newbie to tv capture

[Mardimus]

To whom can help,

I recently built a media center computer to watch movies, listen to music and record tv. I am using an ati 9600xt capture card (AIW). Now i know its not the best card for the deal but i am using an s-video input connection to display the image on my pc and truth is that it loos really really good. Anyhow here is my situation: I have a satellite tv system and i am a huge football (soccer) fan. What i am trying to do is record games to my hard drive in my satellite box (which i already know how to do), then take those recorded games and transfer them to my pc to then go to a dvd for viewing in a dvd player. I used an s-video connection to the capture card from the satellite box. I have the image on my pc and i have succesfully recorded a couple games to the pc. Good sound, good audio. My BIG QUESTION is what format should i record in and how do i convert that recorded file so that i can burn it to a dvd? I am recording in mpeg-2 right now and it looks great. I use dvd decrypter for a lot of work and i also use dvd shrink if needed. Any tips and feedback would be really awesome. Thanks for viewing!

[setarip_old]

Hi!

One set of procedures (other posters may/probably will suggest alternative methods) would be:

1) If not already DVD-compliant, use "TMPGEnc" (or "TMPGEncPlus") to convert the MPEG to compliant MPEG2-for-DVD format - Use "TMPGEnc's" DVD wizard/template to accomplish this (This step may not be necessary, if your MPEG-2 files are already in DVD compliant format)

2) Use "TMPGEnc DVD Author" (a different program than "TMPGEnc") to easily create the required additional DVD files and structure (and chapters and a menu, if you wish)
You can obtain a FULLY functional free 30 day trial version of this commercial program at:

www.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/tda.html

**If the combined filesize of the DVD "package" written to your hard drive is greater than 4.37Gb, use DVD Shrink (or similar) to compress


If your O/S is either Win2000 or WinXP, TMPGEnc DVD Author can also burn your DVD. Otherwise, use NERO to burn in "DVD-Video" mode
(As an alternative to "TMPGEnc DVD Author", you could use "DVDLab")


Let us know of your success ;>}

[Mardimus]

This is fantastic, i really appreciate the quick response and i will go up to the pc now and toy with your tips and ideas. Thank you, and i will post my results when i am finished (or if i have any troubles :) ). Thanks again.

[jggimi]

Another method is to make a digital transfer of the DVB data from the sat box to your PC, rather than using analog output and analog capture. You'll need additional hardware and software in the PC to accomplish this task. See our HDTV / DVB / TiVo Forum (http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?f=64) if interested.

Edit: Here's a link to Doom9's guide which shows how to get this data off the set top box and onto a DVD-R without reencoding: http://www.doom9.org/DigiTV/dvbs-soft.htm

[setarip_old]

i really appreciate the quick response and i will go up to the pc now and toy with your tips and ideas. Thank you
My pleasure ;>}