Doom9's Forum - View Single Post

jult · 15th September 2007, 03:41

I know this thread is really old, but let me try and explain.

I have captured from an old Hi8 SONY CCD-V600E/PAL camera, through S Video (4 pins miniDIN) to a Canopus ADVC 300.

The actual captured raw DV Type 2 file ends up being 720x576 (at 25.000 fps).
Now, to clean it I had to crop the crap off from the sides (using VirtualDub), I had to cut X1 (left) 7 pixels, X2 (right) 12 pixels, Y1 (top) 2 pixels and Y2 (bottom) 0 pixels. The result then makes the actual visual content: 701x574 pixels.

What should I best do with this result, in order to maintain original aspect ratio, and maximal quality?

I tend to pick upsizing for DVD archiving (using DVB-T format, because I like to use the H.264 x264 codec), but I'm not so sure what resolution to pick here and what resizing type is best to do. Since I've cropped from the original, resembling what the visual area would be like if I took a picture from the old analog television (PAL, NL) screen with the Hi8 playing on it, what should I choose? Should I just resize to 720x576, or letterbox (with the same 720x576) to keep the 4:3 original?

Thanks in advance, I have a lot of captures I have to do the same with..

15th September 2007, 03:41	#32 \| Link
jult A Joy Forever Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 85	I know this thread is really old, but let me try and explain. I have captured from an old Hi8 SONY CCD-V600E/PAL camera, through S Video (4 pins miniDIN) to a Canopus ADVC 300. The actual captured raw DV Type 2 file ends up being 720x576 (at 25.000 fps). Now, to clean it I had to crop the crap off from the sides (using VirtualDub), I had to cut X1 (left) 7 pixels, X2 (right) 12 pixels, Y1 (top) 2 pixels and Y2 (bottom) 0 pixels. The result then makes the actual visual content: 701x574 pixels. What should I best do with this result, in order to maintain original aspect ratio, and maximal quality? I tend to pick upsizing for DVD archiving (using DVB-T format, because I like to use the H.264 x264 codec), but I'm not so sure what resolution to pick here and what resizing type is best to do. Since I've cropped from the original, resembling what the visual area would be like if I took a picture from the old analog television (PAL, NL) screen with the Hi8 playing on it, what should I choose? Should I just resize to 720x576, or letterbox (with the same 720x576) to keep the 4:3 original? Thanks in advance, I have a lot of captures I have to do the same with..