Best way to record baseball game and put on dvd....

[Variable]

I was going to record the cubs first game thats on later today. Because i have a capture card all i have tto do is put it on a dvd.

First i would like to know what the best recording settings are. My card only records in mpeg 2 so anyway i look at it the file size will be pretty big.

Second off, my bigger question is should i convert to another format before puttng on to a dvd? if so what should i convert it to?

Thanks i would love to have this answered by 1pm central time..thanks!!

[jman98]

Do you have a video editor? Because if you don't and you don't remove commercials, you'll need to record at a lower bit rate. Assuming you don't have an editor, to record 3 hours, you need a bit rate of 3159 Kbps. Record as MPEG-2. Set it to be VBR (Variable Bit Rate) recording with an average of 3000, a low of 2000 and a high of 4000. Set the audio to 256 Kbps. Assuming the game doesn't run over 3 hours, you should be able to get what you record on DVD easily enough, but that's a whole other subject.

To record for 3 and a half hours try using:
average bit rate 2600
minimum bit rate 1600
maximum bit rate 3600

To record for 4 hours try using:
average bit rate 2200
minimum bit rate 1200
maximum bit rate 3200

These are only suggestions, but most likely the final result will fit on a DVD without needing to be re-encoded.

[FulciLives]

If you use the bitrates suggested by jman98 then be sure to use what is called "Half D1 resolution" which for NTSC is 352x480.

If you want to edit your MPEG-2 capture I suggest using either VideoReDo or MPEG-VCR as both are excellent MPEG-2 editors. Before editing please be sure to run the "fix" that these two programs offer. VideoReDo calls it "QuickStream Fix" and MPEG-VCR calls it "MPEG GOP Fixer".

Here is a good video/audio bitrate calculator ---> CLICK HERE

Good Luck !!!

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[Variable]

im editing commercials out in the prgram thats comes with this crap hardware called pinnacle studio 9. This thing isnt really meant to be used as a tv tuner. But if i plug the rca cables from my satellite box to the dazzle 150 then i can record from studio 9.