Need better then DV to inmortalize my tapes

[CCEncoder]

Hi I am Fernando Martinez...

I recorded from a tape to a DV file. I used Studio9 to view my recorded DV file on the TV. I wanted to compare same scene both on the tape and the dv, so I first put the tape in the scene I wanted to compare and press stop then went to the same time on the dv. I then pressed play on the tape and view it for 5 seconds looking at the details, then viewed the dv file on the same tv for 5 seconds and it was clear there was some detail lose, it wasn't exactly as on the tape even though I was using UHF for the TV and s-video for the canopus input... the tape is only VHS.
Does anyone know a better codec or method to transfer my tapes to the computer having all the details? :|

[edDV]

Need to better understand your process and goals.

You are capturing VHS through a Canopus ADVC? Which model?
You are using Studio9 to capture in DV format? DV-AVI file?

How were you playing the VHS tape to the TV?
How were you playing the DV file to the TV?

How do intend to store the digital transfer? Digital tape? DVDR? DVD MPeg2?

[CCEncoder]

Need to better understand your process and goals.

You are capturing VHS through a Canopus ADVC? Which model?
You are using Studio9 to capture in DV format? DV-AVI file?

How were you playing the VHS tape to the TV?
How were you playing the DV file to the TV?

How do intend to store the digital transfer? Digital tape? DVDR? DVD MPeg2?

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I'm trying to do everything as neat as possible, I will answer each of your questions.

Yes I'm outputing s-video from my slv-r1000 to the canopus advc-110 using philips cables model "m62792"

On the PC I'm using WinDV for the capture settings are type2, disc.treshold 0 altough I don't think this affect quality.

I output the DV using Studio9 as it allows me to go frame by frame and rewind something winDV doesn't allow me.
For the output, the cables go from the canopus s-video to the vcr s-video input this s-video cable is generic.

[edDV]

I output the DV using Studio9 as it allows me to go frame by frame and rewind something winDV doesn't allow me.
For the output, the cables go from the canopus s-video to the vcr s-video input this s-video cable is generic.

You mean S-Video from the display card?

My concern is whether the Studio 9 is previewing in full DV quality.

Ideally would use a player that can play the DV-AVI file back out the IEEE-1394 port and use the ADVC-110 for D/A and monitor connection. Then you would compare that to the VHS original. Vegas and Premiere Pro can do this with frame by frame control. I'm not sure of Pinnacle Studio 9.

You can play a DV file in "Record to DV device" mode with WinDV but only at 1x speed.

I'm not saying DV will or will not be acceptable, I'm just saying the monitoring needs to be accurate.

[Cornucopia]

I think alot of what edDV is trying to say here is that "DV" as a format should inherently be tons better quality than VHS, all other things being equal". We're just curious that maybe all those other things aren't equal (connections, decoding path, settings, etc).
Also note, since DV should be capable of "better-than-VHS" quality, if you put VHS material on a DV file/tape, it should be transparent. This is not to say that it will be full DV quality, but that it should be equal to the input VHS quality.
I know with our company's setup here, I can A/B 2 sources and can prove that you'd never know whether it was "LIVE" or "MEMOREX" (to quote an old cassette commercial).

Scott[/b]

[mairambija]

visit SPAM and transfer your home video tapes to dvd. You can get a pretty good conversion at a reasonable price from a lot of places. But what are most of these companies lacking? Care and attention to detail! Other ways you get totally amateurish product done with domestic equipment.