are set top VHS->DVD machines better than PC capturing (aside from HIGH end machines)

[-i-]

I was just getting ready to gear up my machine for VHS captures to archive my old VHS collection...

but now I see set-top converters on the market....


should I just get one of those??

[Darksoul71]

Hi -i- !

Defenitly NOT because no settop box/converter provides you the power that a well setup MPEG encoder (combined with VDub´s frameserver and several filters) has.

Offline encoding is slower but still provides the best results.

-Learn on VDubs or AVI Synth Denoise filters (Temporal Smoother, Temporal Cleaner, Smart Smoother, 2D Cleaner, etc)

-Capture in FULL NTSC (720x480) either in Huffyuv or in MJPEG with a low compression ratio. You wan´t notice any difference between Huffyuv and a good MJPEG codec for VHS material.

-Learn to set up TMPEGEnc (or CCE)

-D$