[Tfug] DVD Writing

[Don Freeman]

Using the ADS unit the original video and sound are captured to the HD.
Editing takes place with a ULEAD program that was bundled with the ADS box.
The term editing may be a misnomer. What actually happens is that you "mark"
the sections you want to exclude (commercials). You can also mark split
points to create chapters. The program then does some sort of regen before
burning to disk. The original capture file is not affected. I'm not sure
what the "regen" is actually doing and the final output is not too bad but
not as good as I'd like either. My new Samsung combo unit does a better job
but I'm having trouble figuring out how to get it onto the PC in an editable
form. I can get the video but the audio comes in "AC-3" format (whatever
that is) which is not compatible with the software.
- Don


-----Original Message-----
From: tfug-bounces at tfug.org [mailto:tfug-bounces at tfug.org] On Behalf Of
Bexley Hall
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 11:13 AM
To: Tucson Free Unix Group
Subject: Re: [Tfug] DVD Writing

Hi, Don,

--- Don Freeman <DFreeman at pagnet.org> wrote:

> I have also done the transcription with a PC. I used an ADS external 
> box and also tried a Hauppauge win-pvr-150. The video quality using 
> the PC was not to my liking. So far I've not found the right approach 
> using the combo unit either. The picture quality is great but editing 
> is a pain.

Can I assume you captured the video to (hard) disk and then burned DVD from
the digital files?  I.e.
you did NOT regenerate video to record on an "analog DVD recorder"?
 
I can live without editing but I would not like to lose too much picture
quality -- since VHS tapes aren't all that good to begin with!

--don


 
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