Best settings for VHS video

IanRoberts wrote on 8/9/2009, 7:25 AM

Hi ! I have lots of videos on VHS that I'm looking to convert to digital. Can anyone recommend the best combination of settings for this. The best record settings and best export settings. I'm looking to keep the file sizes fairly sensible say around 700-800 meh per hour of recording.

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ralftaro wrote on 8/11/2009, 5:05 AM

Hi,

If you want a final result of 700 to 800 MB/hour files that you want to e.g. store on your hard drive, you'd already have to go for something in the order of MPEG-4 (e.g. DivX/Xvid) or WMV compression. So, since you're not going for MPEG-2 compression in the end anyway, I'd do the analog capture into MXV format (at maximum resolution/quality settings) in the first place. Then, after doing your trimming/editing and whatever is necessary, export the project via the "File" menu => "Export movie" to a suitable format, as discussed above. For AVI export, you will have to make sure that the codecs you want to use are installed on the system.

I hope this helps.