Capture Clarity

[ROBO1964]

I was capturing some video from my Digital 8 Camcorder and made an XVCD and noticed some problems that I need some advice on.

I captured using Virtual Dub at 352x240 in uncompressed format and encoded to MPEG with TMPG at the same dimensions and 2500 kbit bitrate. I checked the original video and its fairly clear. But in even the avi capture it appears a little jagged in some places and the capture isn't as clear as I would have liked. There is a boat with a line down the side and the line is a jagged line rather than smooth.

What could I change to get a better capture and improve the detail of the video capture?

[Anonymous65]

Simple, increase the capture resolution.
Capture at 352x480, and keep it at this resolution if you want the same sharpness as your original video tape. You can make a non-standard SVCD with this resolution.

[ROBO1964]

So once I capture at that resolution then when I encode to MPEG I can change to 352x 240 as thats what I need for XVCD?

[ViperXT]

Once you reduce to 240 lines it will look about the same as your first attempt. try making an XVCD with a resolution of 352 x 480 and a bitrate of at least 2500 kb/s. when you capture at 480 lines the sharpness is way better.

[ROBO1964]

Well I accidently did that in a test Cd and the picture was tall and skinny rather than proper proportions.

[ViperXT]

Yes, but did you test the disc on your player? The player should stretch the image to the correct proportions.

[ROBO1964]

Hmmm....I tested in on WinDVD and sure enough it was correct then. But that didn't help me as my DVD player doesn't support anything other than 352x240. So I went out and got a new DVD Player that supports everything including XSVCD. It seemed everytime I turned arounf my old DVD was preventing ne from doing something.

Thanks for the help as now my pictures will have the clarity that I expect.

[ViperXT]

Good to hear your troubles disappeared with a new player.