vhs to dvd(need really good mpeg2 software)

[venom10463]

Hello
I've been killing myself looking for a decent mpeg2 software to convert my vhs to dvd. I've tryed power vcr 2, win dvr, pinnacle studio 8 SE. If anybody can help me out. I'll greatly appreciated.[

[lordsmurf]

What video card?

[venom10463]

I'm using a pctv capture and tuner card

[Zetti]

Ulead Video Studio
Nero Vision

[venom10463]

Tryed that one already. Didn't like it too much.

[Zetti]

Tryed that one already. Didn't like it too much.

In what exactly are you unsatisfied with all these sw's ?

[mracer]

Are you are looking for extremely good software MPEG2 encoding with an understandable user interface. If so I recommend:

A. Canopus Procoder 2 -very high quality encoder and video converter

B. Mainconcept 1.4.2, good quality, exceptional speed, real-time conversion

C. TMPGEnc Plus -high quality, good price

D. TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress -high quality, good price, not much new over 2.5

[SatStorm]

Since you are NTSC, you have 3 choices:

- Sell your equipment and buy a new ATI card. Use MMC for capturing and make www.digitalfaq.com your bible
- Don't sell anything and buy mainconcept 1.4.2 for realtime mpeg 2 captures and TMPGEnc plus 2.510 for avi to mpeg 2 convertions. You need both programs
- Buy Canopus Procoder 2. One of the best solutions NTSC users have (PAL users vote mainconcept...)

[vhelp]

I have yet to see any other encoder out-perform CCE and TMPGenc.

But, as long as your process is unknown, I would have to assume that you
are not skillful in the following, which will help in the quality department:

* users skill level

* capture equipment (ie, analog vs. dv, capture card and internal qualities etc)

* your source quality (ie, film vs. interlace, vs. condition etc)

* video editing your .AVI source files

* scripting (avisynth)
* * * utilizing filter steps (or filterchains)

* encoding setup/tweaks

* author/burning app

* media brand/quality

* player and tv brand/quality/setup

* user (or user's eyes )

Note, with CCE, you have to be fluient in source type and scripting, and sort
of fly a tadd blindly. However..
With TMPG, you have better user-interface control.., and scripting can be
incorporated (frameserved) just as well. Anyways.

For really good quality, an Hardware MPEG-2 device is not going to cut it
100% unless you are a newbie and don't have the eye-for-detail (aka, be
constant picky at every glitch/block etc)
Otherwise, in this case, an Hardware MPEG-2 will do perfect, for a newbie.
.
On the other hand.. an Analog capture card is the way to go, but it requires
greater knowledge to obtain good quality MPEG-2 source files. But,
remember, the source (ie, your Cable/Antenna/Satellite etc. will have to be
very good quality to begin with)

Good luck,
-vhelp

[venom10463]

Thanks for all ya'll help. I guess i'll just do avi to mpeg2.

[Garibaldi]

I'm not sure what you should do to capture, because I use Moviestar 5 to capture from my digital video creator 150, which requires pretty specific software. You should be able to use some software like moviemaker to capture. I can help you with editing and encoding and burning. The process I use is capturing to an mpeg2 file. I then demultiplex it with TMPGENC. I then take the demultiplex files, m2v and mp2, and import them into cuttermaran:
https://www.videohelp.com/tools?toolsearch=cuttermaran&s=&orderby=Name&convert=&dvdauth...+or+List+tools
This is a great little program because it lets you go along and cut out parts of the video you don't like, and then merge the parts you like into a new m2v and mp2 files without rendering! After you do that and have your mpeg file, import it into TMPGENC. Choose the template that is right for you, I like to use the DVD NTSC low resolution one because you can lower the bitrate and I have actually gotton 12 42 minute (that an hour without the commercials) episodes on 1 dvd disk by lowering the bitrate to 1800. Then go through and choose the options you want and render. Once that is done you can use various programs, don't use WinDVD creator because I have found that it desyncronizes the audio and video, to create your VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders with the vob and ifo files inside. Then just burn those folders to a data dvd and your set. A DVD authoring program that is free is DVD AUTHOR GUI, found here:
https://www.videohelp.com/tools?toolsearch=dvd+author+gui&s=&orderby=Name&convert=&dvda...+or+List+tools
Others have probably mentioned it but I'll post it incase they haven't. I hope this is of some help to you. I also am looking for the best process for vhs to dvd, and I think this is it.

[babyboo]

The process I use is capturing to an mpeg2 file. I then demultiplex it with TMPGENC. I then take the demultiplex files, m2v and mp2, and import them into cuttermaran:
https://www.videohelp.com/tools?toolsearch=cuttermaran&s=&orderby=Name&convert=&dvdauth...+or+List+tools
This is a great little program because it lets you go along and cut out parts of the video you don't like, and then merge the parts you like into a new m2v and mp2 files without rendering!

I am not familiar with cuttermaran...however, I would imagine that demultiplexing prior to editing would seem to open yourself up to a/v sync problems. I am glad that it works well for you, but with my luck I would have tons of sync errors. When I need to edit MPEG2 and don't want to re-encode I use Womble. It's quick, easy and hasn't failed me yet!

Anway...my thoughts are that you have a lot more control and better quality if you go the avi to mpeg2 route as opposed to direct mpeg2 capture.

[DVD_Ripper]

B. Mainconcept 1.4.2, good quality, exceptional speed, real-time conversion

This is my personal fav... DV -> MPEG2 capture real (almost) time. You need a fast (2+Ghz) machine

Works wonderfully... best quality MPEG's I've seen

[Garibaldi]

The only reason I don't use avi capture is because of the codec compatiblity with TMPGENC and the invalid pointer operation in TMPGENC. There actually is no audio sync problem with demulitplexing. To each his own.

[Garibaldi]

I like to use the DVD NTSC low resolution one because you can lower the bitrate and I have actually gotton 12 42 minute (that an hour without the commercials) episodes on 1 dvd disk by lowering the bitrate to 1800.

Sorry, let me correct myself. For 12 42 minute episodes on 1 dvd the bitrate has to be 900