All I need ...

[Dash1]

Please aim me the right direction:
I have imputs from 3 sources:
1.NTSC VHS taes of camcorder footage and TV prog.
2.From NTSC DV
3. PAL DV
I need to begin edit and then burn to DVD's: Pal and NTSC .

The site is great but got me confused:
If I have a new fast comp with PP 1.5 [without a Video card].
Is For ALL these all I need is procoder2 ? -Is it at reasonable quality ???
Don"t I need ?: TMPGEnc plus
AviSynth or VirtualDubMod
Sorenson Squeeze 4.1

What else do I need? anything from this list ?
svcd2dvd,cinema craft encoder ,DIKO AC3 ACM Decompressor ‘’,DVD decrypter, Video REDO, DVD santa,Mainconcept DV Codec, vso dixTOdvd, DVdate
The Film Machine , ScenalyzerLive

OR anything for Authoring ?

[guns1inger]

If you want to get DVD as your final output, then you can do this with Procoder. The quality is high, the speed is faster than tempgenc, although not as fast as CCE under most circumstances.

You don't need Squeeze or most of the other software you have listed.

If you need to transfer the DV footage yourself, ScenalyzerLive is very good, although WinDV can do the same thing for nothing.

Avisynth or Virtualdub have a great range of filters that may be useful for cleaning up VHS source material.

Start simple. You can use Premiere to transfer your footage from DV (and even VHS if you pass-through your DV camera). You can edit from Premiere, and even encode to mpeg from there.

The one piece of software you are missing from your list is a DVD authoring package. TDA is a good starter package while you get your head around everything else.

I think you are trying to jump in way to far too quickly. Slow down and work in smaller pieces. If you hit a problem that requires another application, post it here and look at what you need then. Otherwise you will simply get confused and overwelmed before you begin.

[mwkurt]

I'll try!

First you need a way to get your video into your computer. I recommend capturing to DV avi using an analog to digital converter such as a video camera with passthru. You need a firewire input on your PC. Since it is a new PC you probably have one installed. If not they are like $10.00 to buy. You need a capture application in your computer. You say you have PP1.5, is that Premiere Pro 1.5? I believe you can capture with that, if not you can use VDub to capture or ScenelyzerLive. Once you have your video on your PC, you can edit it as you like. If you have Premiere you can use it, in fact you can use Premiere for all of the steps up to authoring your DVD. Once your video is edited, then you need to convert it DVD specs which are mpeg2 stream with 48Khz audio. Once again, you can use Premiere or you can use Procoder or you can use TMPGenc or Main Concept. Procoder and Main Concept I believe are pretty expensive, so if I were you I would go with your Premiere or TMPenc. If you can, convert to seperate streams i.e. your video will have probably one of the following extensions - m2v, mp2, etc. Your audio will probably have .mpa as the extension. This makes the authoring part that much easier. I believe that each of these encoders will have a setting for DVD spec outputs. Once you have that done then you need to author your DVD. I recommend DVDLab. It has a 30 day fully functional trial period that you can use and get your project done before it expires. Look around at the various guides for each application that you need. To conclude:
Capture application - Premiere, VDub or Scenalyzer Live
Edit - Premiere, VDub
Convert - Premeire, TMPGenc, Main Concept, Procoder
Author - DVDLab

Good Luck!
Mark

[Dash1]

Hay. you guys are Great ! Thank you

Any other Authoring program that burns too -
Very easy to use and lot of options?

To convert the output Pal/ Ntsc . Is it best in the PP 1.5
or in the Procoder ?

Another ? re my camera : My DV cam is stereo' If I use a
boom mic is it beter to use mono and x2 itc or buy a stereo mic ???

[guns1inger]

Personal perspective, so take it as you will

1. A number of authoring packages have a burning engine. I never use it. I would rather burn with a solid dedicated burning application. Worth looking at are; imgburn (free, but requires an ISO image to burn though), Record Now Max 7.x (if you can still buy it), Prassi ONES, VSO CopytoDVD.

2. Generally, the easier the authoring package is to use, the harder it is to do the more advanced things when you get proficient enough to try them. DVD Workshop 2 ships with some good templates and has the more powerful features as well. DVD Lab Pro (which I use) is a lot harder to get to grips with initially (and the templates are crap), but offer incredible freedom later on.

3. I would use ProCoder to do your format conversions as it has a good reputation for this.

4. What are you recording ? If it is mainly dialogue, mono is sifficient. If you want to get ambient sounds as well, consider taking two mics and a stereo recorder to get this, and mix it down in PP1.5 later.