Video Audio editing

[scotty]

I use this software for sound. amps sound, reduces or eliminates noise, and a whole host of stuff that I know nothing about. And its free !!

www.audacity.com

[Praxeas]

I use audacity

BTW by quality I mean bit rates, frames per second, Mhz etc....

[ManOfWord]

I have never been able to increase the quality of video once it has been shot. I've tried everything before. If you decrease the resolution, you eliminate the pixelation. I normally use 30fps, bit rates of 500 or more, I think. I use Final Cut on a MacBook Pro. I have finally gone to a high def video camera which gives me, IMO, incredible video quality compared to what I was using. I now have the inherent quality I want and can anywhere from there.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by ManOfWord

I have never been able to increase the quality of video once it has been shot. I've tried everything before. If you decrease the resolution, you eliminate the pixelation. I normally use 30fps, bit rates of 500 or more, I think. I use Final Cut on a MacBook Pro. I have finally gone to a high def video camera which gives me, IMO, incredible video quality compared to what I was using. I now have the inherent quality I want and can anywhere from there.

The best video is going to be analog...the problem has always been editing. In digital format it is easier to edit. In order to edit analog in a digital environment it needs to be captures to the PC...and because analog is on tape that takes forever.

So we consumers have opted for the easier and lower quality digital format.

Now, I would like to have an HD cam, until them all my vid will be youtube quality :-)

[OnTheFritz]

I have a lot of experience in the video conversion process. Will be glad to help. A lot depends on the software you use for conversion, default settings, etc. A video editing app like Final Cut or Premiere will likely default to an NTSC timeline which will scale up your video size to 640x480 or 720x480. Also, the recompression settings will dictate output size.