Transforming Captured video from a VHS video to MPEG/DVD

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Hi

I have a couple of questions and hope some experts can provide some answers.

Like many other people I want to have my old VHS video tapes transformed to
digital format. So I have connected my VHS video to the S-video input on my
Jauppauge 1300 TV card and the audio to the line input on my sound card. I am
using Windows Movie Maker as the "grapper program" as this is the only
program I have by hand capable of doing this job. I have no problems
capturing my analog video clips and the sound is also ok.
But I thnk there are some odd limitations in the Windows Movie Maker
program. Perhaps it is only because I really donø't the program I face these
limitations and hopefully there is a workaround.

1) As I want my old analog recording to be transformed to DVD format (my
intention is of course to burn some DVD'd in the end) I choose the DVD format
under configuration/video setup, i.e output size is set to 720 x 576. But
when I then get a bit further in the process (after having choosed Best
Quality for playback on my PC), I receive the message : "The video device is
currently in use". This is also the case when setting some of the other
possible output formats under configuration/video setup. When I choose the
original suggested format : 384 x 288 there is no problems.

2) Another question is regarding the output file format. I want to be able
to store the captured video in either MPEG or AVI format. Only when choosing
other format and here choose : DV-AVI (PAL) can i get an AVI file as output.
But this generated AVI file can't be read by Pinnacle, and when using Ulead
DVD Movie Factory this program crashes when trying to generate DVD files !!!
As I see it there is no ways of generating DVD's using Windows Movie Maker.
So I don't know exactly the purpose of the program if this isn't possible,
and it is not possible to handle the generated output files from the program
by other wel known programs like Pinnacle and Ulead !!!

3) Perhaps I should mention that I see the same problems as mentioned under
2) when I connect my Digital Video Camera and generate AVI files using
Windows Movie Maker. Of course there is no really problems here as I normally
use Pinnacle or Ulead to get the video from my Digital Video Camera directly.
But I just wanted to make the test anyway. And unfortunately with the same
negative result.


Hope there are some possibilities in the program I haven't found yet. So it
could handle my problems. And hope to receive some answers from the experts.

Best Regards
Lars
 
Lars said:
Hi

I have a couple of questions and hope some experts can provide some
answers.

Like many other people I want to have my old VHS video tapes
transformed to digital format. So I have connected my VHS video to
the S-video input on my Jauppauge 1300 TV card and the audio to the
line input on my sound card. I am using Windows Movie Maker as the
"grapper program" as this is the only program I have by hand capable
of doing this job. I have no problems capturing my analog video clips
and the sound is also ok.
But I thnk there are some odd limitations in the Windows Movie Maker
program. Perhaps it is only because I really donø't the program I
face these limitations and hopefully there is a workaround.

1) As I want my old analog recording to be transformed to DVD format
(my intention is of course to burn some DVD'd in the end) I choose
the DVD format under configuration/video setup, i.e output size is
set to 720 x 576. But when I then get a bit further in the process
(after having choosed Best Quality for playback on my PC), I receive
the message : "The video device is currently in use". This is also
the case when setting some of the other possible output formats under
configuration/video setup. When I choose the original suggested
format : 384 x 288 there is no problems.

2) Another question is regarding the output file format. I want to be
able to store the captured video in either MPEG or AVI format. Only
when choosing other format and here choose : DV-AVI (PAL) can i get
an AVI file as output. But this generated AVI file can't be read by
Pinnacle, and when using Ulead DVD Movie Factory this program crashes
when trying to generate DVD files !!! As I see it there is no ways of
generating DVD's using Windows Movie Maker. So I don't know exactly
the purpose of the program if this isn't possible, and it is not
possible to handle the generated output files from the program by
other wel known programs like Pinnacle and Ulead !!!

3) Perhaps I should mention that I see the same problems as mentioned
under 2) when I connect my Digital Video Camera and generate AVI
files using Windows Movie Maker. Of course there is no really
problems here as I normally use Pinnacle or Ulead to get the video
from my Digital Video Camera directly. But I just wanted to make the
test anyway. And unfortunately with the same negative result.


Hope there are some possibilities in the program I haven't found yet.
So it could handle my problems. And hope to receive some answers from
the experts.

Best Regards
Lars
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Maybe something in the following
list will offer some useful info:

If your main goal is to make DVD copies
of your VHS home movies...you don't need
a computer. A DVD Recorder may be worth
a look.

Answers To Basic Questions About DVD
Recorders - Introduction and Index
http://tinyurl.com/ey5re

However if you plan to edit your movies...
Maybe the following links will give you an
idea of what's involved.

Capturing Analog Video
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-CaptureAnalog.html

How To Convert VHS To DVD Guide
http://vhs-to-dvd.janvesely.com/

Movie Maker 2 - Capturing Analog Video - Dazzle
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-CaptureAnalogDazzle.html

Download Video to Your
Computer with Windows
Movie Maker 2
http://tinyurl.com/4fpea

Convert VHS to DVD
http://www.signvideo.com/conv-v-to-d.htm

Copying VHS to DVD
http://tinyurl.com/dzcho

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk
 
Hi John

Thank you very much for all the links you have provided. By follwing the
second link I found what I was searching for => The Debut program, a freeware
program suiting my needs.

Perhaps I should mention that I always do some editing in the originak
materiel when making DVD, including inserting slideshows of digital pictures
together with the DVD "data" on the DVD'd I produce. So in his case a DVD
recorder is not relevant. But I will buy one though when our old TV should be
replaced by a new flatscreen TV. And the link you provided gave me some very
good inputs which I haven¨t been thinking of before reading the text in the
link.

Best Regards
Lars
 
Lars said:
Hi John

Thank you very much for all the links you have provided. By follwing
the second link I found what I was searching for => The Debut
program, a freeware program suiting my needs.

Perhaps I should mention that I always do some editing in the originak
materiel when making DVD, including inserting slideshows of digital
pictures together with the DVD "data" on the DVD'd I produce. So in
his case a DVD recorder is not relevant. But I will buy one though
when our old TV should be replaced by a new flatscreen TV. And the
link you provided gave me some very good inputs which I haven¨t been
thinking of before reading the text in the link.

Best Regards
Lars
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You're welcome.

Thanks for the feedback.

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk
 
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