Help please with video capture for VHS/DVD production!! (1 Viewer)

[Keith Paynter]

Here's the tools:

P4 1.6

60 gig HD

512Mb RAM

64Mb Radeon AGP w/ comp video capture, comp/SVideo output

**WIN98se**

Video Wave III

Premiere 6.0

What do I have to do to get video quality in my captures? I can't seem to make 640x480 AVI captures without losing frames, and they're bloody huge. 320x240 AVI is lower storage but doesn't look like videotape.

What codec settings should I use to keep my videos looking like video and keep file size to a minimum? This computer should be powerful enough to handle high-quality scans, and I am trying to edit hours of family videos, and my Dad is looking for a possible retirement hobby.

Thanks all!!

 

[Patrick McCart]

You need to produce and capture in "AVI DV" mode.

My HD is 40 gigs and it works fine for me (I have the Mojave Dazzle video i/o)

 

[Keith Paynter]

Hey Patrick, can you do that if you don't have a digital capture port? As mentioned, I can only capture with composite input. Thanks much

 

[Patrick McCart]

Yeah. I use a 8mm camcorder with composite video output and it works fine.

In fact, if you use AVI-DV, it can actually make your video look better since it reduces the video grain. But...you may want to try windowboxing the image a little since it'll get overscanned when output. VideoWave III should be able to do this.