Pros and cons of DVSD codec?
 

I know google yadda yadda yadda but I can't find any solid info on it. IS it lossless like huffy? pros or cons for capturing in it?

DVSD is the Fourcc for DV. So no.

so would it be better to capture with svid in huffy? or still use dvsd

what are you capturing?

dvsd and dv are 4:1:1 - lossy codecs. If you are capturing analog, DV is pretty terrible from what ive seen, and speaking from my meager experience, a well-produced mpeg-2 at 4:2:0 from a 4:2:2 source looks much better than a dv file at 4:1:1 at a fraction of the size.

live concert footage from the direct master tape

minidv, hi8, digital8, 8mm tapes

I'd prefer to keep everything as lossless as possible as these tapes are 14 years old in some cases and older so I know i'm in a race for time lol.

bueller?!?!

Do what now? :question:

- s-video is a wire/signal (separated video)
- Huffyuv is a digital computer lossless codec

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Digital sources aren't captured. They're copied to a PC via Firewire. This would be a direct 1:1 copy, not a recording. DV is not lossless, so don't "record" it. Transfer it via Firewire. WinDV is a good app for it. DV is designed for PC-only playback.

Analog tape is best captured to lossless YUY2 with huffyuv or Lagarith lossless compression. Usually accomplished with a capture device and VirtualDub capture.