Newbie question : Capture from Direct TV and VHS to DVD

[vnpn]

Hi !
I"m totally new with capture thing. All i want is capture video from Direct TV and VHS to DVD quality. I found some guide but need more detail seen i'm new ...Like i tired to capture using MMC 7.5 TV and i don't know what to do with the out-put file (*.mp2)???? Please help me out here. Thanks alot guy

I got ATI AIW 8500DV 64MB DDR.

[rhegedus]

Your capture will only be as good as the quality you start with, at best.

This should help:

http://www.dvdrhelp.com/capture

[vnpn]

i went there and most of them is the setting with capture... to VCD or SVCD ... not DVD .

[rhegedus]

I'm not sure if your card can capture to mpeg2 (dvd format) directly, so I suggest capturing to avi (uncompressed) and then convert to mpeg2.

Your specs don't indicate that you have a dvd burner - are you sure you want to do this?

[vnpn]

I think ATI AIW 8500DV can to realtime to mpeg2. And i do have dvd burner. When i use ATI MMC 7.5 capture the movie from direct tv, it come out with file name *mp2 ....... and i really don't know what to do with that file........ Most of the guide that show the setting not step by step with the file. THanks for your help.

[keithsebastian]

I think VirtualVCR is the best (free) AVI capture tool. Give it a try. I'm sure u won't be disappointed.

http://www.digtv.ws/

If u wanna do mpeg2 captures in realtime, then PowerVCR is gr8. ShowShifter works like a charm for realtime DivX capture.

- Keith

[Fred©]

Well, seems that you are worried about mp2 name...

it is just the name MMC gives to MPEG-2 files... if you are not glad with mp2 extension, rename it to mpg...

but MMC files are not compliant files, as I know... you will need some tweaks... find in tools section MMC REGTOOL and give a try...

Fred©

[vnpn]

Thanks alot for all your help guys.

[rhegedus]

Can you update your PC specs - to save us groping around in the dark next time?