Best settings for VHS to DVD

jerrys

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Oct 02, 2011 18:20

I remember a post wherein someone said they used thus-and-such settings and got very good results, but I can't find it now.

What settings and magic would you recommend for going from VHS to DVD? I've done a couple, and I think they could have come out better. Jerry Schwartz

Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Oct 03, 2011 11:31

DVD disks are MPEG2 in a VOB container. Bit rate is about 8 Mbps.

So the best format is MPEG2 HQ video files.
PD9 calls the format DVD HQ on the MPEG-2 selection in the produce module.

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jerrys

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Oct 03, 2011 20:16

Thanks, Carl.

I also remember somebody saying that they used a particular tool or tools to clean things up. Jerry Schwartz

Rocket-Scientist

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Oct 03, 2011 23:25

best way to find a lot of info on this is to use the "search" function on top of forum (left most word), click on it, select PD9 forum, use search words "VHS capture".

It will point to numerous discussions on hardware to use, alternate programs to clean up video, all about time-based-correctors (sharpens edge and image quality) found in many svhs decks that will also play vhs tapes, captures cards etc.

way too much to just post link to.

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jerrys

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Oct 04, 2011 20:21

Let me put it another way:

I'd like to hear what "fixit" tools in the PD9 toolkit people have found effective, and how have they applied them?

I have no trouble getting the video into PD, it's how best to clean it up that I'm after.

I didn't find anything like that in my searches. There was a lot of talk about the mechanics of the transfer, but not about the kinds of processing that worked best. Jerry Schwartz