Questions, 16:9 and Capture Plug-in

JamesU2002 · Post by **JamesU2002** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 4:20 pm

Just a few questions regarding VideoStudio 10 Plus.

How do I capture in 16:9 MPEG2?

Also how do I then encode it in WMV 16:9?

One last thing whats the best capture plug-in to use?

Thanks

jchunter · Post by **jchunter** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 4:33 pm

James,
Welcome to the forum. Please start by reading the Recommended Procedure here: http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=27 which will answer your basic questions and help you avoid problems.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:02 pm

I suppose my basic question would be: do you have a specific reason why you have to capture in mpeg-2 (which can potentially be a problematic format) and then convert it to another highly compressed and also potentially problematic format like WMV?

I personally have nothing against either process. But it seems to me a more sensible idea, if you can, to first capture in a 99% non-problematic format like DV/AVI, do your editing in that format, and only as a last step, convert it to .wmv. That way at least you only have one potentially problematic step to contend with, instead of two.

JamesU2002 · Post by **JamesU2002** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:09 pm

First of all jchunter, thanks for the link. I have read through the guide and it helped with other aspects but not for my specific questions.

Ken the only reason I capture to mpeg-2 is space. I will be capturing 100 minutes worth of footage regularly, which at mpeg-2 DVD quality averages around 4GB. DV/AVI would be a huge size for 100 minutes.

I then encode it to WMV for use online. I hope that answers your questions Ken.

Does anyone have any tips for my original post?

Thanks again.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:22 am

Yes.

From Camcorder to DVD with VideoStudio

When you come to the create a video part of the tutorial - obviously you would be selecting WMV rather than MPEG2, otherwise follow the article.