Please help with MainConcept settings for VHS Captures

[jrodefeld]

Hello,

I am in the process of capturing VHS home movies with Huffyuv AVI. Then I am processing them with Virtualdub filters (as necessary). The encoding software I will be using is MainConcept Reference. What I want to know is what settings I should use to obtain the highest quality encodes from VHS sources. There are MANY settings and options and I don't know what many of them do. I am using Double Layer DVDs.

What are the best settings to use in MainConcept Reference for VHS sources? Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

[jrodefeld]

Could anyone help with this? I am sure that some of the settings would be dependent on the source, but I would think that for VHS sources there would be certain consistent settings and tips for getting the highest quality encodes, right?

[admin]

I'll need to know this first: Did you capture/restore as 720x480 or 352x480 video resolution?

[jrodefeld]

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Originally Posted by admin

I'll need to know this first: Did you capture/restore as 720x480 or 352x480 video resolution?

720x480. I didn't really think about it, but is there a reason to capture and restore at 352x480?

Thanks for your help.

[admin]

This is almost going to require writing a new guide. To speed this up for your situation, why don't we do it the other way around? Post some screen shots of your various MainConcept Reference encoding tabs/panels. And then I can tell you what is right/wrong, or could be tweaked. That should get it moving.

Thanks.

I've made note that a guide is needed, but it's honestly going to be a little while. Backed up right now, well into September.