recording with powerVCR2 -> make a divx file of it

[Banana]

Hi all,
I'm useing PowerVCR 2 to record from TV(Hauppauge WinTV Primio FM)
useing the DVD-Profile DVD-PAL.(i tried it with other Profiles too)
Everything is working fine, i have the mpg file, but to big....
The mpg file is faultless.
Then i code it to a DivX file with Xmpeg, but after that the file (avi) is fucked up. The sound is like lags in a Internet game but the video is fine. It sounds like recorded with an very old Taperecorder with a broken mic.:devil:
I tried it with VirtualDub too but then i get a very unsynch file...

Any suggestions???
what i'm doing wrong?
other Profile?(powerVCR), some special setup or another prog to make a DivX of a mpeg file??

[bb]

Try DVD2AVI, then GordianKnot.

bb

[sillKotscha]

where do you get your sound from?... let me guess, TV-card to Line-In sound-card?!! just try this: take your sound straight from vcr to line in/ or mic-in (you can boost your mic if it's needed). This will result in a very clear sound input. I guess your current capture-driver is crap, that's why your recorded sound is that awefull.

just try it... my 2 cents

regards Sill

[Banana]

whoops i don't think that you have understood my problem (or i explained it not good enough)

i get the problem with the sound when i code the mpeg file(DVD-PAL Profile) into a Divx file with Xmpeg!!!!

Not when i record with PowerVCR 2. There is the sound perfect, the whole file is prefect but to big/not compressed.

So again:
What's the best way/prog to code a mpeg file from PowerVCR 2 to a Divx file???

[sillKotscha]

ok, sorry for missunderstanding...

but then you didn't understand bb ;)

cheers Sill

[Banana]

I've understood bb very well, but i don't like DVD2avi....
and i want some more solutions:cool:

[Banana]

i think the problem is that PowerVCR 2 use some own Codecs(Cyber...) to code the video into mpeg files and with this codec's (for video and audio) Xmpeg get problems(or other progs)

so any sollutions to fix that???

[Banana]

ha now i've got it!!!!!!!!
done as follows:
recorded with PowerVCR 2 with the "MPEG2 highest Quality" Profile.
Took this file and put it into TMPEG and made a mpeg file again.
And this file I coded it into a DivX file with Xmpeg.
The result:
a perfect video from TV in 640*480!!!!


But if there is a better or easier solution, post it....

[theReal]

you could also open the mpeg2 file in VDub through an avisynth script.

this should work:

LoadPlugin("E:\GORDIA~1\mpeg2dec.dll")
mpeg2source("G:\xyz.mpg)

(plus you can add nice filters in avisynth, like temporalsmoother)

[bb]

@theReal:
Are you sure? I believe you have to create a D2V project file first (using DVD2AVI), which you can open through mpeg2source.

bb

[theReal]

I'm sorry, I was wrong, bb you're right!
I thought you could open mpeg2 directly, but when I just tried, it didn't work. However, the method is still pretty easy: just open the mpeg in DVD2AVI, set all audio to "demux all tracks", then save a project. Then open this project through avisynth with no problems.

I'd still prefer this very much to re-encoding the mpeg2 to mpg in TMPEG and then using XMPEG. You don't have to do much with DVD2AVI in this case, only save the project (and click on "demux all tracks" before).

[Banana]

you are right thereal,
it's a lot of work...
but after that you have a video with a really good quality cauz the recording resolution is very high. ok you have a big file after that but after putting in TMPEG and Xmpeg it has the "normal" size.