Black almost always appears a mottled brown in the video. It is best to work with a monitor, and adjust the camera instead of trying to color balance at the computer. If a room is primarily one color, you may get some strange reflections on your video which requires color balancing your camera. In one situation with a lot of bright red walls reflecting light, the tops of gray equipment cases were red in the video even though my eye did not perceive it. Remember use good lighting, true color balance, and careful focus in collecting your video.
Poor video make awful digital movies.
Recording Video with your Camcorder Digitized movies are usually played back in an instructional situation with software. That is, no extra boards are required to play back the movies. Faster PowerPC Macs will decompress faster. This limitation forces compromises in the quality of the movies. Digital movies place large demands on the playback computer.