which resolution

[Robs]

Hi,
I want to capture a film using my TV-Card and then create a VCD, what is better:
1: to capture with 352x288, then using TMPGEnc or 2: to capture with a higher resolution (like 400x300 or higher) and then using TMPGEnc.

THX 4 help

[Macros746]

Are you capturing a film from TV or from a VHS tape? If it is from a commercial tape you will want to capture at the highest resolution you can with 640 x 480 being the top (anything above that is overkill) If you are capturing from broadcast TV then the best resolution is 320 x 480 and anything above that is overkill. Hope this helps.

Macros

[stanwebber]

broadcast tv picture detail in the states is in the neighborhood of 560x480(digital conversion), whereas vhs sp detail is approximately 300x480(digital conversion). for pal capture either ?x288 or ?x576....nothing in-between

[Macros746]

go here:
http://www.digital-digest.com/nickyguides/video-capture.htm
And read what he has to say about it. I have tested capturing at a higher resolution and I find that
1. 640 x 480 -> VCD or SVCD no different than 320 x 480 -> VCD SVCD
2. 320 x 480 -> SVCD VCD is better than 320 x 240.

But, to each their own. I find the above web page's explaination very plausable and my own results seem to back it up. It also saves me quite a little bit of harddrive space. But if you find that you think capturing full resolution looks better...then you should do it.

Macros

p.s. For capture from VHS This:
http://www.divx-digest.com/articles/vhs_capture.html

webpage and this:

http://www.divx-digest.com/articles/vhs_capture2.html

are applicable and, again, extremely well explained.

[stanwebber]

if you are referring to vhs sp sources then you are right on the money; however, broadcast tv(at least in the states) has a much higher picture detail. for the cleanest, highest bandwidth signals you'd need to capture 560-640x480 to be sure you got all the detail. broadcast tv recorded on vhs is still vhs