How to handle tapes, multiple camera clips?
The VHS tapes that I am wanting to digitalise are tapes that are made up of multiple short clips that were originally recorded on a handheld camcorder and then transferred onto these VHS tapes.
My plan for the end result was to have digital files of the full tapes, which I could store as captured. Then use these files and split the recording up into clips and then could give each of these clips names, this would save me searching through 5 minute clips on a 3 hour recording for example and make them easier to share. So far with VirtualDub I have only changed the FPS, audio resolution, video resolution and compression. Should I be applying any filters or cropping etc before capturing, or should I be editing the capture after? I was thinking of having two versions of the cut clip, one left in the lossless format, and another in a compressed format that I would be able to upload or play on devices without having the Huffyuv codec installed. I might also want to burn some to DVD for some of my family who still use them. I have done some test recordings in VirtualDub and they play on my PC with VLC with deinterlace turned on without any problems. But I imagine the family members I would be wanting to share these with will get stuck. |
Never change the frame rate from its original one. you will have compatibility problems.
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Why would you need to change it, it should be 25 fps in the first place unless you are capturing the wrong way.
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No crop/filter at capture time. Will cause dropped frames, if even captures.
Capture lossless, encode/filter copy in Hybrid. Don't capture twice, that's silly/nuts. Yes, change fps/res/etc to PAL values, then done. VirtualDub isn't always defaulted to PAL. You're on the right path. :) |
Thanks for the help. I have captured a couple of tapes in Huffyuv, the files play okay in VLC and Windows Media Player on my PC.
I am now looking at splitting these captures up into smaller clips (Christmas, birthdays, days out) so I can share the shorter clips with family, and they can play on their PC or phone etc. without having to install anything extra. Should I run the whole tape capture through Hybrid, and then edit the converted file in Premiere Pro to split it up into clips? Should I be applying any filters, or should I be editing the video after it has been converted/compressed? I have had a look on the forum but can't find much about configuring Hybrid. Is there one available? |
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