Quality Settings. VHS Capture. Best/Good or Shrink/Notshrink

[ochsfamily]

I captured a movie from vhs using Sonic MyDVD. (I know from reading that this probably isnt the best way, but its what I have). By using this I can capture in Good 16MB/Min, Better 31MB/Min, or Best 30MB/min. The show I just captured I did in Best setting which gave me an mpeg2 that was 6.6 gig. I used Tmpgnec DVD author to create the dvd vob files. Then I used dvd shrink to bring it down to the 4.5 gig, then burned with Nero. I thought the quality was poor.
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Should I have captured in Good quality which would have created a file that would be under the 4.5 gig and thus I would not had to DVDShrink the file down? I could take the mpeg2 right into Tmpgnce DVD A and created the dvd folder to burn with Nero.
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My initial thought was that it would be better to capture in the best quality and go down from there digitally? But I now.. Im doubting that.
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Your thoughts would be appreciated.

[Tommyknocker]

Check your captured quality. DVD Shrink should not have lowered the quality that much, from 6.6 to 4.5.

[ochsfamily]

I decided to recapture the entire movie again using the sonic mydvd but I changed the quality from Best 60MB/min to Good 16 MB/min. It gave me a file about 4.7 gig Vs the Best of 6.6 gig. In either case I had to use dvd shrink to bring the file down to dvdr size.
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I took the 4.7, used dvdshrink v3 beta which made it small enough to burn onto a dvdr using Nero. Naturally it had less to shrink than when it was 6.6 gig.
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The video captured on the good quality was clearer when watching on the tv.
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Im surprised that by capturing it at only good quality in the start rendered a best quality when watching it on the dvd through the tv. I would have thought that you would want the best quality from the vhs to the comptuer and then lessen the quality so it would fit onto a dvdr?
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More thoughts?