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maxwell3
9th May 2003, 18:50
Ive read LOTS of stuff these past two weeks .Learned alot about vdub avisynth frameserving cce tmpgenc etc... I have a simple question . All I will be capturing for now since I have no camera is satellite movies and some of my vhs tapes . I can capture these thru dvd workshop as avi files or mpeg2 or whatever . The ultimate source is my DVD burner . Ive read enough about vhs to get a good idea of resolution etc but Im a little foggy on the best way to capture satellite . Im using svideo in on an ati allinwonder pentium3 866mhz 256mb rdram a 60 gig and a secondary 80gig hd . Can some recommend the best way to capture sat movies . Should I capture avi and then encode to mpeg2 . Is it worth the effort or should I capture straight to mpeg 2 . And heres the big question should I hassle with v dub (i have a post in the v dub section of my troubles currently with v dub)Or just use dvd workshop or even dvd movie factory 2 . Thanks

BaronVlad
13th May 2003, 18:10
Hi,

There normally is no "bestway" for everybody. Best way for you is the way it works for you and gives you decent quality...

IMO you should do digital caps from your satellite source. If you dont want to buy such a card / box you should stick to VDub, capture Full PAL/NTSC Huffyuv or MJPEG, depends on your system, cpu and harddisksize/speed. and after that get your files to MPEG2 -> DVD.