Analog to MPEG 2

[clifsmith]

I need to know how to put my Hi-8 from Analog straight to MPEG2 on my hard drive. See my signature below for hardware I have. I want to transfer my Hi-8 video to DVD-R. I tried before but could only do AVI first to hard drive then I had to convert. I tried looking on this site for 4 hours for an answer. Now my head is spinning and I am confused. I would like freeware suggestions If needed. Thanks.

[h2oski64]

Use the TV software in the ATI MultiMedia Center Software that came with your all-in-wonder video card. It is capable of capturing straight to mpeg2, unfortunately, the audio is not exactly DVD compliant.

[jeex]

capturing to uncompressed avi, picvideo or huffyuv will always yield better results that capturing directly to mpeg2.. unless you have a really expensive mpeg2 hardware encoder.. use virtual dub or aviio to capture in one of the codecs i suggested and then use tmpgenc to convert it to mpeg2 dvd video.. it really is the best way, unless you're rich.

[jeex]

by the by, all of the software & codecs i mentioned are freeware with the exception of the picvideo codec.. but if you know where you are, you can find what you're looking for *nose touche*

[clifsmith]

I never installed the ATI multimedia software since the CD that came with the card was damaged and ATI wants $ for another one.
Anyone got any tips on which ATI multimedia (CDplayer, tv, capture) version I can dowload for free. What version is best for XP that is bug free and easy to install and got any links to where I can download for free. Thanks.

[SingSing]

Why the seller of your ATI-wonder can't replace the CD ?

Worst case, Get the software off ATI website.

You need to hack register a bit to do svcd capture.

[csaag]

About using tmpgenc to convert to Mpeg2 - doesn't that only give a trial period for using Mpeg-2? Are there freeware Mpreg 2 programs that can be used instead?

[fmctm1sw]

About using tmpgenc to convert to Mpeg2 - doesn't that only give a trial period for using Mpeg-2?

Yes, 30 days.....

Are there freeware Mpreg 2 programs that can be used instead?

BBMPEG (I think it's called AVI2SVCD also). It's slow though. Check under the tools....

[clifsmith]

I went to the ATI website and I could not find a place to download the full Multimedia Center for All in wonder-Radeon. What I did find is upgrades to newer versions which required the original install. If you know where I can get a full install version, please do tell.

[Anonymous65]

Try Ulead Moviemaker or Videostudio, it does capture direclty to compliant DVD video from your ATI card.

[apinkel]

I have an ati AIW radeon running on a p4 1.7 win XP machine. I capture right to dvd compliant mpeg2 (720x480, 29.97fps, 8mbs, interlaced video, 48khz audio) and burn to dvd-r using dvd-complete and a pioneer dvr-103.

Download the latest display driver, wdm capture driver, control panel, and MMC software from ATI... just go to the main ati page and head to the Support-->find a driver link. Note that the MMC software is on the the optional software page, it's not with all the other drivers.

For help installing refer to the "All-In-Wonder, VIVO, and TV Support" forum on the www.rage3d.com site. They have a sticky post there that gives all the steps you need to follow to insure a clean, problem free install of all the software.

Al

[clifsmith]

Thanks to everyone of you for the great info. I am almost there. I have decided to try and use my ATI hardware and the ATI MMC to do the HI-8 to DVD-R conversio.

I found the "ATI Clean Install" instructions on the site forum you mention. Great stuff. However, one of the steps is to install DVD-7-6. In order to install dvd-7-6, ATI says you have to have the original Multimedia CD. Which I do not. Any work arounds to install the latest ATI MMC without a CD????