i have a question for anyone that can answer this i have a ati radeon 7500 all in wonder card and i use it to tape tv shows and then i burn them to vcd format but every time i do this the videos always look digitized picture is always a little blurry when i watch them on my stand alone dvd player i burn them at 2x speed and even though they do play fine i always feel that the picture should look better now if i watch them on the computer they look great i just wonder if you have to do something else when you watch them on your tv screen also the same thing happens on any downloaded movie i do also. everything gets converted to mpeg or is already is mpeg format. is there any way to clear up the picture quality?thanks.
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- Thread starter darkangelman1
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What software are you using to capture and convert to VCD ?
i am using nero burning rom v5
ok bad choice. Firstly I didn't know you could capture with Nero lol, but hey, would suggest using VirtualDub or some other software instead (doing a search or looking at other posts here will yield some good ones).
Normally also best if you capture in AVI format & then convert to VCD mpg/mpeg instead of capturing directly as vcd mpg/mpeg. Ofcourse you will need a big HDD for this (10Gigs if not more free space). Otherwise try tweaking settings for your mpg capture.
Nero is best used just to burn/write the vcd to CD, but not to encode with (produces crappy results at best for that). Then just go through tmpgenc to make your conversion if you want excellent quality. Can do so by following the vcd tutorials by ChickenMan in the tuts section (just follow it from the avi file part).
If this doesn't answer your question or you are confused, just post again (am sure we can answer your questions or CM himself can give you better advise).
Normally also best if you capture in AVI format & then convert to VCD mpg/mpeg instead of capturing directly as vcd mpg/mpeg. Ofcourse you will need a big HDD for this (10Gigs if not more free space). Otherwise try tweaking settings for your mpg capture.
Nero is best used just to burn/write the vcd to CD, but not to encode with (produces crappy results at best for that). Then just go through tmpgenc to make your conversion if you want excellent quality. Can do so by following the vcd tutorials by ChickenMan in the tuts section (just follow it from the avi file part).
If this doesn't answer your question or you are confused, just post again (am sure we can answer your questions or CM himself can give you better advise).
I assume your using software that came withe ATI card and then convert the captured file to VCD with Nero? If that is the case then I would suggest stop using Nero to convert and use TMPGenc instead. Nero is good at burning but produces crappy quality conversions.
Just follow the DivX to VCD tutorial in the Tutorial section and expect a substantially better quality conversion.
Just follow the DivX to VCD tutorial in the Tutorial section and expect a substantially better quality conversion.
ipdave
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If you have the HD space, try recording in MPEG2 (DVD) format, then using TMPGEnc to transcode to SVCD or VCD format. ATI (and other) cards capture VCD / MPEG1 badly by nature. If you capture higher and use multi-pass transcoding in TMPGEnc, you will get smoother, less grainy results.
I ended up selling my last AIW card and getting a Dazzle dedicated capture card and a separate ATI 7500 (not an AIW). The Dazzle is quircky, but gets even decent SVCD captures.
I ended up selling my last AIW card and getting a Dazzle dedicated capture card and a separate ATI 7500 (not an AIW). The Dazzle is quircky, but gets even decent SVCD captures.