How to convert ATI .VCR files in something more usable ?

[Francky-DVD]

HI,

I have a large (2.5G for 2 hours) .VCR file that was captured with an ATI All-In-Wonder with the following settings :

Type: ATI VCR
Video : 640*288, PAL (625) 4.02 Mbit/s
Audio : 44.100 KHz, 16 Bit, Stereo

How or with what tool could I convert it in something more usable (VCD, MPeg, AVI or whetever else than this unconvenient .VCR format) ?

Thanks in anticipation,

[nkroeger]

I am in the same situation - I want to edit/convert .vcr files and can't find anything to do that with.... had any luck yet?

[Fred©]

VCR, as I know, is a proprietary format of ATI MMC... I use MMC 7.1 and it has no VCR format, but I saw, this forum, that u should open the VCR files in MEDIA LIBRARY, at MMC traybar... then you will find a way to convert it into MPEG or AVI...

Fred©

[Sulik]

You should set MMC for capturing in MPEG2 instead of ATI VCR.
There is no reason to capture in VCR format if you're going to export it later.

[Mirror_Image]

This is basically a redux of Fred's post:

http://forum.vcdhelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=89375&highlight=ati+vcr

You can also search the forums for

ati vcr

and you'll get tons of hits on this same topic.

[twoages2]

I was in the same situation a year ago.

Basicly: stop using ATI-software for capture. It delivers quiet bad results and it's not very good for VCD or SVCD.
I have ATI AIW 128 installed.

Look at VCDhelp "capture".
http://www.vcdhelp.com/mjpeg.htm

Use VirtualDub for capture and Huffyuv2.1. VD and huffyuv are freeware and these tools give you the maximum of tuning for capture.

Some rules are (for PAL-Europe. NTSC-values look at the VCDhelp site):
Capture in VirtualDub format 352*288 if you want to create VCD
Capture in VirtualDub format 480*576 if you want to create SVCD.

These capture-files are AVI and very large, so lots of disc-space is needed.

Convert these AVI files with TMPGenc (freeware, link in http://www.vcdhelp.com/mjpeg.htm) to MPEG1-VCD or MPEG2-SVCD (Trial periode in TMPGenc for MPEG2. AFter 30 days you have to buy the "pro" version, but this is certainly not expensive!!)

The MPEG-files you get with TMPGenc are good for burning a VCD or SVCD. I use Nero 5.5.

Questions?
h.hanssen@zonnet.nl