capturing vhs to vcd

[sharratt]

i have got a ati wonder card and i am capturing vhs on it and then turning it in to a vcd.but when i play it on my dvd player the picture has got marco blocks around the peolpe .its not as good as my vhs tape.i use tmpg to convert . is there any setting that i should use for vhs converting.
if anybody can help please do i have been at it for 4 days now .

[Tommy]

How are you capturing the VHS tape? What type of compression are you using if any?

[sharratt]

my video player is hook up to my pc through my ati wonder card ,then i press play on my video and then i capture mpeg 1 with my wonder card.
because avi is too big for me .i am new to this game and would like to back up all my video collection to vcd.another thing is when i put the movie to cd the sound is not the same as my vhs tape why?

[macleod]

There are about a billion recent posts out about that very same thing (VHS to VCD). I have been at it from the days of the 486, using zipshot to pull in video. If you get into this 4 days will seem like nothing...OK, now on to something more useful.

1. Forget about vcd. SVCD is the only way (except for DVD or XSVCD) to get a decent picture.
2. At the very least you are going to want 480x480(if you are on NTSC) (start at a higher resolution than that and a higher bit rate and scale down from there to SVCD)
3. Don't use nero's codec to convert.
4. DON'T TAKE ANY SHORTCUTS!!!!!!
5. Be prepared to become absorbed in this hobby (it is 4am where I am and I am up converting a video to SVCD).
6. Read EVERYTHING you can about video editing making.
7. Don't believe everything you hear/read
8. Get an EXACT meaning for "almost perfect", "oh, its S-VHS" or you will be dissappointed with your lastest coaster
9. When you get too pissed off at the whole thing, its too late. you are going to be up at 4:00am writing to someone else trying to give them advice...

[macleod]

oh yea. I have the ATI All in wonder card too, a 1.2 gig system with a 40 gig hard drive.

[sharratt]

what resolution and what bit rate do i need for pal vhs to svcd.
there must be some master ripper out there.
i just want to get my card to capture a good picture.
thank you to the other peolpe who have reply to me,
but ntsc is no good for me i need the pal templates.

cheers any way asian hawk