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eddieb
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22. February 2004 @ 22:36 |
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Forget USB and go firewire - I use the Director's Cut 2 box and the results are great.
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nograde1
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1. March 2004 @ 11:04 |
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Minion - thanks for your endless input into this forum. I have a couple more questions?
1. If my only concern is quality should I capture using HuffyUV and VirtualDub in AVI format?
2. Where is a VirtualDub manual in English?
3. What is the diff between DVD+R and -R?
thanks
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Minion
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1. March 2004 @ 12:15 |
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Well if you have the Disk Space then useing the HuffYUV codec will Produce the Best Quality but the File size will be quite large, about 25gb per Hour at 720+480, as For a Manual for Virtual Dub I do not think anyone has written one..If you want an easier program to use that does Just video capture then try "Virtual-VCR" ,It is also Freeware and is Compatible with more Capture devices than Virtual-Dub..
And there really aren"t any Fundamental Differances between DVD-R and DVD+R accept that a DVD+R Burner will not Burn DVD-R Disks and the same goes for DVD-R Burners can"t Burn DVD+R disks that is why it is best to get a Dual Format Burner that Burns Both Formats, and DVD-R disks seem to be a Little Cheaper than the DVD+R disks but the DVD+R format has disks that Burn at a Higher Speed and I think in a Couple Months there will be Dual Layered 9gb DVD+R disks but you will need a Burner that supports the Dual Layered Format which with some Burners will just be a Matter of getting a Firmware Upgrade.....Good Luck
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fugitive2
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3. March 2004 @ 03:10 |
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The 4Gb, like previous said, is the limitation of
the file system, and has nothing to do with the (S)VCD
standard.
Bedankt, Thanks,
Fugitive.
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nograde1
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3. March 2004 @ 05:37 |
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minion - I used Virtual VCR and HuffyUV and the capture was great even without a seperate HD and using an old tape. Is there a free encoder out there? If not should I just use windows movie maker or roxio? Should I use DVD Shrink if I want to put a large homemade movie on DVD.
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Minion
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3. March 2004 @ 12:36 |
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Tou will need to use a Mpeg encoder and a DVD authoring Program to get the Movie on to a DVD...You will First Have to encode your Captured File to Mpeg2 DVD Format ,you can use TMPGEnc for this if you wish as there is a 30 day demo for mpeg2 encodeing in TMPGEnc and you can download it on the Main Software Page of this site or over at www.TMPGEnc.net...Then once you have a DVD Compliant Mpeg2 file you will have to add Chapters and Menu"s and then author the File to DVD ...I like to use DVD-Lab for this But an easier one would be "Tmpgenc DVD author" which a 30 day demo alse can be downloaded on the Main Software section of this Site....Cheers
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mbanx
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3. March 2004 @ 13:22 |
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Hey Minion I have never captured using V. VCR but people really seem to like it. I have always used my Winfast PVR because it was simple and I seen where I have the option to cap. in 720x480. Can I get these dimensions in VCR? I would like to cap "The Sopranos" this Sunday and am looking to get the best possible picture I can. I have the HD space to use the Huffy codec so any other ideas would be appreciated.
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Minion
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3. March 2004 @ 15:54 |
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Yes Virtual-VCR can capture at 720+480 as Long as your Capture device supports that resolution and in the Virtual-VCR settings there is a setting to set the "Master Stream" set it to "Video" this means that if there is any Time Drift in the audio and Video Sync it will adjust the audio sample rate so it can keep sync with the Video, If you choose "Audio" as the Master stream then it will Change the Frame rate so it keeps sync with the Audio which will go out of Sync when you encode the File to Mpeg..It is also good to capture to a hard drive that is seperate from the Hard drive your operateing System and programs are installed on and make sure that Drive is Defragmented because Captureing at full resolution useing HuffYUV will need to have about 500mb per Minute of Video which in Most cases your Master drive will not be able to handle because your system has to access your Master drive while Captureing which can cause you to drop frames if you capture to your Master Drive....Good Luck
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mbanx
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4. March 2004 @ 02:42 |
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Are you referring to an actual physical drive or could it be a seperate partition?
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nograde1
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4. March 2004 @ 04:08 |
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mbanx - I currently use VirtualVCR with HuffyUV. They work great together and the resolution is superb with very few dropped frames. I get about 80 dropped frames per 20,000. I do not have an extra HD. The down side is the files are BIG. A 10 minute file is about 4.7 G.
Hey Minion - now that I have these great files that I plan on making a movie with. Can DVD Shrink, shrink them to fit on a DVD?
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nograde1
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4. March 2004 @ 04:19 |
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Minion - What is the best free software to edit my very large .AVI files and keep them in .AVI format? Can VirtualDub do all of that? I tried it and the file I saved was larger then the original after I cut footage out? Thanks
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mbanx
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4. March 2004 @ 04:58 |
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Thanks for the reply I seem to have a problem getting a clear picture it seems to be related to the country # I am in the US but I cant find a number to give me a clear picture.
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Minion
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4. March 2004 @ 12:26 |
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You can Use Virtual-Dub to edit the AVI file but make sure both audio and Video are set to "Direct Stream Copy" then you will not have Huge Files and once you have the Files edited you can NOT use DVD Shrink to put them on a DVD, DVD Shrink isn"t really made for encodeing AVI files and it has no settings for setting up your Menu"s and Chapters Only a DVD authoring Program can do that for you....So after you have edited the File useing Virtual Dub you should use a Mpeg2 encoder Like TMPGEnc or the "MainConcept Encoder" to encode your Captured Movie to Mpeg2 for DVD, then you will need a DVD authoring Program to put this Mpeg2 file on to DVD with menu"s and Chapters, You can use something simple like TMPGEnc DVD author or you can use something more complex Like "DVD-Lab".....DVD-Shrink can not be used when Putting AVI files on to DVD......Cheers
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nograde1
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8. March 2004 @ 03:44 |
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Minion - do you know how to shrink a home made DVD from your HD with DVDshrink?
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nograde1
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8. March 2004 @ 08:35 |
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what is a good codec to use with virtualdub/virtualVCR that makes files smaller then with HUFFY but still good capture quality?
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fugitive2
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8. March 2004 @ 08:36 |
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Well, i'll give you mine version of it, i "author"
with TMPGEnc DVD Author, because you can go on,
(ignor warning) and create a too big "project",
Which you then "schrink" with DVDSchrink afterwards,
So there isn't that much difference after all.
(I believe you can do the same with DVDLab..)
If "automatic" settings are still to big, you
should choose "custom" and change to a setting,
so you haven't got "red" on your color bar of
DVDSchrink.
Bedankt, Thanks,
Fugitive.
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nograde1
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8. March 2004 @ 10:33 |
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does TMPEGnc stop working after the 30 day trial? Is there a good manual out there?
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Minion
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8. March 2004 @ 12:15 |
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The only other High Quality capture codec I would recomend is the "Pic Video MJPEG Codec" which on 19 Quality will produce Quite good Quality while useing about Half the Disk space of HuffYUV Files, It isn"t a freeware codec but some of the Older versions have been released as Public domain so you might be able to find one of the Free versions, Try this one it might be a free one :
.http://dshow.narod.ru/mjpeg/picvideo2.zip
Tmpgenc run"s out in 30 days for Mpeg2 encodeing but is free forever for Mpeg1 encodeing and with "Tmpgenc DVD Author" it run"s out in 30 days...I would recomend that you encode your Files useing the Correct bitrate so that it fits on a DVD instead of Encodeing the File and then Shrinking it with DVD-Shrink Cuz every time you compress a file no matter how Little you compress it you loose Quality so encodeing it to the Correct Size in the First Place is the Best Option...
Tmpgenc comes with a help file that explains what all of the settings do and if you have a Particular Problem then Post it here and me or someone else will try to help you out
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mbanx
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8. March 2004 @ 14:32 |
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Hey Minion I have a capture I am working with right now that looks good from a distance but it is not real clear I guess it could be some noise. I am running it through Vdub and have applied the deinterlace and temporal smoother filters. Do you think this will help ( I kind of pieced it together from reading) and do you have any other suggestions to improve picture clarity thanks alot
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DJ2
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8. March 2004 @ 16:59 |
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avi and no sound. I have read so much in the past month I cant believe I need help with such a simple sounding prob. Help, VHS tape to AVI works great but I dont have any sound when I play it back. I have sound when I capture using Video Studio 7. I expected it to be there, should I look in settings or did I miss something in AVI #101? Thanks in advance.
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Minion
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8. March 2004 @ 22:32 |
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mbanx: Noise Looks Like Backround Static so useing a Temporal Smoother can help reguce the Noise but will Blurr the Image a Bit so adding a Sharpen filter will help with the Blurring...You should be able to see the results in the Virtual-Dub Window before rendering the File...You actually don"t have to render the File in Virtual-Dub because you can Frameserve the File with the Filters to your Mpeg encoder useing Virtual-Dub which will save you times and Quality cuz you will not be rendering to a New File...To Frameserve useing Virtual-Dub you first have to run the "AuxSetup.exe" file in the V-Dub folder and then click "Install Handler" and then Click "OK" and then Run V-Dub and Load in your File and add your Filters and then when you are ready to encode the File to Mpeg go to "File" to "Start Frameserver" and then Click "Start" and then give the Frameserver File a Name but give it a ".vdr" extention...Now Run your Encoder, If you are useing TMPGEnc to encode you will have to First go to "Options" to "Enviromental Settings" to "Vfapi Plugins" and Disable the "Direct show File Reader" ..
Now you can Load the Frameserver file into TMPGEnc and encode it to Mpeg like Normal ...You can also use the MainConcept encoder with V-Dub frameserver files and CinemaCraft encoder....
DJ2: Did you Make sure that you had "Line In" selected in the Windows Record settings?? You much configure windows to record from the Line In Port or Aux port (Depending on the one you are useing) on your Sound Card, and you Must do the same in your Capture Software......Cheers
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nograde1
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10. March 2004 @ 07:01 |
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I now have some great captures in .AVI footage from VCR tapes. I have ROXIO and Windows Movie maker. Both are junk. Is there a reasonably priced editing software out there that has a full timeline and some capability? thanx
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fugitive2
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10. March 2004 @ 08:34 |
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Studio 8/9 (Pinnacle) is a good one, nice priced,
encoding is good, you can even "author" with this
one, although TMPGEnc DVD Author, or DVDLab are
better ones..
Bedankt, Thanks,
Fugitive.
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tr100
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10. March 2004 @ 11:00 |
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Folks....this is a great thread - espcially Minion's knowledge...thanks.
I need to digitize and encode clips from VHS tapes to stream on the Web.
I basically will be capturing 8-10 min. clips from standard VHS tapes...encoding them to RealMedia and Windows Media files (one each for dial-up and hi-speed)...and posting them to stream (not download).
I have the basics of the process down. I have digitzed and posted a few as a test (using a Dazzle 150 product and MovieMaker)...quality is marginal to okay.
HOWEVER....I am wondering which points in the process are most important for final STREAMING Quality (as sharp/clear as possible, anyway).
Are the most important componnets the VCR Player, the Capture Device hardware, or the encoding software?
In other words....is the VCR player that important...should I get some high end player (hard to find these days)....or should I put the money in the capture card....or other?
Any advice appreciated.
THANKS!
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Minion
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10. March 2004 @ 11:52 |
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Generally Speaking the Quality will depend mostly on the Quality of the Source VHS Tape and the Quality of the Capture Device...The format you capture to will also Impact the Final Quality, But useing a Good Capture device is one of the Biggest things you can do to achieve the best Possible Quality...Cheers
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