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19th February 2002, 20:34
OK, as some of you have read, I am starting to capture VHS and migrate them to DVD via DVDit! PE, but I have a feeling I am either missing a step, or something (sorry if some of these questions were already posted by me, I wanted to put them in one post, so I can get a clear answer)...
first, here is the machine:
AMD 1600XP @ 1.533 (prime can run for days with no errors)
2x256 crucial 2100 DDR (no mem errors)
Abit KR7A-Raid (not running raid though)
ATI All In Wonder Radeon 8500dv
Soundblaster Audigy Platnium
40gig IBM Deskstar as C:/
60gig IBM Deskstar as my capture drive
Pioneer A03 DVD-R
DVD-R General disks from americal.com
cheap samsung VCR (I plan on replacing)
first I capture with vdub 1.4.7, 352x480 (so as to capture both fields in the virtical), YUY2, compress via Huffyuv 2.1.1 @ "predict median". 29.97fps. Audio is captured at 44.1 PCM, I get only a handfull of dropped frames :)
I then throw the capture file into vdub again, to size it. I also compress it again, and I usually just use divx 3.11, only because I am familiar with it. I would like to resize and go straight to MPEG2, but VDUB doesn't seem to have a MPEG2 codec. Any suggestions as to doing a resize AND a good compress at the same time?? If I don't compress, I get a nice fat 100+gig file, which isn't a good thing ;-]
I am looking into the stand alone MPEG2 encoders, like CCE, but I have 2 problems, I can't find the free ones that are any good, and I am still at a loss as to what to compress with in vdub when I do a re-size.
anyways, after I get my resize to 704x340 (is that an appropriate resolution?) and compress the video, while leaving the audio in 44.1 PCM, I then load the AVI into DVDit! PE, and do my authoring. I then set the output to all the appropriate settings for a 4.7 DVD-R, and I should be good to go??
some extras:
I do NOT do IVTC, because these DVD's will be viewed on a TV only. Am I right in that notion??
These captures have to be *exact* as the source, it is a project for my family, we have alot of VHS that are not on DVD, and they are rare or old. But if the DVD video os less in quality, I have to eat the cost of equipment!!!
I frequent this forum and site, VCDHELP, and especially lukesvideo guides, just so you know where I am getting my ideas and info. Lukesvideo is what I rely on for capturing in vdub.
thanks for any input!!!
first, here is the machine:
AMD 1600XP @ 1.533 (prime can run for days with no errors)
2x256 crucial 2100 DDR (no mem errors)
Abit KR7A-Raid (not running raid though)
ATI All In Wonder Radeon 8500dv
Soundblaster Audigy Platnium
40gig IBM Deskstar as C:/
60gig IBM Deskstar as my capture drive
Pioneer A03 DVD-R
DVD-R General disks from americal.com
cheap samsung VCR (I plan on replacing)
first I capture with vdub 1.4.7, 352x480 (so as to capture both fields in the virtical), YUY2, compress via Huffyuv 2.1.1 @ "predict median". 29.97fps. Audio is captured at 44.1 PCM, I get only a handfull of dropped frames :)
I then throw the capture file into vdub again, to size it. I also compress it again, and I usually just use divx 3.11, only because I am familiar with it. I would like to resize and go straight to MPEG2, but VDUB doesn't seem to have a MPEG2 codec. Any suggestions as to doing a resize AND a good compress at the same time?? If I don't compress, I get a nice fat 100+gig file, which isn't a good thing ;-]
I am looking into the stand alone MPEG2 encoders, like CCE, but I have 2 problems, I can't find the free ones that are any good, and I am still at a loss as to what to compress with in vdub when I do a re-size.
anyways, after I get my resize to 704x340 (is that an appropriate resolution?) and compress the video, while leaving the audio in 44.1 PCM, I then load the AVI into DVDit! PE, and do my authoring. I then set the output to all the appropriate settings for a 4.7 DVD-R, and I should be good to go??
some extras:
I do NOT do IVTC, because these DVD's will be viewed on a TV only. Am I right in that notion??
These captures have to be *exact* as the source, it is a project for my family, we have alot of VHS that are not on DVD, and they are rare or old. But if the DVD video os less in quality, I have to eat the cost of equipment!!!
I frequent this forum and site, VCDHELP, and especially lukesvideo guides, just so you know where I am getting my ideas and info. Lukesvideo is what I rely on for capturing in vdub.
thanks for any input!!!