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| orion404 |
| Posted: Oct 15 2002, 04:19 PM |
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I can't find a description in the FAQs on basic capture and authoring settings for VD. I'm a bit overwhelmed by all the bells and whistles and have no idea if the settings are right or not. I stopped counting at 200 switches in all the menus and options so I need to reduce this to a manageable level, and work from there.
I am able to capture with VD to an AVI file, then use TmpGNC to convert to 'raw' MPEG (because I can't figure out VD), then burn to CD to run on my DVD. But I'm not pleased with the picture.
I understand from other forums I should be getting near-VHS quality, but I'm probably 75%-80% of that. Would that be considered 'near'? I'm running WdwsME with a 733Mhz Celeron and using a WinTV capture card and am not real pleased with the picture.
Is there a step-by-step guide listing the settings needed (minimum vs. optional) for capture and then authoring?
FWIW.......I've read the VD Help manual 5 times so far & have a good idea of its capabilities but it has very little about starting out and what settings in each of the menus are required or optional.
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| fccHandler |
| Posted: Oct 15 2002, 05:27 PM |
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There is a wealth of info here:
http://www.lukesvideo.com/
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| orion404 |
| Posted: Oct 15 2002, 09:31 PM |
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You're absolutely correct. That site is loaded and a lot of it concerns VD which I'm working with right now.
As a bonus, many of the instructions are related to WinTV which just happens to be my 'capture' device.
This would be a good link to add to the FAQs. Thanks so much for the link! |
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| BaronVlad |
| Posted: Oct 16 2002, 12:22 PM |
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| QUOTE (orion404 @ Oct 15 2002, 10:19 AM) | | I'm running WdwsME with a 733Mhz Celeron and using a WinTV capture card |
 Yo should prefer Win98SE with your hardware, not ME, Cause ME is very buggy
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Deutsch >> Capture FAQ - Capture Guide
Englisch >> Capture FAQ - Capture Guide |
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| ChristianHJW |
| Posted: Oct 16 2002, 03:02 PM |
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You obviously want to be able to watch your movies in a DVD player, using VCD or S-VCD. Virtualdub can only output to AVI, not to MPEG.
Use TMPEG Encoder in 2 Pass VBR mode, or CCE . Guides are on www.Doom9.org or www.vcdhelper.com ....
BTW : i prefer S-VCD to VCD a lot ! Its MPEG2 nad much higher quality, if you do a good 2 Pass VBR encoding with 'slowest' mode you end up with up to 55 mins / CD in excellent quality , means 2 Cds for most movies ....
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