I am currently using a Pinnacle Studio DC10+ board and capturing within the Studio program and then going straight to TMPGEnc, but I have a problem.

In one instance, I have tried to capture a 16:9 VHS tape and I can't unsqueeze it unless I take it into VirtualDub, but then I have to recompress it, thus inviting quality loss. All attempts to capture within VirtualDub have been unsatisfactory.

Does anyone know how to get around the recompression route, and if not, what codec should I use for an intermediate process?

Any Help would be greatly appreciated.