video capture help

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"jimmy keffer" <horsezip@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> i'm new at this
> i have a tdk usb capture box can someone please tell me good setting for
> capturing vhs tapes also lower quality setting for getting 6 hour ep
> speed tapes on to 1 dvd also what's a good program for editing
> commercials out of captured video
> thanks for your time
> jimmy


If this TDK USB Capture Box has a hardware MPEG Encoder
Chip then, if I were you, I'd use the following settings:

Half D1 resolution; 352x480
VBR with Bitrate ~6.0 Mbps (or CQ ~98%)
15 frames/GOP I/P distance =3 (IBBP)
Audio: Sample Rate 48k MPEG or AC3 2 channel
at 192 to 256 Bitrate.

Or the PAL equivalent to the above.

VideoReDo is a great little low cost "editor" for that
purpose. It is very fast and maintains or even fixes "lip
sync", by the way it handles the PTS and GOP data.
www.VideoReDo.com Don't judge it by the colors
they used, or its simple interface; it's a very powerful
tool.

Luck;
Ken

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"jimmy keffer" <horsezip@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> what program would you use to capture with it came with 1.3 i bought
> showbiz version 2 but it don't have some of setting you said to set yes
> the tdk is hardware encoder thanks again for your time


Try WinDVD or another capture software that will work
with your capture box. The TDK site was not much help,
and provides little if any useful information. That "Showbiz"
software is to be avoided.

If you can let me know what the manufacturer and part
numbers of the major chips in your box are, it may be that
I can find a much better driver. Check out the user comments
on your capture box at www.videohelp.com they sometimes
mention alternate software that improves the capture
performance.

Luck;
Ken