Hi all. There used to be sticky on the best way to capture/render/burn videos at the top of this forum. Does anyone know if it was moved? I remember it saying that you shouldn't capture straight to MPEG if your system wasn't over a certain spec. I just upgraded and think mine is now. Yes, I know, I need to fill out the system info with the new stuff. It's a Pentium d45 3.4Ghz dual core with 2GB of RAM.
Thanks.
Where's the sticky: MPG vs AVI capture
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That thread was removed by the author.. However you can find similar in our Tutorials Section.
Here are a couple of threads that relate to your question.
Suggested Workflow by Steve Jones
From Camcorder to DVD, tutorial by Steve Jones.
Capturing to MPEG just based upon your system, is not the focus, or one of the main reasons not to capture to MPEG. The main focus is due to the compression, and due to MPEG being a lossy format. It is still recommended by several, if possible to capture to DV.
Here are a couple of threads that relate to your question.
Suggested Workflow by Steve Jones
From Camcorder to DVD, tutorial by Steve Jones.
Capturing to MPEG just based upon your system, is not the focus, or one of the main reasons not to capture to MPEG. The main focus is due to the compression, and due to MPEG being a lossy format. It is still recommended by several, if possible to capture to DV.
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As Ron said, it's nice to know that your machine might be able to keep up with realtime capture/encoding dv-to-mpeg2. But another question is whether this is the best approach based on your workflow.
If you plan to do many edits (other than straight cuts), then you might have better quality capturing a native dv.avi video, applying all your edits, and then finally encoding to mpeg for standard DVD-Video.
If you only do straight cuts, then perhaps capturing dv-to-mpeg2 is a time-saving approach. Or if hard drive space is limited, then capturing to smaller mpeg2 files might be needed. But the horsepower you listed should be coupled with a few hard drives (internal and/or external) to give you some good storage options.
Out of curiosity, how fast can your machine convert a 5-minute DV .avi video to DVD-compliant mpeg (say 7000kbps CBR)
I'm just wondering if you would get better than realtime encoding using VS10
Regards,
George
If you plan to do many edits (other than straight cuts), then you might have better quality capturing a native dv.avi video, applying all your edits, and then finally encoding to mpeg for standard DVD-Video.
If you only do straight cuts, then perhaps capturing dv-to-mpeg2 is a time-saving approach. Or if hard drive space is limited, then capturing to smaller mpeg2 files might be needed. But the horsepower you listed should be coupled with a few hard drives (internal and/or external) to give you some good storage options.
Out of curiosity, how fast can your machine convert a 5-minute DV .avi video to DVD-compliant mpeg (say 7000kbps CBR)
I'm just wondering if you would get better than realtime encoding using VS10 Regards,
George