Best capture software, settings to use?
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I am looking to figure out what capture software to use and what the best settings are to use to achieve the highest quality capture for VHS tapes. First I will list out some specs of my setup. I have a prebuilt PC that I am dedicating solely for video capture. It consists of the following specs: Prebuilt model: HP Pavilion p7-1370t CTO Desktop PC CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2120 CPU @ 3.30GHz 3.3 RAM: 6GB OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Motherboard: HP Pavilion Joshua H61 670960-001 LGA1155 uATX Intel DVD Drive - 16X SMD non-LS 240GB Acer 2.5 inch SSD SATA III 560 MB/s (This is for the OS). Two Western Digital Blue 4TB 5400RPM SATA 6 Gb/s, 256 MB cache 3.5" Hard Drives (total of 8TB). Currently, I am waiting on receiving a premium workflow that I purchased from lordsmurf, I do not have it yet but it consists of the following: VCR: JVC SR-MV45US Frame TBC: FC-400 Capture Card: ATI clone capture card What I have right now for capturing is the following: VCR: JVC HR-S9800U Capture Card: Hauppauge USB-Live 2 I also have the Elgato video capture but I find the Hauppauge live 2 to be better. So for software... After I stopped using Elgato's software that came with their USB video capture card, I switched to Virtual Dub. Virtual Dub has a lot more settings and my plan has been to use Virtual Dub. I've noticed from research that the FPS needs to be 29.97 to match VHS etc. But I am not an expert so I was hoping to get some guidance or advice on what settings to use for whatever capture software I am using, I am also open to any other software that might be superior to Virtual Dub, so please feel free to give suggestions. For formatting afterwards, I was planning to use handbrake, but also not sure what settings to use for that either, or if there is a better alternative to handbrake. I'm also wondering if the PC I am using is sufficient for video capture, I think it is but want input from others. I also know Virtual Dub can create large video files, so wasn't sure if my 8TB storage is sufficient. I want to try and achieve the highest quality possible, and I want to do some test captures with the VCR and capture card I have now while I wait on the better hardware to arrive. Thanks in advance! -Kyle |
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http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...pauge-usb.html This question along with the question of overscan (the thing on the bottom) are the nature of VHS. http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...der-video.html http://www.digitalfaq.com/guides/vid...s.htm#overscan Quote:
http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...-settings.html With some practice you might figure you may need some tweaks for yourself. Quote:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/x264guitmod/ There is this guide too http://www.digitalfaq.com/guides/vid...idemux-pt1.htm Also I suggest you worry about that later. I answered a question not too dissimilar about "handbrake settings" . You need to figure out what is your goal of re-encoding first. distribute it as "easily watchable" video? quick distribution for your friends or an event? proper/important archival? based on these and the time and patience you have things may change, are you planning to do color-correction on your tapes? denoise? de-rainbow, de-interlace, etc? do you care that much? or not... p.s: I would not really call this "formatting". ----- Any fairly modern PC is powerful enough for video capture, it is something people used to do in 2005 on their weak PCs back then without a problem. So don't worry about PC specs 8TB is surely big enough. Dunno how much tapes you have though. Also for capture, I suggest using UT codec. I use it for my lossless captures the filesize is a bit smaller than lagarith. Capture directly on one of the HDD not the OS SSD Hope that answers your question. |
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