I'm looking for some advice on capturing 8mm film.
My current method is as follows:
Tobin telecine projector --> Pinnacle 710 USB via S-Video --> Pinnacle Studio (Ver. 12) --> DVD
I'm using Windows 10 64 bit and have no card slots available so USB is my only option.
I've been capturing to MPEG4 in Studio 12 and then doing any needed editing before burning the DVD.
I'm looking to improve the quality of the final project. The recommended method I've been reading about on this forum is to capture the film into AVI format using
VirtualDub. But I still have some questions...
1) Is the Pinnacle 710 a good option or should I be looking at another USB capture device?
2) Once the film is captured can I use
VirtualDub to do the editing and burn DVDs? My editing usually involves adding captions, fading in and out between scenes, adding some music, etc. I like using the Pinnacle software because I can do the capturing, editing and disk or file creation all within the same program but I keep reading that it isn't the best option quality wise. So if I capture to AVI, what should I be using for the editing and output to DVD or Flash Drive?
My concern is that if I start transferring video for others (for money!!), I'd like to get the best results. I'm looking for examples of what others are using and options and advice on what a quality hardware/software setup would look like compared to what I'm using now.
Thanks!