VHS capturing problem!

[likwid8]

Hi, i need help on capturing from VHS to vcd..... I am using a ATI AIW RADEON 128 PCI pro 32mb.... i just need the right settings and i need to know where to get them, if anyone can please help me, i been trying for the past 2 months and still i get bad blocky extremely large quantities files... Do i need another program? any compressions? please help me, i would sincerely appreciate it alot, thnxs

[Feslmogh]

Use the highest quality your computer can handle ( I have a ATI AIW and use the high quality in the Digtal VCR) and recode it using TMPG and the VCD template.

[likwid8]

ue the highest quality in MPG or AVI?

and what screen size?

[Feslmogh]

I use ATI's VCR program. It has settings you can use for the quality in the setup.

[Feslmogh]

Addemuendum (spelling right?)

Use the highest (which is avi format. I forget what size it uses).

[likwid8]

do you know how much memory i need? heck at least 8-13 gigs roughly, well ok thnxs anyways, btw, what are the best settings for 1min=10megs (mpg)

[PopUpVideo]

I have tried a lot of combos for VHS to VCD and now I do this...
Capture using VirtualDub via PicVideo's AVI Codec.
I use quality setting of 19 or 20...depending on how much disk space I can spare.
Then set bi-cubic noise reduction on.
Capture at 352x480.

Then I re-encode using TMPGenc12f to MPEG1 352x240 (NTSC) with a CBR of 1800, sometimes using noise and/or color filters to correct darkness or quality problems. Motion search can be normal or high.
You should be able to get a high quality result using this method and for some reason Pic Video looks better than many other codecs for vhs source. Also, takes up much less space than many other codecs.

Real-time MPEG1 capturing via the AIW card will most likely result in less quality... so I would advise against it.

Regards. -PUV