Recording movies

Emper0r · 02-22-2008, 04:55 PM

Hey guys, I bought a web cam and tried recording some movies. I used "Windows Movie Maker" and used the default .wmv format to record in but... the quality was absolutely terrible. Can anyone tell me what the best format to record in is in Windows Movie Maker or in general?

atomic tofu · 02-22-2008, 04:57 PM

mess with movie maker some more...or actually realize or pay attention to what you are doing...not being insulting...my home movies can be in low res or HD res, in wmv format

Emper0r · 02-22-2008, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by atomic tofu

mess with movie maker some more...or actually realize or pay attention to what you are doing...not being insulting...my home movies can be in low res or HD res, in wmv format

So do you just use the wmv format when you record? You're right, there's probably a resolution setting or something of the sort that I've missed.

atomic tofu · 02-23-2008, 09:34 AM

i prefer to stick with wmv...sometimes if someone can't play something, i'll try to convert it to mpg or avi
I believe the final step is how you determine how it encodes your file...let me take a quick look again at the res I just did...

i'm using vista...
in the section "publish this to" choose "this computer"
pic a name/folder...then pick your format...you should be able to see all your options

EricB · 02-23-2008, 10:00 PM

it might be your webcam that has the low resolution

peterhuang913 · 02-23-2008, 10:03 PM

Yea, maybe you have one of those 1.3MP webcams.

02-22-2008, 04:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
Emper0r Newb Techie Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 38	Recording movies Hey guys, I bought a web cam and tried recording some movies. I used "Windows Movie Maker" and used the default .wmv format to record in but... the quality was absolutely terrible. Can anyone tell me what the best format to record in is in Windows Movie Maker or in general?

02-22-2008, 04:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
atomic tofu Monster Techie Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,595	Re: Recording movies mess with movie maker some more...or actually realize or pay attention to what you are doing...not being insulting...my home movies can be in low res or HD res, in wmv format

02-23-2008, 09:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
atomic tofu Monster Techie Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,595	Re: Recording movies i prefer to stick with wmv...sometimes if someone can't play something, i'll try to convert it to mpg or avi I believe the final step is how you determine how it encodes your file...let me take a quick look again at the res I just did... i'm using vista... in the section "publish this to" choose "this computer" pic a name/folder...then pick your format...you should be able to see all your options

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