Pass videotapes on pc which setting suggested ?

[michele]

Pass videotapes on pc which setting suggested ?
Hi, I wanted to pass the videotapes on the PC, I have a card acquisition integrated analog so i can connect VCR by rca input (white red and yellow).
Which are the setting video for videostudio?

I also have a camera vhs-c , so can i put video on PCs with the same system settings that use for Vcr or the camcoder vhs-c has best resolution?

Thanks at all

[Ken Berry]

That depends on what your capture card will allow. If it is a very expensive one which has a chip in it to convert analogue to DV and send it to the computer via Firewire, then naturally you would use the DV format. But your card does not sound as though it is one of those.

Normal analogue capture cards will allow capture of uncompressed AVI (which are usually too large for most people to use) or DVD-compliant mpeg-2. I personally would choose this format, and depending on the card's controls, I would make the properties have a bitrate of no more than 6000 kbps (some people would say that you need no more than about 4000 kbps for analogue video, but I like at least to start with a higher quality setting).

If your camera has an S-Video port, and your capture card does as well, then use that instead of the yellow RCA plug, as S-Video gives better quality video. However, you still need to connect the red and white audio cables.

[sjj1805]

If you do have to capture to MPEG2 then the best settings to choose will vary according to the length of time you anticipate the completed video to last.
Your aim is to render a video the least number of times - preferably once - to avoid loss of quality.

You can get about a hour of High Quality video onto a standard 4.3 GB DVD disc.
If you are going to place 2 hours onto a 4.3GB DVD disc then you need to capture at a lower bit rate. If you are going for a whopping 4 hours on a standard 4.3GB DVD disc then you need to go for an even lower bit rate.

Either use a bit rate calculator or be guided by the suggested settings in this link:
What Bit Rate Settings etc Should I use?

[michele]

Hello, thanks for fast reply.
So the capture from camcoder vhs-c analog output and the capture from videorecorder output has the same quality or is best the camcoder output?
I capture always from analog RCA connector (White red and yellow).

Thanks