capturing composite or component vs 1394?

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TotalX

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My firewire on my DSR-11 is busted, so I had to use the component/composite for capturing. I noticed a difference in the color already, but wanted to know if any additonal recompression is going on vs 1394 (which should just be a data dump).
 
Well, you are going digital to analog to digital. This is not the best way to get your footage into a computer. Component and composite are different. Which, exactly are you using? Component output is superior to composite output, especially when it comes to color.
 
I am using component and saw that the color was richer and more saturated than the 1394. Is this good or bad?
 
TotalX said:
I am using component and saw that the color was richer and more saturated than the 1394. Is this good or bad?
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What this might mean is that your setup failed to properly terminate (75 Ohm) the analog video output.

Regardless, the additional mode conversions (digital -> analog -> digital) will certainly add noise, color errors are also more probable (as you have encountered) and the dynamic range will be less.
 
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