On Thursday 07 September 2006 12:38, Andrea Giuliano wrote: > Hi, > > I hope this is not a trivial question, but since I have a lot of Video8 > tapes to save before they cannot be played anymore, I would like to save > them digitally the best way. > > I made some experiments with VCD and XviD, using a DC30+ card, but there > are so many parameters to tune, so I would like to have at least a rough > idea of what output format to choose (or even to avoid). > > I just guess that DVD is to avoid, since there is nothing to gain. > > Also, I guess VCD should not be bad at all, and it fits well with my > tapes (all are one hour long). > > Finally, I would avoid XviD because some people that asked me for a copy > of a tape don't have a DivX player (nor Video8 camcorder). > > Any hint will be very appreciated. > > Best regards. > > PS > Yes, I have read several time the MJPEG-HOWTO and the man pages. > I have many Hi8 video tapes, and I work with a DC10+ capture card. If it is any help to you I will send you a copy of an OpenOffice presentation I did for my local LUG, in which I detail the steps to turn the input into DVDs.
I chose DVDs because VCDs are not always supported by stand-alone players, and with disks now cheap the wasted space didn't seem relevant. As for the man pages - I found that it was essential to have all of them printed out. There are so many possible parameters, and they don't always have the same/expected result in different tools. HTH Anne
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