sparks@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> I was going to convert my mst3k tapes to dvd. Edit out the commercials
> and make my library nicer.
> But when I started to read how to do it. MAN everyone doing any type
> of review/guide used the most expensive hardware and software out.
> OK maybe that is what you need, $800 bridges and $1100 software but I
> cant believe there is not a good way to do this that is a lot cheaper.
> If you do this or have read of some way that is good and inexpensive
> please pass along some links..
>
> thanks big time for any and all help
>
> by the way I have seen older cc episodes posted in abmultimedia where
> is best place to keep watching for things like shorts and poopies and
> things like this?
>
> thanks again
> sparks
>
While this is off-topic in the MSTINGs newsgroup I love digital video so
I just have to respond:
Well, you basicly need 5 things to make a DVD from a Videotape:
1) Analog to Digital convert(TV Capture card, Analog/DV converter, etc.)
with appropriate capture software
1a) Optional: Editor
2) MPEG-2 Encoder
3) DVD-Authoring Software
4) DVD Buring Software
5) DVD-Burner
#'s 1,2, and 3 you can get pretty cheap.
1) I use an ATI All-in-Wonder Rage128 for video capture though something
like the ATI TV-Wonder should work fine(and its cheap too!). For
capture software I chucked the crappy software the card came with and am
using Virtual VCR(www.digtv.ws).
1a) I use VirtualDub(www.virtualdub.org) because it is free and has lots
of features.
2) TMPGEnc(www.tmpgenc.com or www.pegasys-inc.com) is by far the best
quality/lowest cost MPEG2 encoder avalible(and cracks for it are
EVERYWHERE on the net if you know where to look)
3) DVDLab(www.mediachance.com) is pro-quality DVD-Authoring software for
only $70!! It has the most features of any DVD-Authoring software in
it's price-range.
4) Most people use Nero though you can use whatever comes with your burner
5) This is the priciest part. There are 2 kinds of burners: DVD+RW and
DVD-RW +RW has more features than -RW but -RW is more compatible and is
slightly cheaper Both are still limited to 4x burning and the media is
still pretty expensive(a 50 pack of -RW 1x media on SALE is $60)
Overall it shoudn't cost you more than $400 for all the software and
hardware(or as little as $275).
For capturing you NEED to use the following specs:
720x480 or 704x480 or 352x480 resolution for NTSC(North America and
Japan) or 720x576 or 704x576 or 352x576 for PAL(almost everywhere else)
29.97 frames/sec(FPS) NTSC or 25.0 frames/sec(FPS) PAL
Audio at 48KHz(48000 Hz) at 16-bit stereo(though you can capture as low
as 44100 Hz, 16-bit, mono and convert it and have it sound fine).
I always use HuffYUV(www.avisynth.org, search for HuffYUV) for video
compression when capturing.
For editing I use VirtualDub(www.virtualdub.org). It can clip
commercials, remove noise, correct VHS color, remove any logos on the
picture, almost anything with the right filters(commercial clipping
requires no filters). See the filters section of www.virtualdub.org
You can also frameserve your edited file instead of saving it again
which would waste time and disk space.
For encoding TMPGEnc has a good wizard to encode the file. For the
encoding bitrate I'd use CBR 5100 so that it fills up the disc nicely
without taking ALL DAY to encode(which it still might if you have a CPU
slower than 1 GHz or are using a lot of VDub filters). Also, save
yourself alot of time and select to output the elementary
streams(filname.[mp2+mpa]) instead of de-muxing them with DVDLab
For Authoring DVDLab is great. I really can't give you a good basic
walkthrough, just read the help file's tutorial.
For burning just use whatever your card comes with. Be sure to add ALL
the files that DVDLab creates.
I always burn the project to a DVD+RW(I have a +RW drive) to see if it
works like I want it too before I burn a DVD+R disc.
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