11-16-2019, 09:48 AM
|
|
Free Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2019
Posts: 14
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
|
I have captured several VHS tapes using Hauppauge USB Live 2. The captures are 10 Mbps MPEG-2 (.ts), 720x480, 29.97 FPS, Interlaced. The first use of these files was for DVDs which went well. Now, someone wants them on a thumb drive to watch on a Smart TV. What should I convert them to? Thank you.
|
Someday, 12:01 PM
|
|
Ads / Sponsors
|
|
Join Date: ∞
Posts: 42
Thanks: ∞
Thanked 42 Times in 42 Posts
|
|
|
11-16-2019, 01:48 PM
|
|
Free Member
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Posts: 1,323
Thanked 334 Times in 276 Posts
|
|
The smart TV can probably play those files, in which case your best option for quality is probably to play them as-is instead of recompressing.
|
11-16-2019, 02:17 PM
|
|
Free Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2019
Posts: 14
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by jdycus
I have captured several VHS tapes using Hauppauge USB Live 2. The captures are 10 Mbps MPEG-2 (.ts), 720x480, 29.97 FPS, Interlaced. The first use of these files was for DVDs which went well. Now, someone wants them on a thumb drive to watch on a Smart TV. What should I convert them to? Thank you.
|
Thank you for response. I have a 3 year old Samsung Smart TV with a thumb drive slot and they won't play on it.
|
11-16-2019, 04:49 PM
|
|
Free Member
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Gillette Stadium
Posts: 357
Thanked 69 Times in 60 Posts
|
|
Do you get an error message from the TV?
What is the exact model # of the TV?
Can you browse to the files at all?
|
11-17-2019, 04:55 AM
|
|
Free Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2019
Posts: 14
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
|
File type not supported
|
11-17-2019, 05:43 AM
|
|
Free Member
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Gillette Stadium
Posts: 357
Thanked 69 Times in 60 Posts
|
|
Okaaaaay...
That’s a start.
Don’t you think the TV model would help us?
You could use a little company service known as Google, and find the owners manual.
Basically you are telling us you have a vehicle that’s going clickety thumpity clack and you want a diagnosis of whatever is wrong. Could be a tire, drive shaft, loose motor mount, or a pedestrian caught under the chassis.
|
11-17-2019, 05:48 AM
|
|
Free Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2019
Posts: 14
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by BarryTheCrab
Okaaaaay...
That’s a start.
Don’t you think the TV model would help us?
You could use a little company service known as Google, and find the owners manual.
Basically you are telling us you have a vehicle that’s going clickety thumpity clack and you want a diagnosis of whatever is wrong. Could be a tire, drive shaft, loose motor mount, or a pedestrian caught under the chassis.
|
I found out the TV will definitely play MP4s. So, the question now becomes do I convert my .ts files to SD MP4s (720x480) or HD MP4s (1920x1080)?
|
11-17-2019, 01:02 PM
|
|
Invalid Email / Banned / Spammer
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 101
Thanked 16 Times in 16 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by jdycus
I found out the TV will definitely play MP4s. So, the question now becomes do I convert my .ts files to SD MP4s (720x480) or HD MP4s (1920x1080)?
|
MP4 is a video container, not a video codec. You want to check the video/audio codecs supported by your TV. You don't want to do any kind of upscaling, let the TV do it for you.
|
11-18-2019, 12:46 PM
|
|
Free Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 393
Thanked 74 Times in 67 Posts
|
|
You can use ffmpeg to put the video into a new container format:
Code:
ffmpeg -i myvideo.ts -c copy myvideo.mp4
I would try that first because it's quick and the conversion would be lossless.
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:06 AM
|