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So: the G400 will capture for DVD!
I guess all you experienced folks already know this; but some one answered one of my postings saying that you don't have to use a 720x576 (pal) capture for DVD, that you can in fact use a 704x576 (G400 top resolution) mpeg2 video and it is DVD compliant. Well it would appear this is true.
I captured at 704x576 using mjpeg (75% quality-under 2mb per second) and used Ulead moviestudio to convert the file to a 704x576 mpeg 2 video: ulead then happily accepted this for DVD creation. I haven't burned a DVD yet because I'm not buying a burner until I can capture the footage at a workable resolution.
It would appear that at 704x576 you will lose a few pixels of width because of the way a televsion overscans the picture: but surely you will lose no more than viewing any analogue capture with a marvel?
I know I could add a black border or resize the video to 720x576 but this all adds time to the process and I want to convert a lot of old VHS.
I'm surprised that no one has suggested this because it would appear to be a very workable answer to the problem of using the G400 Marvel for DVD production.
On a different note: I am trying to squeeze 3 hours onto a single sided DVD and at the moment it looks nearly impossibe to do with decent quality: yet the BBC did it with the Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy-six 30 minute episodes on one DVD.
I captured at 704x576 using mjpeg (75% quality-under 2mb per second) and used Ulead moviestudio to convert the file to a 704x576 mpeg 2 video: ulead then happily accepted this for DVD creation. I haven't burned a DVD yet because I'm not buying a burner until I can capture the footage at a workable resolution.
It would appear that at 704x576 you will lose a few pixels of width because of the way a televsion overscans the picture: but surely you will lose no more than viewing any analogue capture with a marvel?
I know I could add a black border or resize the video to 720x576 but this all adds time to the process and I want to convert a lot of old VHS.
I'm surprised that no one has suggested this because it would appear to be a very workable answer to the problem of using the G400 Marvel for DVD production.
On a different note: I am trying to squeeze 3 hours onto a single sided DVD and at the moment it looks nearly impossibe to do with decent quality: yet the BBC did it with the Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy-six 30 minute episodes on one DVD.
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