I don't know if the conversion to DVD format results in a degradation of quality or it has something to do with the different monitor types.
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I always say that I believe Pinnacle/Dazzle products are so bad you can blame a divorce on them.ĭoes the final DVD output look better on a DVD TV screen than on a computer monitor? It seems as though the sample captures I have made at 352 by 480 do not look as good on the computer monitor as they did on the TV monitor playing the vhs tapes. If this continues stop beating your head - just shop for another capture product, or get a DVR, which can be scored cheap on eBaY now.
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I had similar problems to you with even faster PC specs. I had a similar DVC 150 and it was horrid - and it wasn't lonesome little ol' me that felt that way. Having said that, the next thing I'd blame is the product. But you must make sure you're not doing anything else on your PC, use maybe another harddrive other than C to capture, and have good cooling. Checked your profile, and your PC specs should be fine so you likely have the horsepower to prevent dropped frames. When I have tried better resolutions at 720 by 480, I get skipped frames and out of synch audio. It only seems to work at the resolution of 352 by 480. I'm using the accompanying Pinnacle Instant DVD Recorder software which records to DVD format. I am using the external Dazzle DVC100 video capture box by way of composite connections on one end to the VHS recorder and on the other end USB to computer to capture video tapes. Most should do it its probably just a matter of digging around for the right setting. Of course there is no harm in capping at 720x480 as long as you can get your device to accept that as a capture resolution. That should be more than adequate for most vhs captures. (fyi that would be 13gb/hour for a dv-avi capture)Įdit - sorry didnt' see the 352x480 part at the beginning. However saving to avi using a dv-avi codec would be useful if you want to do frame accurate editing before conversion to dvd. However since you can't get higher than dvd resolution out of a vhs source that is pointless. Dvd is 720x480 and if you recorded higher than that it would need to be downconverted and any potential advantage gained would be lost on downconversion. Would that be easier to capture at a higher resolution like 720 by 480 to get better quality video? If the original source is vhs and you intend to make standard definition dvds than no higher resolutions will do nothing for you and could negatively effect the video. Is Pinnacle Instant DVD Recorder software the best way to capture video or is there other software like Virtual dub or VirtualVCR that would do a better job?Īlthough Pinnacle Instant DVD Recorder software saves time by recording directly to DVD format, if I were to capture the video in the AVI format first, would that be easier to capture at a higher resolution like 720 by 480 to get better quality video?ĭoes the final DVD output look better on a DVD TV screen than on a computer monitor? It seems as though the sample captures I have made at 352 by 480 do not look as good on the computer monitor as they did on the TV monitor playing the vhs tapes. I want to convert a number of vhs tapes to DVDs.
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