What Codec was that?

thief_ wrote on 11/12/2002, 2:43 AM

When I capture video using FireWire, what codec is being used to encode the resulting AVI clips?

Can this be changed, and how?

I used to capture analog using my Asus V8200 Deluxe video card/capture port (analog). One of the clips I captured would not play on any PC or media player I could find- each said they could not locate the required codec to play the clips. I finally found the Asus Codec on the Asus web site, loaded it, and the clips now play. Should I be using a standard codec so that my clips will not need special software to play?

Regards.

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Chienworks wrote on 11/12/2002, 6:01 AM

Since you're capturing through firewire, you must either be capturing from a DV source or through an external device that converts to DV. It is the source (camcorder or something like the Canopus converters) that encodes the DV video with it's codec, not the capture software. All the firewire transfer does is make a bit-for-bit copy of the DV stream onto your hard drive with no additional recoding.

Most DV codecs are interchangable; video encoded with any DV codec should be playable by any other codec.