Best way?- 8mm analog, composite out only, ATI All-In-Wonder

[adkmom]

Hi everyone!

I have about 15 - 8mm tapes made on an analog camcorder that only has composite out. I'd like to get these to my hard drive, edit, & output to DVD.

I have the All-In-Wonder 8500, 128mb. card.

What is the ideal size/format to keep it decent looking for playback on a TV? Also, what are your fav's for software (I'm a total n00b)? I don't have anything yet so am open to suggestions?

Thanks you all so much for any help & advice,

Mom ;^)

[freebird73717]

Check out www.digitalfaq.com for guides on capturing with ati cards. Good stuff!

[Capmaster]

Capture at full D1 DVD MPEG2 (720x480). Start with 4000 Kbps average and 9800 peak Kbps. Adjust from there after trying it on a sample.

Use the bitrate calculator (tools) to calculate your final bitrate for 1 DVD qith the time of your capture. Then author and burn or, if you want to cut out parts and do more than just add a menu and chapter points, then edit, author and then burn

But before you do anything else:

[adkmom]

Thanks you all-

I'll test it out. I did look at the guides & liked the 2nd listed under ATI guides- but w/MMC 9.1, I don't get the huffy codec to show in the drop-down. I installed it & it's in my sys32 folder but I guess it doesn't work in this version of MMC?

I probably ought to use a DVD-RW 1st few times?

I intend to put this video onto the hard drive to crop some stuff out & do a basic menu or such- nothing too "hollywood"- what are the recommendations for software?

Thanks again!

[lordsmurf]

8mm is essentially VHS quality, 352x480 is perfect for it.