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Jasper-e
30th April 2006, 13:08
This guide describes, with lots of screenshots, how to capture from TV, VCR, Videocamera or any other video source, and how to properly convert the captured material to DVD. The manual only applies to the european PAL system. Do you live in America? Then you'll have the NTSC system and won't be able to follow the exact instructions in this file. Most steps will still apply but not the talk about framerates and resolutions.
Anyway, if you're european and using the PAL system just follow the manual =)

The guide is meant for those who can't live with the limited configuration options offered by all-in-one packages such as the Ulead or Pinnacle software, and would like some more control of each step in the process. This guide will use some pretty advanced tools, but not to worry, you'll see its all not that hard if you just follow the instructions.
This guide is intended for:

* Hi8 to DVD
* Video8 to DVD
* HandyCam to DVD
* VHS to DVD
* TV to DVD
* VCR to DVD
* * to DVD ;)

Short summary of the steps taken:

1. Getting your WinXP installation ready
2. Capturing the video with VirtualDub
3. Using AviSynth to frameserve the captured material
4. Encoding with HC encoder (HCenc) to make captured material DVD compatible
5. Rip the audiostream with VirtualDub
6. Encode the audiostream with BeSweet GUI to DVD compatible format.
7. Author the DVD with TMPGEnc DVD author 6.1

URL: http://dvdguide.ennik.com


The guide doesn't give arguements for each step or decision taken. It's written in a way it's easy to follow, not to overload the reader with information.

If you see any mistakes or imperfections in this manual please let me know :)