2 Problems while recording off of my Hauppauge?

[PHNeedsHelp]

I recently bought and installed a Hauppauge TV Turner to my computer. I have been wanting to make all of my family videos on DVD, so I can have them forever and not worry about the tape wearing out or breaking.

Problem #1 - Every time I record some footage to the computer and then after I create my menus and burn it. The DVD ends up freezing at some point but you can here the audio it does that or on another one of my tapes. It only played about 20 minutes and there where about 40 minutes on it. After the 20 minutes it would just go back to my menu. I have a feeling this my be some encoding problem? Also after I record them to the hard drive I am unable to load them in TMPGenc or VirtualDUB. VirtualDub says it can not find frames and TMPGenc says it is an unsupported file or something like that.

Problem #2-
After I got the TV Turner I reallized I needed a VCR to record of off. So I went to Walmart and got a Emerson. The guy in Electronics said it was a bad brand but I bought it anyway becuase I had to begin to record off of my tapes. My tapes when played in the tv turner and the vcr it looks like the film is shaking . Like it jerks the film inside and also on some tapes the tracking is bad. Some come out fine but others look to bad to even record for DVD. Is there any kind of filters that can fix this? If not what should I do to fix this problem


I appreciate all the help because I don't want to waste my money and send my family video to some "professional"

[harley2ride]

The answer to problem one could be many things. What are you using for media (which brand of dvd).

The answer to problem 2, you answered yourself.. You used a junky vcr. A TBC might help, but you would be better off using a quality VCR. Search the RESTORATION forum and you will find numerous recommended VCR's. Preferably get one with a build in TBC and DNR.

[reboot]

For problem #1, you should be aware of the settings you're using to capture. A 2 hour VHS will need a bitrate of about 4800kbps to fit. More, and it's too large. Less, and it's wasting space and quality.
Are you using composite, S-video, or cable as the input?
Exactly which Hauppauge card do you have?
What software are you using for capture?

[jagabo]

I recently bought and installed a Hauppauge TV Turner to my computer.

It would help if you said which model.

[PHNeedsHelp]

For problem #1, you should be aware of the settings you're using to capture. A 2 hour VHS will need a bitrate of about 4800kbps to fit. More, and it's too large. Less, and it's wasting space and quality.
Are you using composite, S-video, or cable as the input?
Exactly which Hauppauge card do you have?
What software are you using for capture?

I am using Composite and Hauppauge 250. I might of fixed the problem but I still have the problem of the shaky film I am trying to fix

[jagabo]

VirtualDub cannot read MPEG2 files. You need to use VirtualDubMPEG2 or VirtualDubMod. I've never had any problem with TMPGEnc Plus (the encoder; I've never used their DVD authoring package).

To put 2 hours of video on a DVD you should use WinTV2000's "DVD Extra Long Play" setting when you record.

Here's are some of the settings and the approximate amount that will fit on a single layer (4.7 GB) DVD:

DVD Standard: 1.3 hours
DVD Long Play: 1.7 hours
DVD Extra Long Play: 2.7 hours

If you're going to cut out commercials you can use the "DVD Long Play" setting to put a two hour show on one DVD because there will only be 1.5 hours after removing all the commercials.

You can also create your own templates if you want different settings.

Regarding the shaking, if you have a clean source there are two possible problems:

1) If the picture bounces up and down by a tiny bit 30 times a second ON A COMPUTER MONITOR you are simply seeing the result of a BOB deinterlace. This is normal.

2) After burning to a DVD, if all motion seems to take two steps forward, one step back, two steps forward, one step back, etc., and this happens 30 times a second, the field order is reversed. Tell you're DVD burning software you MPEG2 file is the opposite field order from whatever it thinks your file is.