eventually be streamed online.  I want to shoot HD at 60p and was looking for a camcorder that would record decent 720p HD since that's probably the end resolution that I will try to stream.  </p> <p>I was originally looking at the Samsung HMX-H200 vs the Sony HDR-CX110.  The Samsung records in typical mp4 (H.264) format whereas the Sony records in AVCHD.  The Sony records in 1080i, but I didn't really want to deal with interlaced video, so I opted for the Samsung so I could record full 720p 60fps.  However, these are both last year's models and this year Samsung has similar specs with the HMX-H300, but Sony threw me a curve ball with the HDR-CX130, which now shoots full 1080p video at 60fps. In my tests with the Samsung HMX-H200, in low light settings I saw more noise with 720 vs 1080, but in very well lit scenes, I couldn't tell much of a difference on my 21.5 inch monitor between 720 and 1080.  That said, for my music performance shoot I will have plenty of light, so my question is should I just stick with the Samsung and record 720p 60fps if 720p is my target resolution for streaming this video on the web anyway?  Or should I get the newer Sony and record at full 1080p and convert it to 720p in post?  I've heard if you record higher quality from the beginning, your results will be better, even if converting to a lower resolution.  Also, I've read that the bit rate that AVCHD records at is higher and therefore yields higher quality.  But will this higher quality codec and higher resolution even be noticed when compared to 720p footage? </p> <p>Anyway, I'm at a point where I need to make a decision.  I'm weighing the practicality of the Samsung with the possibility of added quality of the Sony at the higher resolution.  I just don't know if I'll see that quality if I'm compressing my video for web streaming anyway.  Any help would be appreciated, and if you have other camcorder ideas, feel free to mention those as well.  Sorry for the book, kind of a simple yet loaded question.  Thanks in advance!</p> <p>Athan</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/jvc-hd100-not-recognized-by-nles#post-38253 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:07:26 +0000 thewatcher 38253@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I recently acquired a used (but in excellent condition) JVC HD100U.  Everything seems to work fine on the camera, but the problem I (and apparently half the people who own this type of camera) have is that I cannot capture 720 24p HDV footage in ANY NLE program.</p> <p>I've been scouring the internet for a solution to the problem... I currently use Final Cut Pro 6.0, which has no problem recognizing the HD100 when it's set to DV mode, but when set to 24p it simply cannot even find the camera.</p> <p>Being lucky enough to have several friends with PC's, I tried my luck with Sony Vegas 8.  That too failed to recognize the camera.</p> <p>I've tried numerous workarounds (neither HDVxDV nor DVHSCap recognizes the camera either), but nothing seems to work.  I'd assume that the Firewire port on the camera was malfunctioning if it weren't for the fact that it works fine in DV mode...</p> <p>Again, it seems bizarre that instead of failing to import footage properly (dropped frames, lack of timecode, etc.), no NLE will even see that my camera is connected.</p> <p>Does anyone have any other suggestions?  Is there some setting on the camera for outputting HDV that I need to change?</p>