Codec to capture SVHS

[TimCart]

Try the old Storm edit works great for svhs capture (came with the storm card of old) works great for us plain and simple.

Thanks Rich, I don't have the old prog anymore....I have been with edius for so long because most of for the last years have been dv to dv...but have some vhs's for a friend i need to convert to dvd now....thanks..t

[richvideo]

Try the old Storm edit works great for svhs capture (came with the storm card of old) works great for us plain and simple.

I posted this in a separate thread but found this one and thought I would ask here to....I have dvstorm and storm bay with the s video and all...I want to capture to dv....can anyone refresh me on the steps and settings to do this? It has been a loooong time since i did it....want the best quality with least bit of loss possible.

I know how to hook it up and all, but the steps from their using Edius...i have never captured vhs with Edius before.

And what settings...I remember in the old dv storm software something about changing the something about the buffer....so if you can help with the settings using edius would be grateful..thanks..t

[TimCart]

I posted this in a separate thread but found this one and thought I would ask here to....I have dvstorm and storm bay with the s video and all...I want to capture to dv....can anyone refresh me on the steps and settings to do this? It has been a loooong time since i did it....want the best quality with least bit of loss possible.

I know how to hook it up and all, but the steps from their using Edius...i have never captured vhs with Edius before.

And what settings...I remember in the old dv storm software something about changing the something about the buffer....so if you can help with the settings using edius would be grateful..thanks..t

[yuda]

Thanks Tingsern and Stormdave. I got it now.

[STORMDAVE]

Ting you're just making it complex heh,

Yes, the Storm has SVIDEO in/out.

SVIDEO/SVHS are just terms, no need to get all technical about it. :)

[tingsern]

Are you sure Storm has a SVHS input? Never heard of that before. Perhaps you have mistaken - SVHS stands for Super VHS - that the tape format ... or the player that plays SVHS tapes. It outputs to SVIDEO ... and STORM has the SVIDEO input and ouput ports.

So - if you use a DVStorm card, you cannot use HQ ... but, you need to use DV codec. Only on the NX card - you can capture DV as HQ.

[STORMDAVE]

So what is my card? I know it has an SVHS input. I use it many times.

Reread my post above, DVStorm is only a DV board (hence the name)...so through the SVideo port you will only be able to capture to DV codec.

[yuda]

So what is my card? I know it has an SVHS input. I use it many times.

[STORMDAVE]

Dave, how much better? If there is no big difference between MSDV and Canopus HQ then I will prefer MSDV so I will have the option of editing in Premiere if the client choose so. I can capture through Storm card or OHCI.

It's better, but as Tingsern mentioned minimum is SVIDEO if you want quality. NX supports HQ capture via SVIDEO, but not the DVStorm.

Storm card? What kind of SVHS player you have? You have one that can output firewire?

DV codec is 4:2:0 ... As opposed to HQ at 4:2:2.

PAL land is 4:2:0, NTSC DV is 4:1:1 :)
They're very similar though.

[yuda]

Storm card? What kind of SVHS player you have? You have one that can output firewire?

DV codec is 4:2:0 ... As opposed to HQ at 4:2:2.

No I don't. I will output the SVHS from the player to the SVHS input in my Storm card.

[tingsern]

Storm card? What kind of SVHS player you have? You have one that can output firewire?

DV codec is 4:2:0 ... As opposed to HQ at 4:2:2.

[yuda]

Actually the HQ codec will have a similar datarate as the DV codec, plus it has 4:2:2 color space and is VBR. I've done tests where SVHS footage looks better with HQ codec than DV.

Dave, how much better? If there is no big difference between MSDV and Canopus HQ then I will prefer MSDV so I will have the option of editing in Premiere if the client choose so. I can capture through Storm card or OHCI.

[tingsern]

Okay - I agree ... provided he has a SVHS player going out by SVIDEO minimum. Component will be best - but NX does not have component input - you might need ADVC300 for that.

[STORMDAVE]

Actually the HQ codec will have a similar datarate as the DV codec, plus it has 4:2:2 color space and is VBR. I've done tests where SVHS footage looks better with HQ codec than DV.

[tingsern]

By capturing "direct" - I take it to mean to use NX firewire and/or SVIDEO port ... if that is correct, then YES - it is the best method.