Dear Anne, this is just to thank you for the presentation, but I had no time yet to take a look at it. I'm sure it will be very useful!
Best regards. Anne Wilson wrote: > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Mjpeg-users mailing list > Mjpeg-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users da personale della società ServanTech ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Mjpeg-users mailing list Mjpeg-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
