When using Direct-to-disc function:
I assume that when capturing through a Firewire device, the MPEG2 is software encoded by Moviefactory in real time.
But is it correct that if I purchase a WDM based capture card (SDI) with MPEG2 encoder, that Moviefactory takes in the MPEG2 from the hardware without using the built in software encoder?
(I was not pleased with the quality of the real time software encoding from firewire, but need the realtime speed).
Terje
Capture throug firewire vs WDM capture card.
What version of MF are you using? Is it the Plus or standard version.
In MF6+ there are 2 methods to direct capture, from the Launcher screen the "Direct to Disc" buffers first to your harddisk, after capture then writes to a dvd, you can also have auto-chaptering and make a menu.
To use an analog device like the Hauppauge PVR 150 first you have to make a custom template in the standard MF6+ timeline, then apply that template to capture in the "Direct To Disk" module. This is because your template has to match the analog devices capturing hardware parameters, such as many of these cards only capture mpeg audio.
The other "Direct To Disc" is the "Ulead DVD Disk Recorder", when you use this module it does write to either a dvd-ram or dvd-rw disk in the -VR format (no menus, the -VR format uses playlists).
The "Ulead DVD Disk Recorder" writes to the dvd-rw in realtime, it does not buffer to the harddisk first, then write the dvd.
The Hauppauge PVR 150 works on my system using MF6+ and the updates.
BTW - DVD Recorders are pretty nice to and you can import the dvd's made from a dvd recorder into MF to edit the videos.
In MF6+ there are 2 methods to direct capture, from the Launcher screen the "Direct to Disc" buffers first to your harddisk, after capture then writes to a dvd, you can also have auto-chaptering and make a menu.
To use an analog device like the Hauppauge PVR 150 first you have to make a custom template in the standard MF6+ timeline, then apply that template to capture in the "Direct To Disk" module. This is because your template has to match the analog devices capturing hardware parameters, such as many of these cards only capture mpeg audio.
The other "Direct To Disc" is the "Ulead DVD Disk Recorder", when you use this module it does write to either a dvd-ram or dvd-rw disk in the -VR format (no menus, the -VR format uses playlists).
The "Ulead DVD Disk Recorder" writes to the dvd-rw in realtime, it does not buffer to the harddisk first, then write the dvd.
The Hauppauge PVR 150 works on my system using MF6+ and the updates.
BTW - DVD Recorders are pretty nice to and you can import the dvd's made from a dvd recorder into MF to edit the videos.
Thank you. I am using try-before-Buy so long, because I havent decided what to buy yet.etech6355 wrote:What version of MF are you using? Is it the Plus or standard version.
In MF6+ there are 2 methods to direct capture, from the Launcher screen the "Direct to Disc" buffers first to your harddisk, after capture then writes to a dvd, you can also have auto-chaptering and make a menu.
To use an analog device like the Hauppauge PVR 150 first you have to make a custom template in the standard MF6+ timeline, then apply that template to capture in the "Direct To Disk" module. This is because your template has to match the analog devices capturing hardware parameters, such as many of these cards only capture mpeg audio.
The other "Direct To Disc" is the "Ulead DVD Disk Recorder", when you use this module it does write to either a dvd-ram or dvd-rw disk in the -VR format (no menus, the -VR format uses playlists).
The "Ulead DVD Disk Recorder" writes to the dvd-rw in realtime, it does not buffer to the harddisk first, then write the dvd.
The Hauppauge PVR 150 works on my system using MF6+ and the updates.
BTW - DVD Recorders are pretty nice to and you can import the dvd's made from a dvd recorder into MF to edit the videos.
I work in a broadcast company in Norway and have been asked to buy a Primera DVD duplicator and also a find a Capture-and-burn-to-disk solution.
Our source material is SDI digital video with embedded audio.
Our DVD has to be VBR (max 8MB) with Dolby 2.0 audio.
Aspect ratio must be set to 16:9.
The Moviefactory looks nice, but I can't seem to find a way to set my capture criteria as default. I still have to choose it.
Is there some way to make it default?
If I use a digital SDI to MPEG capture card, I must make a default according to the capture capabilities from the capture card in the timeline?
How do I do this?