Using Power VCR II to capture

[jedi155]

hi,
I'm using Power VCR II to capture television shows and VHS tapes. I am using ATI TV wonder VE and I know you can only use Mpeg 1 or mpeg 2 to capture stuff using power vcr but I know you can edit the properties of mpeg 1 and 2. My question is, how can i have watchable quality and take up less hard drive space. I have set it up using MPEG 1 excellent and 30 minutes of video takes up 600 to 700 megs.

[jdizzy40]

May I ask a simply question. What do you intend to do with these files after capture. Author to VCD or DVD? This is important in deciding what your capture settings should be. While I used Power VCR II early on, there are much better programs that give you more control over your captures.

[jedi155]

I was going to store them on my hard drive. I can't use the divx codec because whenever I play divx files on my computer, it will restart it self. Difx files don't like my ATI Radeon 9000 pro.

[jdizzy40]

Well then I hope you have a lot of room and someday plan to get them on disk.

[lordsmurf]

Why not use ATI MMC that came with the card and use it. It can capture numerous formats. Guides at my site.