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| Thread ID: 120299 | 2011-09-02 08:45:00 | Does anyone know about enhancing old video | SP8's (9836) | PC World Chat |
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| 1228337 | 2011-09-02 08:45:00 | I want to transfer some old home video's, including my wedding (now 31yrs old ... :waughh:) onto DVD and have just been watching some trailers on a rented DVD showing some older movies which are now available in HD & Blu-ray. Questions:- Is it possible ... without mortgaging the house ? Does anyone know of any free (legit) programs that I can use to edit and enhance before burning to DVD ... I'd ask Peter Jackson but he's a little busy with the Hobbit movie at the moment. |
SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1228338 | 2011-09-02 08:47:00 | If they are on VHS or betamax, you won't get to much out of them, enhancing or quality wise. If they are on 16mm or 35mm film and are still in good condition and you have original negatives, then you should be able to get it transfered in High resolution somewhere. |
goodiesguy (15316) | ||
| 1228339 | 2011-09-02 09:00:00 | VHS ... Just been having a look on youtube but can't find anything suitable yet ... although there are some possibilities. | SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1228340 | 2011-09-02 09:32:00 | VHS tapes have approximately 3 MHz of video bandwidth and 400 kHz of chroma bandwidth, which is achieved at a relatively low tape speed by the use of helical scan recording of a frequency modulated luminance (black and white) signal, with a down-converted "color under" chroma (color) signal recorded directly at the baseband. Each helical track contains a single field ('even' or 'odd' field, equivalent to half a frame) encoded as an analog raster scan, similar to analog TV broadcasts. The horizontal resolution is 170 lines per scanline, and the vertical resolution (the number of scanlines) is the same as the respective analog TV standard (575 for PAL or 486 for NTSC). In modern-day digital terminology, VHS is roughly equivalent to 333x480 pixels luma and 40x480 chroma resolutions (333x480 pixels=159,840 pixels or 0.16MP (1/6 of a MegaPixel)).[19] Sorry mate, but at 333x480 you can't get an awful lot out of it. |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 1228341 | 2011-09-02 09:37:00 | Thought so ... but wasn't sure. Thanks for finding the info out for me Uber. | SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1228342 | 2011-09-02 09:42:00 | I just Googled enhance VHS video there's a heap of stuff in there Sony EV-S3000 TBC and Virtual Dub seem to feature a lot. | PPp (9511) | ||
| 1228343 | 2011-09-02 11:55:00 | forums.cnet.com If that is of any help. |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1228344 | 2011-09-02 12:48:00 | I just Googled enhance VHS video there's a heap of stuff in there Sony EV-S3000 TBC and Virtual Dub seem to feature a lot. It's all superficial though, and will most likely make it look ten times worse. Best just to do a straight transfer to dvd or something. |
goodiesguy (15316) | ||
| 1228345 | 2011-09-03 03:40:00 | One way to "enhance" a video is to export the best frames, tart them up them in a photo editor, make a new video with good transitions and great music (possibly also some overlaid text). | BBCmicro (15761) | ||
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