Mpeg II to Mpeg II

[Wilson]

I have a hardward Mpeg II encoder card, so I can only capture my laserdisc and save it in Mpeg II format. My questions is should I capture it at the highest quality possible which is 10kps and then use Tmpgenc / Mainconcept to reencode it to VBR say 6kps. Or should I directly capture at CBR at 6kps and do not reencode. The reason of CBR is the hardware capture card only support CBR.

Any suggestions would be welcome.

Thanks

Wilson

[Vejita-sama]

Really hard to say, to many variables. Best thing to do is to pick a semi high motion scence and a high color scence, make a 5-10min test capture at max bitrate and re-encode with TMPGenc, AND at 6-8Mbit/s. Burn both to DVDR (can be on same disc) and compare.

Ie give both a try and let us know