720p versus 1080p
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if you're looking at 720p or 1080p on your computer screen you wont notice a difference because your screen is to small. You might only notice a dif if you were playing 720p on a big screen like maybe a 60 inch then definitely 1080p would look better. 1080p takes up a huge amount of memory on a camcorder so if your tv is smaller say 37,40 or 46 inch 720p should be fine and no need to upgrade.
I just easily did all that with Ubuntu with no special software needed.
Played a Youtube video, then took a screenshot image of a frame I freeze in that Youtube video. That image could then be blown up and the image was degraded the more it was blown up.
I would imagine Windows has something that can do the same.
It's not only the difference between 720p and 1080p, it's the quality of the source too.
A perfect 720p encode will look better than a crappy 1080p encode.
Anyway, I can tell the difference between 720p and 1080p on my 46" Samsung.
1080p wins, more clarity and overall quality.
Great point!
It will only be as good as the original source file was.
I run into this a lot with music files.
Some ID as 320 bitrate but sound like crap.
What I assume was done is they may start out with perhaps a 64 bitrate file then convert it to 320 bitrate which is easy to do. They may erroneously believe this will increase the sound quality. Well it doesn't. The sound quality remains the same even though it now shows up as a 320 bitrate file.
Can you do the same thing with videos that you shoot on your home camera (either AVI or Quicktime)? I playback my video, I freeze a frame. How do I capture that frame (screenshot image?)? Is it the same process as downloading a pic from the Internet (i.e. put the cursor over the image and right click)?
Guys, I have 2 confessions to make.
1) I only have grade 1 computer knowledge (not university level), so please explain slowly.
2) My computer has XP not Windows 7.
What is a "snipping tool"?
If you can play your video using Windows Media Player, VLC or using some other video player on XP, when you freeze it just hit the PrtScnSysRq key on your keyboard to take a screenshot. That will give you a screenshot image of the frame you froze. You save that image somewhere, then open it using XP software (not sure what since its been awhile using XP) and manipulate, zoom, blow it up or whatever, you want to do with it.
I tried that and it didn't work. I played my video, "froze" a frame and hit "Print Screen". Nothing.
I've had some stuff that was DRM locked and when I printscreened, it was funny, EVERYTHING else was captured beautifully, but the DRM content was just fuzz. I was really surprised they had done it like that.
Don't know what is "DRM". My stuff is home shot videos on my camera that I downloaded to the computer. Still trying to save some still images from those videos. Print screen didn't work.
Sounds about right.
Once you save a frame, you should be able to manipulate it anyway you want with any photo program.
The "print screen" worked with my Quick Time Movies but not my AVI videos. Why doesn't it work for AVI?
