Re: grey squares on video

On Tuesday 26 January 2010, Carl Karsten wrote:
>On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Dan Dennedy <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 6:08 AM, sattress <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> I am a kinetic sculptor that works with discarded technology. I make
>>> videos of my sculptures, particularly those that are hired by
>>> restaurants. I have
>>
>> That is awesome! The picture you attached is intriguing.
>>
>>> used windows (found copies of win 98SE and W2k). I am trying to move to
>>> linux. The last hurdle, and the one that I have failed to clear multiple
>>> times is capturing video. I have been lent a Panasonic NV-DX100 digital
>>> video camera (PAL/dv) and have made many videos that other have enjoyed
>>> using u-lead and nero.
>>>   In shifting to Linux, I have run kino on different PC's and laptops
>>> with different distros. I can capture and make mpeg files. At all
>>> stages, and in all my attempts, I have five grey squares that sit
>>> solidly and
>>> unattractively through all the stages of capturing editing and
>>> rendering. I
>>
>> I think I have seen the problem you describe, but I do not see it in
>> the image you attached. Is it supposed to be in the image, or was that
>> just a promotional image?
>
>I think I see it.   I circled 2 examples.
>
Those are jpeg compression artifacts, way too much compression.

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