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Help with VHS to DVD

Discussion in 'MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 encoding (AVI to DVD)' started by postie60, Mar 10, 2005.

  1. postie60

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    Hello,
    I am just getting into this area and know very little. I am looking for help with transferring my VHS homemovies to DVD. I have an ATI TV wonder usb 2.0 capture device, and have no problems with it. However, I understand that MPEG-2 is what is needed to write to DVD. The only options for MPEG capture is MPEG-1 or MPEG-4. When saving with MPEG-1, the authoring process with Nero vision express re-encodes the file and it takes seemingly forever. CAn someone give the proper steps I should be following. Thanks
     
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    I tried to capture in MPEG-4, but the picture comes out with green horizontal lines throughout. When I capture using MPEG-1, it comes out very clear. Why does it take so long to convert to a DVD file?
     
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    A "DVD file" is mpeg-2. Converting takes time.
    I would use different capture software.
     
  5. westbrom

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    buy a dvd recorder, and transfer it through ya video player, it just means you watching what you are copyin but saves the hassle..


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    I have an external capture device; ATI TV Wonder USB 2.0. CAn I use different software with it? Where can I find this software?
     
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