Re: [Mjpeg-users] Reasonable targets for Video8 sources...

2006-09-17 Thread sean
Anne Wilson wrote: ... 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'd appreciate a copy

[Mjpeg-users] Reasonable targets for Video8 sources...

2006-09-07 Thread Andrea Giuliano
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

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Reasonable targets for Video8 sources...

2006-09-07 Thread Anne Wilson
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

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Reasonable targets for Video8 sources...

2006-09-07 Thread Andrea Giuliano
I would appreciate your presentation very much, thanks! 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 ... I have many Hi8 video tapes, and I work with a DC10+ capture

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Reasonable targets for Video8 sources...

2006-09-07 Thread stefan
Hi, Ok, so here is what I would do: 1. capture at 720x576 (or if NTSC 720x480), interlaced. 1a. (optional) denoise if needed... 2. scale to 352x576 (or if NTSC 352x480), interlaced. 3. encode to DVD at highest possible bitrate. cu Stefan

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Reasonable targets for Video8 sources...

2006-09-07 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 07 September 2006 13:59, Andrea Giuliano wrote: I would appreciate your presentation very much, thanks! On its way to you. If the maintainers would like a copy, or would like to add it to the web pages, I would have no problem with that. They and others on this list helped me a

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Reasonable targets for Video8 sources...

2006-09-07 Thread Mark Heath
I purchased a D8 camera to do the capturing. It is able to read video 8 tapes and send it via firewire. I've been archiving the tapes on disk as DV files. I'll edit the files together one day and burn them onto DVD. Mark On 07/09/2006, at 9:38 PM, Andrea Giuliano wrote: Hi, I hope this