Anyone done this?

I have managed to get a set up going through a tv capture card but the sound won't sync up :( Tried AVI and MPEG2 (record settings) but with no luck. The beginning of the track is fine but towards the end the sound is really out of wack. I tried to capture in DVI but it took up too much space. I am using the flyvideo software

I have tried capturing through premiere but it won't allow me to choose that device.

Help!!!!!

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I was trying to get it to work myself, but I had great dificulty with the audio sync, and also picture quality just looks craptacular.

check your sample rates thats where it will be going askew. ie make sure it will capture @ 30fps and playback @ 30fps for example.

How do I find the sample rates?

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last edited by Erik-the-Red at 21:21:36 27/Mar/06

i thought you normally captured to gif?

yes, i'm going to hell.

Damn skippy. I can't believe you think I would capture to my c drive..... Pfft!

haha flyvideo. man I had one of those POS things, right now I think it's best used when attached to a long stick & used as a back scratcher.

I successfully made a VHS video to DVD using a USB leadtek tv tuner thing, was just analog but so is my vhs. Sound is fine... at least I'm pretty sure it is now you got me paranoid.

edit: yep audio/video sync is fine (I just had a look :) )

last edited by whoop at 21:52:11 27/Mar/06

Anyone know of any other software that would do it?

That software will prolly work for you Kat. Change your record settings to SVCD for a start. Then change your capture bitrate to 3meg a second instead of 6meg a second. I think your audio sync issues are because of how hard your driving the hardware you have there.

Give it a whirl and let me know how that goes.

BTW, the easiest way of doing this kind of thing these day is to use a HD/DVD recorder. Works a treat if you have access to one.

last edited by E.T. at 23:15:07 27/Mar/06

VHS to DVD...I have a DVD recorder that does this for me, Pioneer, 160 gig hard drive, lets me edit chapters and titles. No messing around =)

yep, this is what I'm talking about. Best way to do it.

Bring your pron to my place Kat, I'll convert it for you chook :p

But svcd captures tiny. I don't want tiny, I want dvd quality. Plus when I choose svcd I can't change the bitrate it is blanked out.

you be hard pressed to capture mpeg 2 (6mbit) on the fly with prefect lip sync on a software soultion, hardware is only way to go, go out and buy a mce 2005 analouge tuner with hardware mpeg2 encoder.

or capture using huffy yuv codec then compress to mpeg2 (dvd 6 mbit)

Damn it... I was hoping it was limited by the software, not the hardware.

go out and buy a mce 2005 analouge tuner with hardware mpeg2 encoder.

or a digital tuner with analog video in, hell yeah.

But svcd captures tiny. I don't want tiny, I want dvd quality. Plus when I choose svcd I can't change the bitrate it is blanked out.

You won't get DVD quality. Thats what I was saying, VHS makes DVD look like its UNBELIEVEABLE...

I am not really after top notch quality. Just something I can put on a dvd and it not look stretched to all buggery and I don't have to worry about the VHS wearing out.

Have you got a digital video camera ( DV or Digital8 ) ? If so you can usually use them as a passthru for VCR->Firewire. record it to DV format AVI and then compress it to mpg2.

If not, then you could look at buying an AV to DV (firewire ) box for a couple hundred.

doing it that way keeps the audio and video in the same file and in sync.

Otherwise if you need to use the gear you've got, use the least processor intensive codec to get it on the PC and then re-encode it.

But svcd captures tiny. I don't want tiny, I want dvd quality. Plus when I choose svcd I can't change the bitrate it is blanked out.

Sorry chook, you cant improve on the original source by sampling at a higher rate. That’s why there is no point in trying to record a VHS tape in DVD quality.

poo to you!!!!!

Gonna try via the video camera though.... never thought of that :D