video capture and editing

[lynbaer]

I am a real newbie at video stuff. I purchased a Hauppage WintB Pvr-250 capture card some time ago. I would like to capture video from my VCR, edit it and burn it. I am given choices as to the format to burn. The choice are: DVD standard play, DVD Long Play, DVD Extra Long Play, MPEG1-VCD, MPEG2 2.0 MBits/sec, MPEG2 2.0MBit/sec (halfD1), MPEG2 12.0 MBit/sec, MPEG2 12.0 MBit/sec (CBR), SVCD Long Play, SVCD Short Play. I tried the DVD Long Play and was unable to import into Premiere for editing.

Question - which format do i use to be able to edit the video?
Once captured do i need to do something else to make Premiere read it?

I have been reading a lot but my head is swimming. I need to go one step at a time.

[guns1inger]

Which version of Premiere ?
Premiere Pro should be able to import mpeg2 files.

I am assuming that DVD Long play is a fairly low bitrate encoding, and therefore already of medium quality. If this is the case, Premiere is probably not the best editor for you. Premiere will re-encode the output, potentially reducing the quality further. You should consider a dedicated mpeg editor such as Womble or Video Redo