Help On Capturing Videos With Better Quality

[blinkbizkit]

i really need help!
i need to capture music video...i got a dazzle cap card, im rippin the vid with Virtual Dub and then encode to MPG by TMPGenc...The video im rippin is not that clean, well, its pretty much clean, but comparing with another rip of the same shit, mine is a bit worst, i want it to be the BEST BEST quality i could get. I want it to be with virtualdub if possible
PLEASEE PLEASSSSSSEEE help me
it would be kool chattin with me straight
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[Vidbox]

Are you ripping from recorded media, or capturing from a card?
What is your record apperture size?
What recording mode are you trying to render too?
Are you aware of hardware limitations?

[blinkbizkit]

im capturing from a vcr and sometimes tv...
i know that the quality is not that good from a vcr
i dont want it to be bigger then 1 gig for the capture file
i just want it to be real neat! the best i can but nomore then 1 gig
i wanan put it on a site so ppl DL so i dont want it to be as big as 100MB a video...i wanna encode it as MPEG
i think 320x240 is a good screensize for it, just want it look real clean
for example round 50MB for 5 minutes

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[Anonymous65]

Trial and error is often the best way. There is also a big difference on the capture devices as far as sharpness and detail is concerned. If you're stuck with one capture card or device, play with the detail and noise reduction filters in the Mpeg encoders, like Tmpeg. Some people like flat video with no noise (no sharp edges), and others like detail which brings some noise to get crisper edges and detail. Also, when capturing, since your file size limitation, don't use more color resolution then the card can capture in. If the card is 12 bit, then don't waste space and CPU by capture in 24 bit color.
Anyway, capturing from VHS limits your detail, so play with noise reduction filters and sharpness filters. I have had really bad VHS tapes with lots of noise, and made the VCD copy "look" better than the original.

[blinkbizkit]

thanx man...it helped pretty much, i already figured that out, but still thanx alot for the reply! u tought me new stuffs
peace!