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gwendolin
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_ 		26. September 2005 @ 22:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have several VHS video tapes that I would like to transfer to DVD. At this stage I haven't transferred them onto my hard drive. I have a "u beaut" WinFast TV 2000XP capture device on my comp and it will allow me to load video to hard drive using several different formats, my question is: Which format is the best to use (I know some formats use up a lot of HD and I would like to avoid that)There are around 20 or so formats so I am REALLY confused. As for burning proggs I have several so theres no problem there. Thanks and LOL.
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YOBUZZB
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_ 		26. September 2005 @ 22:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
MPEG-2 is what you want!! All of the formats use up space on the HD but that's where compression comes in handy. Hopefully, the software you have, allows you to compress the video then burn it. Click on the glossary tab above and review the types of files your software allows. There's great info there.
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gwendolin
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_ 		26. September 2005 @ 23:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks for that info, yes I am able to use mpeg2 so I will give it a go, theres heaps of vcr's to do so it will take some time, will let you know how it goes. lol
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Rotary
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_ 		26. September 2005 @ 23:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hi

is your mpeg2 dvd compliant? if so you only need to author (no encoding = no loss of quality)

still if it isnt compliant you can make it compliant by useing dvd patcher

if needing help on patcher just shout here...this way theres still no encoding just author like above...
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gwendolin
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_ 		26. September 2005 @ 23:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Everything seems ok....I just ran part of a movie onto HD using mpeg2 and then successfully burned it to a DVD RW without any problems. Thanks for your help.
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