DVD by mpeg1 capture card?

[Gaxeed]

I am now using a videorider 1000 capture card with DC21230 chips. This is an old MPEG1 capture card by Omnimedia. I would like to know can it be used for capture VHS and burn as a DVD? The card has the capture option. The image size is fixed in 352x288. I know that it may not best for DVD. The video bit rate can be changed. So, if I increase the video bit rate to maximum (4000Kbps). Can the captured file be burned to a DVD and read by a DVD player?

[loveturtleozark]

that sounds very IFie,maybe it would work in an apex but I doubt it would work in any dvd player
since you are capturing into mpeg1 have you thought about just capturing it into a vcd compliant stream and burning it as a vcd?

[sterno]

Based on the resolution you give (352x288), I'm assuming you're in the PAL world. What you want should probably work, but I can't say that from experience (I'm in the US and don't do DVD stuff, just VCD).

VCD resolution and MPEG-1 video are part of the DVD standard, so the resolution should work fine. The max. bitrate for DVD is 9.8Mbit, so 4000k should be fine. The only thing that I would be concerned about is that I think DVD is a little more strict than VCD about the inner workings of how the MPEG is encoded, but if your capture program offers you a DVD option it should take care of that.

You'll need to make sure your audio is at 48kHz instead of 44.1kHz, DVD requires it. I think the PAL standard allows for MPEG-1 audio, too, though you can also use PCM or AC3. NTSC standard only permits PCM and AC3, though supposedly a few players can handle NTSC with MPEG-1 audio.