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| 757141 | 2009-03-17 21:25:00 | OK, I think I have caused some confusion here which is not surprising given my own current confused state of mind. :p The video player is plugged into the PC (not by USB) and the tapes captured using my WinFast TV2000XP capture card. And I told a lie before - I am using the WinFast PVR program to capture the video, not Ulead VideoStudio 8. :blush: At the moment I am experimenting and trying to figure out how to actually do this job and the tapes I have captured so far are two 10 minute home vids on VHS tapes. As the resulting file is only 700MB I decided to burn to a CD using SVCD to see if it worked in order to prevent wasting a DVD. I don't want to do anything larger until I get it all sussed out and know it is all working properly first. It looks like I am going to have to bite the bullet and burn a DVD to find out now, though. :rolleyes: Anyway, thanks for all the advice. I'm going to take the CDs around to a friend's house and see if it plays on their DVD player. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 757142 | 2009-03-17 22:05:00 | Foxy is the file you captured AVI or MPEG? Burning to CD is not productive as the result is a totally different output. VCD/SVCD is a waste of time as DVD is better quality. The program you are creating the DVD editing work in - Video Studio I assume can output to DVD. Can it also output to ISO? If so then you can use that to see how it is going by mounting the ISO for playback. I often do this to make sure I have all my joins and video/audio effects as I want them before I burn to a DVD. |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 757143 | 2009-03-17 22:06:00 | That makes a diff then. So, youre recording with Leadtek's program, you're creating the MPEG file, (It can also burn to DVD, but this may depend on whether your system can keep up) then burning it with Videostudio?? And in Leadtek's options, you've changed it to the best / optimal format? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 757144 | 2009-03-17 22:12:00 | Try using ImgBurn to burn your DVD from HDD file to blank DVD media :) | Zippity (58) | ||
| 757145 | 2009-03-18 05:44:00 | Foxy, I too use a WinFast TV2000XP capture card with the following settings: DVD PAL Capture Format profile MPEG-2 Codec 720 x 576 Bitrate 6000Kbps Capture Quality - Fast Compression Frame Rate 25.000fps Audio Codec MPEG-1 Audio Layer II Bitrate 224kbps I use TMPGEnc DVD Author v1.5 to edit/delete/tidy-up the file from the VHS tape. |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 757146 | 2009-03-18 08:24:00 | I'm in a very similar position to you. I also have Panasonic playback hardware, and have worked hard to tailor my media formats and recording media to those that are best with the Panasonic. The Panasonics are very, very 'standard compliant'. Or to put it another way, they will only handle correctly a limited number of media formats and disc authoring styles - and are just pig stubborn useless if you don't do everything right. I have a very very cheap Transonic DVD player that will play back anything. Chuck on files in MPEG, AVI, MPEG4 formats and with only a data style structure for files and folders, and this cheapo drive will play them all. Try the same thing with the Panasonic, and it will barf and play nothing. If you Pan is like mine, you will have to ensure you are recording a disc in the same manner as the 'professional' discs, with the files in the cryptic .VOB format. For this you'll need decent software. I use VideoStudio (which isn't really decent software) - but it has a very poor compression / quality profile... uses more file size than is reflected by the quality when compared to other codecs like MPEG4. SVCD is a very low resolution format, and will not do your files justice. Use PAL DVD format. Make sure it's 704x576 resolution, 25fps. I don't know about the latest versions of ULead Video Studio, but the earlier versions are good for getting your files into kosher MPEG format. Unfortunately, it won't write them to a DVD, so another app like ULead DVD Movie Factory is needed to then stitch these MPEG files and menues together into the .VOB style of layout that the Panasonic will be happy with. Good luck. This was all a hair-pulling learning curve for me. There are loads of tricks and traps ahead of you. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 757147 | 2009-03-18 08:58:00 | Use PAL DVD format. Make sure it's 704x576 resolution, 25fps. I think you have the wrong specs there - should be 720 x 576 |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 757148 | 2009-03-21 01:49:00 | Foxy is the file you captured AVI or MPEG? MPEG . The program you are creating the DVD editing work in - Video Studio I assume can output to DVD . Can it also output to ISO? It will output to ISO but only directly to a disc, not to the hard drive . :( So, youre recording with Leadtek's program, you're creating the MPEG file, (It can also burn to DVD, but this may depend on whether your system can keep up) then burning it with Videostudio?? And in Leadtek's options, you've changed it to the best / optimal format? Yes to both . I've now burnt to a DVD and whilst it plays a lot better than the SVCD did, it does not play as good as it does on the computer . From what Paul . Cov says, I believe the problem is with the Panasonic DVD player, not with the files or discs, as they play perfectly on the PC . Have yet to try them out on another DVD player . One thing I am rather pleased about is that the quality I see on my computer is better than on the original tapes viewed on the TV . :thumbs: Thanks all for your help . :cool: |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 757149 | 2009-03-21 03:00:00 | I'm not sure, but I think my wife has a panasonic and it prefers DVD +r. We play back on her dvd recorder and our laptops and the discs work fine. I didn't post this to get into an argument over formats, she just found the recorded quality was better on +R's.....for what its worth. |
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