Live Concert VHS Transfer Recommendation
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I have a large collection of live concert VHS tapes that I want to transfer to DVD. The quality of the audio transfer is just as important as the video quality. I'm looking for A/D transfer card & software recommendations. I have a Mac Pro desktop running 10.6.8, with dual 2.66 GHz Dual Core Xeon processors. 13 GB of RAM 667 MHz More than enough hard drive space. I have Adobe Premiere Pro editing software. I bought the Canopus ADVC-55, but haven't opened it yet. I read this link http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...ti-wonder.html and now am considering this instead of the Canopus: Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro HDMI/analog PCIe capture card Is this card compatible with my Mac? Is there a better option? I want to use S-VHS, and read that some folks had trouble with this on this card. Can Premiere Pro be used to capture as well as edit? Can this also master to Blu Ray DVD, for better sound resolution (maybe 24bit 48MHz)? What codec is best, MPEG-2? Thanks in advance, Carl |
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Very cheap, $49 + free shipping, from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...SIN=B000J5XS3C The EQ and gain is quite helpful. Add this between VCR and capture card. Quote:
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Not horrible, but not great. Quote:
And if you don't want to believe me, get it from the horse's mouth: http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/intensity/ Quote:
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Thanks for the tip on the mixer, it gets great reviews for low dough. :thumb:
Regarding the Black Magic card and difficulty with S-VHS, this is from Amazon: "4.0 out of 5 stars Good for most video, February 22, 2011 By JF - See all my reviews Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro HDMI Editing Card with PCI Express I use the Black Magic Design Intensity Pro to capture analog footage, mostly component video. That and composite work very well and I am please with the results. The included S-Video adapter gave diagonal "scan" lines waving across the footage. It was not terrible but definitely noticeable. However, I do not use S-Video much (or at all anymore to be honest) so for my purposes it is very good." I'd like to use the S-VHS input, have you heard of this problem elsewhere? Is there a better option than the Black Magic? Regarding the codec, if I master to blu-ray I use H.264 encoding, and if I master for DVD I use MPEG-2, is that right? You mention using a high bitrate for the transfer, what bitrate would you recommend? My Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 comes bundled with Adobe Encore for authoring. How necessary is a TBC? Assuming that the VHS tracks properly, can the Adobe software provide equivalent adjustments to color and contrast in post-processing? Thanks for the help, great site! Carl |
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The person with the problem is describing a power related issue -- meaning it's in their house or computer. Herringbone noise. Quote:
It's all mentioned here: http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...ti-wonder.html Quote:
Blu-ray = MPEG-2 or H.264 (AVC and AVCHD, actually, special subsets of H.264 parameters) Quote:
For something as dark and shaky as concert footage, I'd go up to 30-35Mbps. Quote:
Read what a TBC does here: http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...time-base.html Not having an external TBC means your capture card cannot lock onto a signal. No locked signal, no capture. Or a lousy capture. You want a TBC if you want a problem-free experience, and care about quality of the video. Ideally you want a TBC in the VCR to clean the image, and the external TBC to purify the signal. |
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