Posted by Gene on 02/16/07 23:58

The HELP files are now working in Trial version :-)

Gene





"Gene" <genes@wildblue.net> wrote in message
news:DFnBh.33$gP6.19476@news.sisna.com...
> Here's my initial thoughts ~ the new version 3:
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> 1. I went from a D8 1.5hr LP tape to a finalized DVD-R
> with VERY little effort. The program is extremely easy
> to use. In this first test, I pretty much went with the options
> as downloaded. The quality of the DVD-R was as good as
> I have seen so far, and it played without a problem on the PC
> and 4 other set-top boxes.
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> 2. I was very disappointed with the speed that it took to get from
> AVI to the 19.6GB MPEG2/VOB file. I had hoped for an improvement,
> but I suspect that there is only so much low level coding that can
> be done ... just a lot of arithmetic to do.
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> Here's the times:
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> a. Copy 1.5hr from camcorder to disk ~ 1.5hr :-)
> (Tape was 1:37:32 long, it correctly saw EOT & stopped the
> capture automatically.)
>
> b. Convert AVI to VOBs = 5 hours, 38 minutes, and 17 seconds,
> which is probably not that bad, given my old 2GHz P4.
> If there was a way to SKIP this step, my life would be much better:-)
> I have not read the help material, because it is non-existent, I can't
> find it.
> The old version 2 instructions are a clue...
>
> c. It took only 10 minutes to burn the 5 VOB files,etc. to a single
> DVD-R - as expected.
>
> 3. I did not see a simple & automatic way to generate ~ 5 minute
> chapter marks, but it did skip to clip points as it found them on the
> tape.
> Think there was 5 on this tape. This option is a must have for me. The
> option
> is probably in the program, I just did not see it.
>
> 4. The ability to select the MB size of the final DVD-R is really nice &
> easy
> to use. I randomly chose 4391 , so the final DVD-R was 4391/4490.
> (4.3GB for all 9 files on the DVD-R - so the quality was good.)
>
> 5. It's REALLY easy to make multiple copies after the 1st is burned,
> just click to burn again, and again...
>
> 6. It's not bullet proof, and probably has a few bugs - but it's
> definitely
> the best that I have played with so far - for my needs. There must
> be an easy way to terminate a DVD-RW burn, without having to power
> down the PC:-) I was impressed with the fact that their burn code could
> lock it up that tight - means the author understands how to code around
> MS.
>
> **** CONCLUSION ***
>
> This pretty much ends my brief catch-up education to find a solution
> to copying my thousands of old tapes to DVD-R at this time. I will come
> back in a couple of years & do another catch-up. Hopefully we will have
> a better solution for the old VHS, 8mm, and HI-8 tapes in our library by
> then.
> For now, they stay sealed in the house, in 100 quart ice coolers, like
> the kind we use on the boat.
>
> As for the filming that I am currently doing, I think I will just keep
> shooting
> MiniDV & D8, rewind the tapes & use them over & over again, and simply
> copy the 1.5hr LP digital tapes onto two DVD-Rs with a set-top DVR at
> ~ 95%+ full. If there is a VERY special tape, then I will burn the two
> DVD-Rs & put said tape in coolers. I have not settled on the specific
> DVR to buy next, need to do a little more research. I had a Sony RDR-GX330
> that worked for a brief time, then went south on me, so I returned it for
> a
> refund. Not sure what I will buy & try next, probably one with a
> hard drive, as that makes a lot of sense to me. Best to KNOW that you
> got a good tape to disk copy, and spend an additional 10 minutes, than
> start
> a real-time burn & then crash. With a disk, making the 2nd copy should be
> easy.
> But for now, I have not looked, and do not have a clue, which DVR with
> disk & iLink
> (firewire / DV in) that I will end up with. I'm doing that today:-)
>
> I initially thought that all the freeze-ups that I was having was related
> to the
> DSP/firmware implementation inside my three Sony D8 & MiniDV camcorders.
> However, after replacing the VIA chip with the TI chip, all three
> camcorders
> are about as bullet-proof as they can be. That is, I can copy from
> camcorder
> to PC hard drive with ANY cheap firewire cable & have never had a freeze.
> With
> the VIA chip, it was unlikely you could copy a tape without freezing. ALL
> of
> the capture programs worked without incident, as this application is
> mostly
> hardware talking to each other.
>
> So my challenge will be to find a DVR with DV in & a hard drive that has a
> very well implemented firewire specification. Not all DSPs, firmware and
> supporting
> logic chips are the same:-) I will just have to buy & try until I find a
> combination that
> works reliably. Guess I'll try another Sony DVR and assume that the
> engineers in the
> DVR department talk to the engineers in the camcorder department at Sony.
>
> While I'm looking for the new DVR, think I may just buy a new 1080
> camcorder
> and move on to MPEG4, or whatever. Looks like that's in my future:-)
>
> If anyone has personal experience with a specific Sony DVR that can do the
> above, please post the MODEL number.
>
> With respect to TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 with DivX - just go
> download it & see for yourself - it's completely FREE.
>
> It's probably the BEST all-in-one out there today, providing you want
> a simple solution with quite a few basic features. The quality of the
> "ONE" DVD-R that I burned & tested was as good or better as any that I
> ever burned with NeroVision 4, Roxio 9, Sony, etc.
> LOL , and I have kissed a lot of burner frogs.
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> THANKS,
> Gene
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> "Gene" <genes@wildblue.net> wrote in message
> news:RPbBh.85$PO3.44076@news.sisna.com...
>> They put the new trial version up for download a short
>> time ago.
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>> This is "the" one that I have been waiting to test out.
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>> I just downloaded a trial copy, and will be doing some
>> test runs tonight. At the moment, I'm letting it capture
>> a Sony D8 1.5hr LP tape to the PC disk in AVI in the
>> background. I will use it to render, then burn same
>> onto a video DVD-R (VOBs) as a test.
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>> My gut feeling is that this version 3 is about the best
>> all-in-one package out there at this time for my needs.
>> I'm sure I can break it, but my gut feeling is that it's a
>> LOT better than Nero, and probably better than
>> Roxio 9 - we'll see :-)
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>> FYI:
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>> TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 with DivX� Authoring Ver. 3.0.5.149 Trial Version
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>> TDA3-trial-3.0.5.149-install_EN.exe
>> Size: 34.0 MB (35,665,424 bytes)
>> This software is a trial version freely usable for 14 days.
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>> Free 14 day trial download here :
>> http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/download/tda3.html
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>> Gene
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