FILM9 is not at all suggested.
It's not "software", but rather a frontend (a very poor frontend!) for Avisynth and
VirtualDub. It's mostly using the scripts written by videofred and johnmeyer. It attempts to be an all-in-one solution in a situation where all-in-one simply is not possible. It tries to force capture and restoration in a single pass. That's just not how things work.
Mr. Gilles / GillesH / Gelinox / Roland (whatever he calls himself) is an asshole, and not welcome on this site. He's rude, arrogant, dismissive, and (at first) didn't even credit the work of others that he was using.
At VH, myself, johnmeyer, manono (in public) and several others (in private) have all deemed it to be near-useless "software". At other sites, the verdict has been similiar. It's extremely buggy, is a failed attempt at an all-in-one (where an all-in-one should never be used), and even the best output examples are not very good.
You'll do yourself a greater service by:
- capturing losslessly with quality hardware
- properly learning and using Avisynth and
VirtualDub, often in multiple passes
See also:
http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/3...m%29-and-video
All of your questions have different answers and workflows.
1. FILM9 is not AIO software, but just a frontend -- one that messes with VirtualDub registry settings
2. You must separately convert formats. Something like FLV/MP4/MPEG may not be restorable, either. It's too lossy.
3. Audio must be done in audio software.
Sound Forge or Audacity is suggested.
4. See 3.
5. Cropping depends on the output needs.
6. See 5.
7. Avisynth and VirtualDub are what you need, not FILM9.
8. You need editing software. The format determine software (AVI vs. MPEG).
You're going about this all wrong. FILM9 made (false) promises and you've bought into them. Don't.
