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Hogustus
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_ 		1. October 2003 @ 12:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Been capturing video recently and converting/burning to DVD. Quality is unacceptable. Not worth the time and effort if it is less than VHS quality at finished product stage. Is it my capture card? Or maybe my software?

I am using the Pinnacle Linx USB to capture with on the highest quality setting and then editing with Studio8 and converting to MPEG2. I then use TMPGEnc to author and Nero to burn.

Please help, b/c the original AVI capture on best quality is just NOT that good. Would something like the Canpous ADVC-100 make a difference?
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venprods
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_ 		6. October 2003 @ 12:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Typical it was your capture card. Did your capture card allow you to select the compression rate ? To me the max should be less than 3:1 to have good quality video.
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Praetor
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_ 		12. October 2003 @ 19:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I take it is a USB1.1 device? That also introduced additional strains on the capture process.
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Minion
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_ 		17. October 2003 @ 18:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
USB devices aren"t yet the way to go but they are getting better...Yes the Canopus ADVC-100 is a Very good Device and so are the New 10 Bit Conexant Chip TV Cards like the MSI TV Anyw@re.and the Newest ALL In Wonder cards capture pretty Good Quality also...your Problem could also be the Format you are Captureing to..Usually you will achieve better quality if you use a Less compressed Format ,something like Uncompressed AVI is ideal But not very Practical because it can take over 1gb per minute of Video but the HuffyUV codec is Just as good and Uses less than half the Space while achieveing the same Quality...The ADVC-100 Compresses the Video signal directly to DV useing a High Quality Hardware DV encoder which Produces very good Quality and useing about 4 to 1 Compression or about 20gb per hour of Video..But the Biggest impact on Quality is the Quality of the Source and the Clairity of the Signal, so you should be useing a Good Quality VHS Tape and a Good VCR with S=Video would be best
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