Equivalent to ATI MMC Video Soap?

[G_guy]

Is there a program out there that can smooth out video lines like the Video Soap feature in ATI MMC 8.x? If so, would I have to record it in AVI then apply it, do it at capture time, or could I apply it to an already finished MPEG and create a new smoothed-out MPEG? I can't use MMC 8.8, 'cos I have a TV Wonder card instead of a Radeon and it gives me serious audio synch issues no matter what I do, while 7.9 works perfect.

[Anonymous65]

You cannot apply noise reduction to a mpeg file without having to decode and re-encode the file. Now, a program like TMPGEnc can read a mpeg-2 file (with a mpeg-2 reader installed) where you can apply noise reduction and then encode it to mpeg-2 again. If this is your only choice, record with the highest bit rate mpeg-2 you can do. The better option is to record AVI with a lossless (or near lossless) codec and then apply the noise reduction filter before you encode to mpeg-2. But this requires a fast PC with lots of hard drive space...

[G_guy]

You cannot apply noise reduction to a mpeg file without having to decode and re-encode the file. Now, a program like TMPGEnc can read a mpeg-2 file (with a mpeg-2 reader installed) where you can apply noise reduction and then encode it to mpeg-2 again. If this is your only choice, record with the highest bit rate mpeg-2 you can do. The better option is to record AVI with a lossless (or near lossless) codec and then apply the noise reduction filter before you encode to mpeg-2. But this requires a fast PC with lots of hard drive space...

Is there one that can do this in mpeg-1? Isn't mpeg-1 better quality?

[Anonymous65]

No, mpeg-1 is used for low quality video like VCD and non-interlaced DVD video. Mpeg-2 is used for high quality video and is the standard for DVD.

[shdwsclan]

MPEG is a type of compression based on pixels.
MPEG 2 compression is based on lines, and supports 2pass VBR

[lordsmurf]

MPEG is a type of compression based on pixels.
MPEG 2 compression is based on lines, and supports 2pass VBR

Uhhh, no. MPEG-2 is an extension of MPEG-1, allowing for greater bitrates, interlace, greater resolutions, and several other functions.

They are digital, hence based on pixels. All digital is based on pixels.

[G_guy]

What's a good program for capturing MPEG-2? I can't capture at 352x480 with my ATI MMC, and TMPGEnc won't recognize my MPEG-2 captured movie.

[bottle-necked]

What's a good program for capturing MPEG-2? I can't capture at 352x480 with my ATI MMC, and TMPGEnc won't recognize my MPEG-2 captured movie.

You might try MainConcept MPEG Encoder. I tried V1.04 to capture MPEG2 with and it does pretty good.

Just a though. Good luck.

[G_guy]

[quote="bottle-necked"]

You might try MainConcept MPEG Encoder. I tried V1.04 to capture MPEG2 with and it does pretty good.

Just a though. Good luck.

Is there a guide on how to use it to capture? I keep getting "Start Capture" failed even though the video is showing in the program.

[bottle-necked]

I'm sure there are others with better recommendations on that program than me. I've only tried it a few times, I'm no expert by far.

Here's what I remember ok.

You must select audio/video input devices.....
You must set a capture filename and location.....
You must select a framerate, size, and codec....
(Or the program will give you that error message)

I think I just went through all the menu tabs and looked it over. I had like 29.970, 720x480, YUY2, Line-in, 48k, etc. The codec compression tab I do remember to used MainConcept MPEG Encoder. Configure it and setup like field order A, choose NTSC DVD template, and note where the quality slider is. This slider is very touchy I remember. To high a setting and you video might come out jerky. (mine did). I went in there the first time and set it wide open and although the video quality was first rate, it jerked. I finally turned it back down to about default level and everything was fine. Watch your CPU load and you can find the cut off point pretty easily. I think I wound up with like 35% quality level, I don't remember, running around 50% CPU load average, peaks to say 65%. Wide open it was peaking to 80% or something stupid like that. Jerky

Good program but a little expensive. Worth a try. You'll like it I think.

Good luck.

[G_guy]

You cannot apply noise reduction to a mpeg file without having to decode and re-encode the file. Now, a program like TMPGEnc can read a mpeg-2 file (with a mpeg-2 reader installed) where you can apply noise reduction and then encode it to mpeg-2 again. If this is your only choice, record with the highest bit rate mpeg-2 you can do. The better option is to record AVI with a lossless (or near lossless) codec and then apply the noise reduction filter before you encode to mpeg-2. But this requires a fast PC with lots of hard drive space...

Is there any way to do this that doesn't take 30 hours? That's how long it was going to take to read the MP2 file and apply filters to it in TMPGEnc.

[bottle-necked]

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