Make VCD from DV using G400tv

[hsleung]

Hello,

I have a G400TV. I want to capture the movie from my DV through S-Video and record the movie in VCD so that normal VCD player can read it. What's the easiest way to do that?

Thank you.

Nelson

[landrover]

The easiest way is to capture the footage in a VCD compliant MPEG, which can be done by the capture application of Ulead's MediaStudioPro 6 or 6.5.
The best way is to capture the footage in AVI-format with AVI_IO and use the HuffYUV codec. Then convert the AVI to VCD compliant MPEG using TMPGenc (and VirtualDub if frameserving is needed).

landrover

[hsleung]

Thank you very much for your reply.

Do i need to install Dutchmans YUY2 Patch? Does it work with Video Tools version 1.55?

Nelson

[landrover]

Hi,

Depends on the OS you´re running. If you want to capture with HuffYUV in Win9x you´ll have to install Flying Dutchman´s patch to enable YUY2 capturing. If you´re running W2K or XP, YUY2 is already enabled, so then you won´t have to patch.

regards

landrover

[hsleung]

Thank you very much. I can record the video to a AVI file now. However, I cannot record the audio although I can hear it while recording. There is no sound when I play back the AVI. Any solution for that?

[Brian Ellis]

You don't say which O/S you're using. If you are in 98SE, the easiest way is to capture in hardware MJPEG, which will give results far superior to what you need to burn a VCD, with no hassle, mo Huffyuv, no YUY2. straight from the MJPEG (edited) to the MPEG-1. I've done 55 min VCDs like that, no problem, quality good.

[hsleung]

Thank you for replying. I am also using Win98. Which s/w do u use for capturing to mjpeg? And what s/w do u use to convert it to mpeg?

Nelson

[Brian Ellis]

I ise the Matrox 1.52 for MJPEG capturing, along with AVI_IO for the actual capturing.

I then edit with MSPro 6.5 and convert to VCD/SVCD/DVD using the DVD plug-in, enhanced with Movie Factory.