Operation Manual

Chapter 2: Capturing video 29
the captures “vacation-picnic”, “vacation-sailing” and
“vacation-soccer”. Because Studio processes the files
in alphabetical order when recapturing, following this
convention will greatly reduce the number of times you
have to switch tapes during the Make Tape process.
Analog tapes and Digital8 camcorders
SmartCapture requires DV timecode. Analog tapes
(Hi8 and 8mm) do not have DV timecode even when
played in a Digital8 camcorder. As a result, it is not
possible to use SmartCapture with analog tapes played
in a Digital8 camcorder. To use your analog tapes with
Studio, either capture them at full quality, or copy them
to DV tape.
Full-quality capture
You have two choices for the way the video data is
encoded and compressed in full-quality captures. For
most purposes, DV format is the logical choice, but if
you are planning to output your finished movie to disc
(VCD, S-VCD or DVD), you may prefer the MPEG-1
or MPEG-2 format instead.
Because of the intensive computation required for
MPEG-2 encoding, older computers may not be fast
enough to achieve a satisfactory MPEG-2 capture. The
type of capture hardware you have and the capture
quality you choose also help determine the minimum
CPU speed needed. In cases where Studio is able to
estimate that your computer is not fast enough to carry
out a particular capture, it will advise you of the
problem and give you a chance to cancel the operation.