Which Capture Size should I be using?

[Zippity]

I am still having problems trying to get my 2 hour F1 races that I have recorded directly on my HDD onto DVD in PAL format. I now have 7 such races on my HDD.

I have tried 2 different settings but the files still keep coming out too large.

My settings are:

MPEG-2 Codec
352 x 288 and/or 720 x 576
Bitrate 600Kbps
Frame rate 25.000fps
Audio Codec: MPEG-1 Audio layer II
Bitrate: 224 kbps

Is there something obvious in the above information that I am doing incorrectly?

I really don't know what I am doing even though I have tried to read all the available information.

Any helpful comments would be very much appreciated.


Ron

[mastersmurfie]

My settings are:

MPEG-2 Codec
352 x 288 and/or 720 x 576
Bitrate 600Kbps
Frame rate 25.000fps
Audio Codec: MPEG-1 Audio layer II
Bitrate: 224 kbps

Is there something obvious in the above information that I am doing incorrectly?

I really don't know what I am doing even though I have tried to read all the available information.

Any helpful comments would be very much appreciated.


Ron

Try lowering your video bitrate if you can...(2 hours of video=approx 4800kbps to fit on one DVD...)

this info comes from here: https://www.videohelp.com/calc.htm

I too struggled with the "right" capture settings to get movies onto one DVD without "shrinking" them...maybe the guides at www.digitalfaq.com for capturing MPEG will help?

mastersmurfie

[FulciLives]

Try Half D1 resolution which is 352x576

Full D1 resolution (720x576) might look pixelated at the bitrate needed to fit 2 hours per DVD especially since there will be a lot of fast motion.

Half D1 should look fine though.

The resolution 352x288 is way too low for decent quality even at the highest of bitrates the resolution just sucks!

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

P.S.
When using Half D1 resolution (352x576) with a video bitrate of 4800kbps you will be happy to know that doing a straight CBR one-pass encode is all you need. Doing a 2-pass or multipass VBR encode at that resolution and bitrate is a bit overkill.

[Zippity]

Thanks for the feedback

Try Half D1 resolution which is 352x576

That option is not available on the WinFast TV 2000 XP pick list

Any suggestions?