Wanted!! MGM Cartoon nut to help me convert Laserdiscs.

[Z.Sath]

Would anyone like to help me convert my "The Compleat Tex avery" Laserdisc boxed set to DVD and get the very best results possible?

Been meaning to convert for ages but keep abondoning the project (on my last attempt the output from TMPegEnc was cocked up).

Want someone who's sh!t hot at encoding and also someone good at authoring to generate some proffesional looking menus.

Will obviously share the results.

Best wishes

Paul.

[gshelley61]

Consider buying a good standalone DVD recorder. Laserdisc transfers turn out very well using this method. Check out the DVD Recorder forum:

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=28

Lots of screen shots of various LD transfers here:

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=229501

You may want to look here, as well...

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=239205

This Star Wars LD thread is long, but full of great LD transfer info:

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=102812&highlight=star+wars+hit

[Tommyknocker]

What about the great looking menus, I understand the recorders come up a little short on that end?

[Z.Sath]

Considered the DVD recorder option, but feel that I'd probably get a better result encoding them separately.

Capture will be done via S-video using my Canopus Analogue to digital convertor, so capture quality should be spot on.

It's just a case of encoding and menus.

I've done a lot of MPEG-1 stuff in the past using TMPGEnc and had great results, but my knowledge and experience of MPEG-2 is not so good.

I'll read up and have another play over the coming weeks and see what I can come up with.

Many thanks

Paul.

[gshelley61]

Considered the DVD recorder option, but feel that I'd probably get a better result encoding them separately.

Capture will be done via S-video using my Canopus Analogue to digital convertor, so capture quality should be spot on.

It's just a case of encoding and menus.

I've done a lot of MPEG-1 stuff in the past using TMPGEnc and had great results, but my knowledge and experience of MPEG-2 is not so good.

I'll read up and have another play over the coming weeks and see what I can come up with.

Many thanks

Paul.

Converting analog video to DV (which is a sampling and compression process), then encoding DV to MPEG2 (which is another sampling and compression process) does not always yield the results you might expect.

I was frankly shocked by how good DVD recorder "on-the-fly" MPEG2 encoding turns out. In fact, some the hard drive models can perform a sort of 2-pass encode when transferring from the HD to the DVD.

But, whatever method you choose, there is lots of info here about how to get the best results... have fun!

[gshelley61]

What about the great looking menus, I understand the recorders come up a little short on that end?

I use my DVD recorder as a simple hardware MPEG2 encoder. I capture to -RW and then edit and author (and create menus if I want) the final DVD-R on my PC.

[rgs_uk]

I go along with the people who have recommended a dvd recorder. My comparisons of tape transfers to MPEG2 show that my Toshiba DR-1 produces results that are at least as good as when I sweat blood and tears capturing to PC (D1/PicVideo MJPG at best compression), filter in VirtualDub and then frameserve to to Mainconcept MPEG Encoder. It also has a time-base-corrector built in which makes the picture rock solid.