Video and Movie topics

Hi: What is the difference between "frame rate" and "refresh rate"? Is it best for the frame rate to have a frequency the same as the power supply [60 Hz in USA/Canada, 50 Hz in Europe/Asia]? Is this true ...

I need to buy some mini DV tapes.   Our local store carries dvc tapes, are those that same as dv tapes?  I want to buy them in bulk of at least 5 pck, but want to make sure it's the right stuff.   Is dvc ...

The Sony HDR-HC5 supports firewire and HDMI transfers.  Which one would result in the best resolution?  If I bought a HDMI card for the PC, would I obtain the uncompressed image or would it be a mpeg2 stream? ...

Hi, Can someone give me a quick difference on video quality between the Kodak camera that shoots 30fps 640x480 and the Canon Eleura 100? I need something that can transfer via USB into the computer and then be edited easily. ...

Hi, I created an avi file and wrote video frames to it and then converted it to wmv by Window APIs but in this case I cannot do it on-the-fly. I willing to encode video frames into wmv file on-the-fly in C++ ...

Used only once- the project is over and I have over a HUNDRED 30 minute Sony BetaCam SP tapes to sell. I'll sell them at a loss. I just want to get rid of them! I live in Austin texas but often travel to houston, san antonio, ...

occasionally, the video from my pdx10 appears a bit scrambled. everything will look great, and then little scrambled blips pop up for a few seconds at a time...they usually appear in a line from the top of the screen to the bottom. ...