[harrisjamieh]

Hi i am using final cut pro 5 HD on a power mac 1.8 ghz single core with 2 gig ram & 250 gig internal + 1tb external.

When i capture the footage (using a Canon MVX25i DV camera), i cannot seem to get full quality of it. I have previously used an app on windoze called Pinnacle Studio, which is a very basic vid editing program but will capture at a much better quality than FCP. This cannot be right, there must be something i am doing wrong, but i cant work it out, even after extensive looking through the FCP mauals.

Any help would be happily recieved

thanks

[ism]

You'll probably get more help here:

http://discussions.info.apple.com/we...28818@.ee6bcd7

Do you mean it looks rubbish whilst capturing (if so that's normal - don't worry) or does it look rubbish after capturing?

[harrisjamieh]

thanks, ill have a look at that, i mean the quality is rubbish once captured and when i view it in quicktime. ive checked quality settings for quicktime playback + capture settings & i cant seem to work it out, but ill have a nose at this link cheers

[ism]

Is it just an interlacing issue?