Hello! I know it's been more than a year and a half since I last posted, but I got sidelined on my capturing project with a new baby. (Yes, we now have two under two... which explains my absence. =P)
I went back through all the old posts to refresh my memory (thanks, again, in particular to sanlyn and lordsmurf... you both really helped me understand how to get a world of difference in improved results from where I started), and am back to feeling comfortable with the capturing process.
That is... except for one point on capture resolution which we never actually discussed.
I wasn't sure if I should resurrect our old thread:
http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...tup-input.html
but, I just realized that I wasn't sure I had good justification for capturing old VHS home movies at 720x480.
As a reminder, I am capturing lossless AVIs via
VirtualDub using Lagarith YUY2, and am using an ATI AIW 7500 AGP, AVT-8710 TBC, and a JVC SR-V101US.
I have gone through the old posts, the
Capturing with VirtualDub [Settings Guide] and the
Understanding your Source Guide, and I'm still not sure what the best choice is for me (or why I never asked earlier).
From what I have read:
1. I really only need to capture VHS at 352x480, which also saves space
2. Capturing at 704x480/720x480 doesn't get me anything more quality-wise, and might introduce false detail
3. Capturing at 720x480 is nice, however, because the workflow to encode blu-ray sd or dvd is simpler
So, up until now, I have just been capturing at 720x480... but, 1 and 2 seem like possibly good reasons to change to 352x480. (Even though realistically, disk space is insignificant in the whole scheme of things.)
Would appreciate your advice on this before I get back to resuming capturing these old home movies.
Also as a reminder, I am encoding to H.264 M2T using Premiere Elements. You guys thought the quality ended up great, and I was having a jumpiness in motion when streaming MP4 to my Oppo player. (sanlyn confirmed the same issue playing my files on his Oppo, too.)
I also plan on burning some blu-rays and dvds for family members to view the movies easily later, so having an easy workflow for that is nice, too.
Thank you!