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Thread ID: 135426	2013-11-01 02:56:00	Best video format for transfer to DVD	Krad (7878)	Press F1

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1358426	2013-11-01 02:56:00	I have just copied vhs video with Ezygrabber which offers these formats for recording - DVD, AVI, and MP4. I have used AVI and DVD and edited them with Sony Vegas 9. I want the best quality I can get to keep a version on the hard drive so I rendered it at m2t 1440x1080 and wonder if this should be burned to DVD or should I render it at 720x576 which is DVD format? Was m2t 1440x1080 the best result for quality or would another be as good? Should I do the whole operation on DVD format - record from videocassette, edit it on Sony Vegas, and then render it at 720x576, rather than using any of the other formats?	Krad (7878)
1358427	2013-11-01 03:04:00	H.264 or MPEG 4 would be your best hi quality formats for burning to DVD.	Webdevguy (17166)
1358428	2013-11-01 03:33:00	DVD video is MPEG2, recording in any other format will mean it has to be converted. Unless you are just storing the files on DVD disks and not authoring a Video DVD ? You want the format with the least compression if you are going to convert again, a RAW uncompressed AVI would be best but it'll be huge if you even have software that gives you the option. Otherwise every time you change format you lose some quality. When I converted my VHS collection to DVD I used a winfast TV tuner to capture directly to MPEG2 at it's best setting then used NERO to author the DVD with the option not to re encode ticked (requires a DVD compliant source video to work). Results were surprisingly good with no real noticeable degredation from the original. This was ages ago though so all the hardware and software involved is long out of date and gone from my PC. They look horrible now though after I've gotten used to HD and Blu-ray quality.	dugimodo (138)
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