Sont DV-TVR340 capture and encoding

[srahman20]

hi

i am new to dv "transfer". the files i get using Adobe Premiere are huge. is there a way to reduce the resolution or something? I eventually want to make VCDs of soccer games at a local league. heres my setup:

capture using premiere (DV NTSC 32 Mhz preset)

edit and compress (MPEG4 V2 data rate of around 1000)

use Nero to encode and burn

but ive noticed this setup takes a lot of time....specially nero encoding.

if someone could please help me i would appreciate it.

thanks

[yg1968]

Use TMPGEnc to encode to mpeg-1 (or mpeg-2 for SVCD). There is no need to encode to mpeg-4 (i.e. divx) given that your goal is to make VCDs (which uses mpeg-1). You are better off editing DV (than mpeg-2 or divx). Apparently, you can do this with the new moviemaker2 under windows XP. You can also edit DV with Premiere. Apparently, studio 7 (or studio 8) can edit directly on the tape. DV is 13 gig per hour. However, since it is temporary file, it is not a huge issue. Although, you may consider buying an extra hard drive.

http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=125109

[srahman20]

hey thanks for the note

really helpful

given all the different DVD players, i want to know what format would be "safe" specially since i might sell these videos to soccer enthusiasts?

thanks again

[yg1968]

I don't think that you are allowed to sell soccer games without infringing copyright laws. However, if it is for your personal use, it's OK.

Anyways a number of DVD players can read VCDs but not all of them. Few DVD players can read SVCD. Most DVD players can read DVD+R or DVD-R (but you need a DVD burner for that).

Incidentally, I can't get Studio 7 to recognize my Sony camcorder. I don't know if they fixed that with Studio 8.

[srahman20]

hey another question for u...

is there a way for me to capture just the video using firewire and audio from a different source (like winamp if i want some techno music in the background)

using the analog input this was a peice of cake but now that I have gone digital is there a way to do that?

what do you recommend for actually creating the VCDs once the encoding is done?

thanks

[yg1968]

To create the VCD files, you can use Nero (however, Nero does a poor job of encoding; so you are better off using TMPGEnc for encoding to mpeg-1). TMPGEnc allows you to choose the video source and the audio source when encoding. You could easily choose the DV avi file as your video source and chose your music file as your audio source. If your music file is longer than your video file, you may have to cut your mpeg-1 file. This can be done with TMPGEnc with mpeg tools. I actually only create DVDs (not VCDs), so I haven't tried this but I imagine that it works. There is a number of guides on this website on creating VCDs, I imagine that it is covered in one of them.