a way to save my editted mpeg1 in virtual dub to mpeg1?

[fand]

hello,

i am using tv capture software to record tv shows.

i can either record in mpeg1 or mpeg2, however i have
noticed that virtualdub does not support mpeg2, so what
i end up doing is
(1)recording mpeg1, 480x480
(2)editing in virtualdub(get rid of commercials), saving as uncompressed avi
(3)re-encoding in bbmpeg to svcd format.

the problem arises when i have a 2 hour file -- after i edit it in virtual dub, it is ~100 gigs, which is too big for me to store

what would be ideal is to find a way to encode _directly from_ virtual dub into mpeg2, or hell, even mpeg1 would be fine. actually, as long as i won't lose quality, is there anything i can do to save it from virtualdub to stay under 40gigs? i don't mind too much just as long as i can then turn around and re-code in bbmpeg to svcd..

also, one last question: what are you tv capture pros doing about getting rid of commercials? i'd love some feedback, links, etc to what the easiest way is!

cheers,

kyle

[Big_Jit]

You can do all your editing and set up all your filters in virtualdub and then frameserve to tmpgenc for encoding to mpeg1 or 2

Virtualdub lets you cut out all the commercials and it's got filters available for fade-in and fade-out so you can make things look professional...

[TwIZzlEr]

I cap to MPEG-2,open in DVD2AVI, save project, put the d2v file into VFAPI to make a temp avi.
Also open in TMPGEnc, Out put to file WAV
open the temp avi & wav in virtualdub, edit commercials, and frameserve it to TMPGEnc. This should save you mega mb's.

err... if any one knows the settings in DVD2AVI to make the TMPGEnc wav step obsolete, please post. All I can get is mpa files that i can't open in Virtualdub. 8)

[fand]

@big_jit:

would you happen to have a link on how this is done? i frameserved a few years ago but my memory is hazy. it's only hazy on how to go from virtualdub (after i've cut all the commercials out) to tmpeg.. any insight would be most welcomed..

cheers,

kyle

[fingernailX]

http://www.virtualdub.org/docs_frameserver

[Big_Jit]

fand

Here's the link on this site that i followed to learn how to frameserve

How To Frameserve

[drdy111956]

Just to add. I am using Win98SE, and I have finally been able to frameserve from VD successfully to TMPGEnc after reading the post here 2 days ago. Need to locate MSVCR70.dll and add it to Syst32 sub dir.

[fand]

wow, how simple it seems. i get off work in 3 hours and i must try this!

and to think, i spent 3 painful hours last night scouring the internet for powerVCR 3.0 nontrial version.. (although i found it, finally.. ) i guess the powerDVD player it comes with will come in handy when my pioneer 104 arrives tomorrow

thanks for all the help!

cheers,

kyle

edit: my target is SVCD ... however virtualdub will only read mpeg1.. so what i've done is record at mpeg1 480x480, then cut commercials.. can tmpeg encode to mpeg2 (svcd)?

[Big_Jit]

TMPGEnc can encode to mpeg2

drdy111956

you should be able to extract the file from your win98 cd-rom or from the "Windows\options\cabs" directory using the system file checker

Click Start>Run type sfc and click ok follow the on-screen instructions and when it asks you to restore a file just point it to the win98 cd-rom or the windows\options\cabs directory...