Really confused about quality of svcd!!

[fsuorange]

I would like to convert my old vhs tapes to some type of disc but would like to know the best way to go about this with my panasonic e50 dvd recorder.

Would it be better quality to record the vhs on dvd-r or record on dvd-ram, transfer it to computer and burn it to svcd? Or would there be any difference in quality at all? Is svcd recommended when transfering vhs to disc?

Thanks

[fsuorange]

can anyone answer this?

[Baldrick]

Please wait a couple of days before you bump your topic(reply to it).

[RabidDog]

vhs should goto svcd if its very good quality or vcd if its just average quality.. if you want to author a long play dvd use 1/2d1 Cvd (similar to svcd but can be used in dvd authoring packages.

[fsuorange]

but the quality won't suffer or benefit if I put vhs on svcd or on dvd-r? It will just stay the same right? So it sounds like svcd is the way to go when transfering vhs to disc. Is this correct?

[fsuorange]

is this correct?

[Innershield]

yes

[bugster]

If your 'capture' system is a DVD recorder, why not just put them straight to DVDr using one of the longer recording times (4 hours on a DVDr).

I don't yet own a Standalone DVD recorder but I understand that when using the longer recording times they drop down to 1/2 D1 res to help maintain quality. This should be as good as SVCD.

If you record to DVD-RAM in High Quality mode, transfer to a PC and re-encode to SVCD, I doubt you would notice any improvement in quality over using a long record mode on the Panasonic.
Just making yourself a lot of work by the look of it.

[fsuorange]

yes, but I have a lot more cd-rs than I have dvd-rs. Plus dvd-r costs a lot more and I would just like to use them when Im when Im not going from vhs to disc.

[bugster]

yes, but I have a lot more cd-rs than I have dvd-rs. Plus dvd-r costs a lot more and I would just like to use them when Im when Im not going from vhs to disc.

Ok, Fair enough.
Then use SVCD, it should be as good as a 1/2 D1 DVD

[Gazorgan]

Your argument is spurious. CDR's actually cost more than DVDR's on a per bit basis. High quality SVCD's run about 3-4 CDR's per movie. You can generally equate that to 1 DVDR so cost wise CDR's are slightly ahead. For VHS you would have 2 movies per DVDR so your better off with DVDR.

For VHS tapes go 1/2D1 (CVD) and you should be fine. 40-50 minutes per CDR should give you maximum quality.

[disturbed1]

yes, but I have a lot more cd-rs than I have dvd-rs. Plus dvd-r costs a lot more and I would just like to use them when Im when Im not going from vhs to disc.

But you can fit more data on a DVD-R than you can a CD-R. With SVCD your limited to bitrate and file size. A SVCD will only net you ~40minutes per disc. At that same bitrate you can get ~245 minutes on one DVD-R.

Current prices for a Taiyo Yuden CD is $.28/100, TY DVD-R $1.68/100. Do the math, you'll spend $1.75 in CDs to achieve the same amount of space as one DVD-R.

[sarcastic]
But I can get cheap CDs,
well Princo DVD-Rs can be had for $.50/100, which is the same OEM as the cheap CD-Rs
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With your E50 encoding is real time, and close enough to idiot proof.

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