Which format is the best?

[harky]

for Quality?

I am now backup my vhs (avi) but i personally feell that avi is too big so i want to convert to a final product format which can use on tv & pc

[Hoser Rob]

I don't know what you mean by too big files, but there is going to be a loss of quality if you compress the video. I don't think there are any formats that are good enough to overcome that irrespective of what you want to play the files on. Especially with captured VHS video ... the quality isn't all that great to begin with. That makes it harder to compress, not easier. Post mediainfo text output of one of these avi files.

[harky]

this is one of the file which i cap from dvd recorder.. not vhs

14min file is already 7gb. I wan to convert to more decent quality format

most few format that i see around (the common one) is
ts, tp, mp4, M2TS

General
Complete name : D:\test.00.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Format profile : OpenDML
File size : 7.17 GiB
Duration : 14mn 39s
Overall bit rate : 70.1 Mbps

Video
ID : 0
Format : HuffYUV
Format version : Version 2
Codec ID : HFYU
Duration : 14mn 39s
Bit rate : 68.5 Mbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 5:4
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:2
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 6.607
Stream size : 7.01 GiB (98%)

[KarMa]

Why would you record the output of a DVD. Just put the DVD in your computer and just rip the MPEG2 original file, which would be many times smaller than lossless HuffYUV.

For VHS, x264 would help to shrink the file down. Use one of the slow presets and a CRF of 18 or lower should retain most of the original image.

[harky]

My DVD recorder burner is spoilt. It jam there. Can open but can't close and can't read. No idea where to replace too.. So no choice I had to capture the video out.

[/B]Ma;2448723]Why would you record the output of a DVD. Just put the DVD in your computer and just rip the MPEG2 original file, which would be many times smaller than lossless HuffYUV.

For VHS, x264 would help to shrink the file down. Use one of the slow presets and a CRF of 18 or lower should retain most of the original image.

[jagabo]

Why would you record the output of a DVD.

From another thread I gather he's using a Panasonic ES10 in passthrough mode for it's line TBC.

[ron spencer]

well...i'd just run it through handbrake with high quality CRF with MP4 or MKV output.

[KarMa]

Why would you record the output of a DVD.

From another thread I gather he's using a Panasonic ES10 in passthrough mode for it's line TBC.

That would make more sense.

[harky]

I had 2 DVD recorder.
Vhs will bypass es10 . While the normal one, I will need to cap out as the burner is spoilt.

Why would you record the output of a DVD.

From another thread I gather he's using a Panasonic ES10 in passthrough mode for it's line TBC.

That would make more sense.

[harky]

Thanks. Will go do some research on this

well...i'd just run it through handbrake with high quality CRF with MP4 or MKV output.