??Best codec for compression, but still keeping quality??

[ArCh{AnGeL}]

What is the best tool to use to capture VHS using a studio pc tv card? and what is the best codoec to use to capture a movie so it will fit on 2 cd's and still be good quality?

pls help??

[vhelp]

angel,

if this card is an AVI type capture card, then you can you (should) be
using the app it came with, else you can use:
* avi_io
* Virtualdub
* others (see Tools section to your left in RED color)

Making VCDs are ok for most people intested in 1 cd, while others,
like myself want nothing but the best, so 2 or even 3 cd's is ok with
us. Me, I prefer not more than 2 cd's, unless the move is more than
an hour. I mostely capture Satalette TV programs.

Codecs?
* Huffy, of course
* or else, people here use DivX (I don't care to use this)

I've used the DC10+ with its hardware MJPEG (avi) file capture, I could
not capture at 352x480, so I had to capture at 640x480 and then
(you can see a sample clip from my DC10 on my website) resize
down to 480x480 for SVCD (at the time I was producing these
encodes, but a short time ago, I started going with 352x480.
Now, I use the ATI-TV Wonder card, working along side my
ATI Rage Fury Pro (agp) card and I get great captures with it.
My website is now becoming flooded with sample clips form my ATI-TV
Wonder.

TIP:
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* if you can, get an AGP video card. I think (starting to believe) that
it does actually make a difference in captures, as far as minimizing
on the frame drops. . . .used to have an ATI Rage 128, and used to
drop frames like flies on horse-sh_t, but now, I barely drop any!, he, he....


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