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Originally Posted by ilike3.14159
My current status:
iodata gv-usb2 (I think the driver is current but my Japanese is not too good even with Google)
an unused TOSHIBA VCR - I verified internals are clean and it alone
downloaded vdub 1.9.11 and huffyuv 2.1.1 |
You lack any sort of TBC (neither line nor frame). This will never work. The outcome will always be wiggly video, lots of red/blue (chroma) image noise, with dropped/inserted frames (and likely some audio sync issues).
A minimalist setup is a quality VCR (either high-end VHS, or low-end non-TBC S-VHS), combined with Panasonic ES10/15 type DVD recorders (used for passthrough). Gear can easily get vastly better, but this is merely minimalist (bare bones). Anything worse is vastly worse, "night and day" performance.
GV-USB2 is a not-worst (but also far from best) capture card with issues. Odds of running into problems is at least 50%, on average. Too many problems to be recommended.
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First question: I have captured two 2-minute trial clips, one uncompressed and one using Huff. One is ginormous and the other is huge. (See attachment.) Is this normal? The settings for the capture were the ones recommended in: https://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vid...-settings.html
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Image noise can bloat file size by excessive amounts.
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Second question: My end goal is to get ~60 VHS tapes (various lengths) converted to MP4 to share with my family. I think deinterlace and compression are next steps. Is that correct?
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Correct. And Hybrid is your friend.
- capture lossless in
VirtualDub
- convert to H.264/265 (in MP4 container), using QTGMC deinterlace, in Hybrid
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Third question: I have seen comments for QGTMC for deinterlace. Is this what I should utilize?
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Yes.
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I have also seen comments for Handbrake and have installed that on my pc.
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No. Handbrake is fine for converting DVDs you bought (the reason it exists), but it's a horrible program for captured files. (1) It doesn't do QTMGC, and (2) it generally gets the aspect ratio (AR) wrong. The software tends to fight you on the settings, whereas Hybrid "just works" (even if the interface is slightly more daunting).
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My desire is excellence but would be satisfied with something close to this as long as it is not too onerous. Just not too sure where to go from here.
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That's really all anybody wants: video that definitely does
not look worse than the tapes, and hopefully better. And here's the thing: the methods tools that ensure quality doesn't get worse, are also the same tools that make video look better. Note that bad VCRs made video look bad, as that's often
not how the video/audio data exists on the tape.
