Posted by Gene on 02/19/07 22:04

Thanks, Frank.

See the reply to Jerry below, all is well :-)

If the buffer does not grow exponentially with long runs,
and the final DVD quality is good - then this is definitely the
best software solution that I have ever seen. I'm sure
there must be software for the professional market that
will do it, but I have not seen anything in this price range.
Looks like the simplest & fastest way from a MiniDV / D8 tape
to a finalized video DVD-R out there - for the price.

Gene




"Frank" <frank@nojunkmail.humanvalues.net> wrote in message
news:1jtjt2dntttm4eds6uf06b18a1dt0th3le@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:07:54 -0600, in 'rec.video.desktop',
> in article <Re: Ulead "MPEG-Direct" capture feature questions >,
> "Gene" <genes@wildblue.net> wrote:
>
>>LOL - downloaded the trial version & ran a test.
>>
>>Yep, you need a "special" capture board with DSPs,etc.,
>>unless I just missed the software option. A regular old PCI firewire
>>board works just fine, if you want an AVI file. Really
>>not a bad little package, very easy to use.
>
> Gene, did you set the Format option to "MPEG" in the Capture Step
> Options Panel?
>
> I am very close to 100 percent certain that all that's required is a
> standard OHCI-compliant IEEE 1394a port, with a connected DV device
> (camcorder or VCR), obviously.
>
>>But it still needs to transcode, no magic low level software
>>to do it on-the-fly :-)
>
> I see the smiley, but I'm still not certain what you mean by this. If
> you're taking in DV and putting out MPEG-2, then a transcoding
> operation is taking place regardless if the algorithms for
> accomplishing this are implemented in firmware, hardware, or software,
> or any combination of same.
>
>>The literature does not go out of the way to
>>say something like, "Oh, BTW, you will need a $300+ extra
>>piece of hardware to capture camcorder DV directly to MPEG2."
>
> I really don't think that you need any sort of special/extra hardware,
> but you will need a fast machine so that the transcoding can take
> place in realtime.
>
> BTW, although they still sell it, I do believe that DVD Workshop is a
> discontinued/abandoned product.
>
>>Gene
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>"Gene" <genes@wildblue.net> wrote in message
>>news:VYkCh.6$Xf.106601@news.sisna.com...
>>> Has anyone tried the Ulead "MPEG-Direct" capture feature as described
>>> below?
>>>
>>> If so, were you able to simply plug your camcorder into a generic
>>> firewire
>>> PC card & create a MPEG2 file on the PC disk in real time?
>>>
>>> If so:
>>> - was the A/V quality of the burned video DVD OK?
>>> - what was the GHz speed of your PC?
>>>
>>> Are they saying below that a standard run-of-the-mill 1394 card will
>>> work,
>>> or that
>>> you will need a special "capture board" with an IEEE 1394 connector?
>>>
>>> ************** cut-n-paste ********************
>>> In addition to complex menu design, Ulead DVD Workshop includes
>>> convenient
>>> capture and conversion tools. Ulead's MPEG-Direct capture saves
>>> conversion
>>> time and hard disc space by capturing video directly to MPEG format
>>> using
>>> FireWire (IEEE 1394) and analog capture boards. DVD Workshop also
>>> imports
>>> existing AVI and MOV video and automatically transcodes the files into
>>> high-quality, DVD-ready MPEG files when the user is ready to burn their
>>> DVD. To simplify the recording process, Ulead DVD Workshop works
>>> directly
>>> with the newest DVD-R,/RW, and DVD+R/RW recorders as well as most CD-R
>>> and
>>> CD-RW devices without the need for additional burning software.
>>> *******************************************************
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Gene
>
> --
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