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Posted by Gene on 02/09/07 21:50
You mentioned Sony DVD Architect.
Have you found a way to "automatically" insert
chapters every 5 or so minutes? I have read &
read and have not found a way to use Sony 7 and
Sony DVD Architect to do a simple DV to DVD-R
with chapters. LOL - you would think that a package
this expensive would have a simple way to do a quick &
dirty copy and "automatically" generate skip points.
I can do it manually, just can't find an auto way like
VideoReDo , NeroVision, etc. uses...
Thanks,
Gene
"OldTimer" <oldguy@noddingoff.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 04:25:27 -0600, "Ken Maltby"
> <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>"The Wizard" <the_wiz@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>news:f9Vyh.2853$mn2.2174@newsfe7-win.ntli.net...
>>>
>>> "youarehappyhey" <youarehappyhey@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1171003042.975849.210460@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>>> Hey all,
>>>>
>>>> Just gotta vent here and ask for help with DVD burning from all of you
>>>> experts in these newsgroups. All I've wanted to do is transfer some
>>>> old home movies on VHS and 8mm video camcorder tape. I've been
>>>> running the outputs from the VCR or camcorder to a Dazzle Digital
>>>> Video Creator 150. In order to hopefully enhance the video quality, I
>>>> run the video output through a GoDVD video enhancer between the VCR/
>>>> camcorder output and the Dazzle input. The Dazzle then inputs into my
>>>> computer which is a:
>>>>
>>>> Dell Dimension Desktop 4700
>>>> 3.4 GHz Pentium 4 processor
>>>> 16X DVD+/-R/RW (Phillips DVD burner)
>>>> 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM at 400 MHz
>>>> 250 GB hard drive
>>>> Operating System is Windows XP Media Center
>>>>
>>>> My computer came with Sonic MyDVD software for burning video and data
>>>> DVDs. The Dazzle video digitizer also came with Pinnacle Studio 9
>>>> Quickstart, which allows video clips to be edited and output as
>>>> various types of files. My media of choice is Delkin eFilm Archival
>>>> Gold DVD-R. I have given up trying to make video DVDs because they
>>>> were riddled with various problems. Instead, I've decided to make DVD-
>>>> compatible MPEG files and store them on data DVDs. At least I can
>>>> reliably make data DVDs which I can verify as being exact copies of
>>>> the MPEG files burned.
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, I have a series of problems in the created MPEG files,
>>>> pre-burning. First of all, Studio 9 Quickstart seems to force me to
>>>> double-encode my MPEG files. The reason this happens is as follows:
>>>> The capture step only allows me to save my initially captured video
>>>> from the Dazzle video digitizer as MPEG files. These initial MPEG
>>>> files look better than the finished ones, but I don't want to burn
>>>> these initial MPEGs onto DVD because they need to be edited and
>>>> trimmed such that blank tape captured at the beginning and end of the
>>>> tape can be edited out. Well, after I drag the initial MPEG file to
>>>> the storyboard in edit mode and trim the ends, I then have to use the
>>>> Make MPEG function in the Make Movie step to make a new MPEG with the
>>>> edits. The Make MPEG settings allows me to set a quality level of the
>>>> output edited MPEG, such as DVD-compatible, which leads me to believe
>>>> the program is re-encoding the edited MPEG, which seems rather
>>>> pointless as it is already an MPEG file. The re-encoding seems to
>>>> make the picture jerkier in the edited MPEGS, especially when the
>>>> camera moves. Isn't there a way I can just trim the beginning and end
>>>> of an MPEG file, without re-encoding the middle of it and altering the
>>>> resulting video quality? I can't seem to find a way of doing so on
>>>> Pinnacle Studio 9 Quickstart.
>>>>
>>>> In addition, even some of my initially captured video MPEG files have
>>>> problems. The frames seem to be flickery and jerky at times. My
>>>> Pinnacle capture settings are MPEG (high-quality DVD) (6000 Kbits/
>>>> sec). I was wondering if maybe this is too high of a quality setting
>>>> for my computer to keep up with? If so, what would be a better
>>>> quality-level, in terms of bit rate, in light of my processing power.
>>>>
>>>> I have tried everything I can think of to try to fix the above
>>>> problems, including updating Studio 9 Quickstart, Sonic MyDVD, and my
>>>> DVD burner driver, turning off my screensaver, emptying my recycle bin
>>>> and temporary files before burning, turning off my power saving
>>>> settings, checking my system for viruses, running my disk
>>>> defragmenter, not running any other applications while using my video
>>>> software, and restarting my computer right before using my video
>>>> software. Nothing seems to work.
>>>>
>>>> I can't understand why I can't get this stuff to make simple MPEG
>>>> files for burning on data DVDs which are quality representations of
>>>> their respective videos. Is this technology not perfected or what?
>>>> All I have read indicates that my system should be perfectly capable
>>>> of doing all that. I've looked at other software video digitizing
>>>> equipment, but if you go on amazon.com, it seems like every such
>>>> product has highly mixed reviews, even Nero software, which seemed to
>>>> be the most highly respected video software on these newsgroups. If I
>>>> just knew what hardware and software and settings that could reliably
>>>> do what I want, I would happily try to purchase and use them.
>>>>
>>>> I tried technical support from Dell, Sonic, and Pinnacle, but am still
>>>> having problems.
>>>>
>>>> I'm so frustrated, I'm just about ready to give up on my whole
>>>> archiving project, which I was really looking forward to. What is
>>>> going wrong here, and how can I fix it? I tried to provide as much
>>>> information as I could for anyone willing to give an opinion or
>>>> advice.
>>>
>>> Can't really help you too much as I stopped using my TV card when I
>>> bought
>>> a seperate DVD recorder (A lot cheaper now than they used to be and
>>> great
>>> for recording Camcorder and VHS tape to DVD with no problem!)
>>>
>>> There is also a lot of different software mentioned on this
>>> group...Video
>>> Redo spring to mind for trimming the blank sections as you've mentioned
>>> at
>>> the start.
>>>
>>> Before shelling out for more software, Check the freeware newsgroup
>>> first,
>>> A lot of the freeware is just as good as the pay for stuff!
>>>
>>> Nero 6 would be handy as well, As there's a *Make DVD* option in the
>>> menu,
>>> Even a Record direct to DVD (Though I have'nt tried this yet with my TV
>>> card and somehow just hitting record and it going direct to disc!)
>>>
>>> I can't remember the actual audio, But do know it has to be set
>>> different
>>> for DVD compatabilty to what the usual audio settings of a TV card are
>>> also.
>>>
>>> I kept forgetting all the settings like a jerk, hence I took the DVD
>>> recorder route to make things a lot easier :-)
>>>
>>> T.W.
>>>
>>
>> www.VideoReDo.com should be all you need to do
>>what you have described. Nero is a great burning
>>program, but "burning" is only the process of using
>>a laser to burn pits in a die layer of a blank DVD.
>>Included with the Nero package is also "NeroVision"
>>which insists on re-encoding perfectly good DVD
>>compliant MPEG. Exposing any video to
>>NeroVision, is a form of abuse.
>>
>> You have unfortunately ended up with a very poor
>>combination of hardware and software.
>>
>>Dazzle has a very poor reputation.
>>
>>Sonic MyDVD has been a total disaster for many users.
>>
>>Pinnacle software isn't well liked either. (The more recent
>>Avid versions, are definitely improving pinnacle's rep.)
>>
>>If you are getting acceptable MPEG from your Dazzle
>>hardware, then a few software changes can get you
>>back on track.
>>
>> The one hardware addition I would recommend is a
>>capture hard drive separate from your system hard drive.
>>Since you are capturing in MPEG, it need not be a
>>large drive. (I use a 34GB 10k WD Raptor)
>>
>>If you want to do more extensive MPEG editing,
>>consider the www.womble.com wizard products,
>>or Ulead's VideoStudio 10+.
>>
>>To author a video DVD that functions like a commercial
>>DVD, you should use a dedicated authoring program.
>>My favorite for quick and dependable DVD authoring
>>is TMPGEnc DVD Author 1.6 (TDA), a Google may still
>>find a source for that version. DVD Lab Pro is a more
>>capable authoring program, but is more complex and costs
>>a little more. www.mediachance.com .
>>
>> First try trimming your Dazzle captures with the free trial
>>download of VideoReDo, in addition to doing frame
>>accurate cuts and joins, it will process and improve the
>>audio and video timing. This will most likely fix your
>>jittery video.
>>
>>Check out the user comments, for what you have now,
>>at www.videohelp.com , there is often some workarounds
>>mentioned for known problems, like alternate drivers or
>>software for your capture card.
>>
>>Luck;
>> Ken
>>
>>
> I have to agree with Ken regarding VideoReDo. I use it for all my TV
> captures - cutting out commercials, joining files, etc. As far as TV
> capturing and converting VHS tapes, I use a Hauppauge WinTV PVR2 USB
> unit which does an vary acceptable job of encoding the VHS tapes input
> to MPEG2 files. As I'm sure Ken will agree, you will perhaps get a
> better result if you capture to uncompressed AVI and then do the
> encoding to MPEG2 in another program such as TMPEGEnc Plus but since
> my unit only allows capture to MPEG1 or 2, that's the way I go. And
> Ken's suggestions as to DVD authoring programs would also be mine with
> one alternative added. While I do use TMPEGEnc DVD Author for most of
> my TV serial captures, I generally opt for either DVDLab Pro or Sony
> DVD Architect to do more extensive authoring projects. But as Ken
> states, the learning curve for these two alternate programs can be
> rather daunting and one will have to devote some time to learning the
> intricacies of each program before one can really appreciate all that
> they are capable of doing.
>
> OldTimer
>>
>
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