Hello all and thanks for taking the time to read this and maybe help. My problem: I capture video with a "Hauppange WinTV PVR2" and then take the mpg2s into "Arcsoft Showbiz" to make dvds. Sometimes they will author really quick without having to "transcode" the files.........other times it takes forever and they must "transcode." This is quite frustrating considering I have successfully captured and authored before. I'm wondering if I have one of the settings off a little. I generally use "Standard" DVD file quality setting for my capturing, and then I'm pretty sure I've got Arcsoft setup so that it's not compressing them. I've enclosed screenshots of the exact settings and video file properties. I bought the PVR2 to make this smooth......it was for a while......no I cannot get the captures to author without transcoding-re-encoding, whatever. I've tried adjusting the quality in both programs in several combos. Please help. :smashead: HERE's THE ARCSOFT SETTINGS = http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/3770/1oa4.jpg Here is the video file properties = http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9889/2rq3.jpg And finally the settings for capturing in WinTV2000 = http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/7779/3ib8.jpg
When you capture, you end up with a huge MPEG2 DVD Compliant file. If you think you can easily get that into a DVD because it's dvd compliant, you are wrong. Yes they have the resolution and the audio, but remember DVD's have VOB files that have to be splitted and referenced. I think there has to be a process anyway.
I understand, however in the past the authoring program just took the huge mpg2 and authored the dvd very quickly. Just recently it takes forever and says it's "transcoding". .
