How do I get highest quality analog video capture

[Dan]

I am using MS Movie Maker and recorder from my VCR to my tuner card (I am
running a Dell E510 running XP MCE). All worked fine with capturing, saving
to my HD and creating a DVD. The problem I have is that the playback quality
is poor. When I play back the contents from the DVD on my TV or when I play
back the contents on my computer, it seems like it has lost about 20% of the
videos clarity. I am going to be moving all of my old analog family tapes to
HD, but I want to keep it as high quality as possible. I guess I really have
two questions:
1 - Is there a way to do this and end up with little or no quality loss?
2 - Should I be using some other software to perform the video capture?
Thanks

[John Inzer]

Dan wrote:
> I am using MS Movie Maker and recorder from my VCR to my
> tuner card (I am running a Dell E510 running XP MCE).
> All worked fine with capturing, saving to my HD and
> creating a DVD. The problem I have is that the playback
> quality is poor. When I play back the contents from the
> DVD on my TV or when I play back the contents on my
> computer, it seems like it has lost about 20% of the
> videos clarity. I am going to be moving all of my old
> analog family tapes to HD, but I want to keep it as high
> quality as possible. I guess I really have two
> questions: 1 - Is there a way to do this and end up with
> little or no quality loss? 2 - Should I be using some
> other software to perform the video capture? Thanks
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If your main goal is to make DVD copies
of your VHS home movies...you don't need
a computer. A DVD Recorder like the
following example may be worth a look.

Here's one example:
http://tinyurl.com/88lql

Can I copy VHS videos and
DVDs on a DVD recorder?
http://tinyurl.com/83w5j

However if you plan to edit your movies...
Maybe the following links will give you
some useful ideas.

Capturing Analog Video
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-CaptureAnalog.html

Download Video to Your
Computer with Windows
Movie Maker 2
http://tinyurl.com/4fpea

Convert VHS to DVD
http://www.signvideo.com/conv-v-to-d.htm

Copying VHS to DVD
http://tinyurl.com/dzcho

Turn your Movie Maker 2
video into a DVD
http://tinyurl.com/4k97d

Burn a Movie Maker Project to DVD
http://tinyurl.com/644me

How do I make a DVD
http://www.rehanfx.org/faq.htm

Windows Movie Maker Forums
http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/forums/

Movie Maker 2 and DVD Burning Software
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-DVD.html

Burning DVDs With Windows Movie Maker 2
http://tinyurl.com/jqfz

How do I save my movie as a
DV-AVI file in Movie Maker?
http://tinyurl.com/8ktlw


--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP

Please understand...this is not tech support.
We are simply volunteers who attempt to assist
folks who are having problems. What works for
us may not work for anyone else...

Good luck in solving your problem.

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[Wojo]

What format did you save the captured movies in?
A good answer to this type of capture is to purchase a Dazzle80 or Dazzle90
which is a pass-through device you can hook the RCA and/or SVideo cables
into. IT connects to the computer via USB and will likely give you the best
results possible under the circumstances.
--
-Wojo
MVP - Windows Digital Media

Wojo's Web: www.wojos-web.co.nr

"Dan" > wrote in message
...
>I am using MS Movie Maker and recorder from my VCR to my tuner card (I am
> running a Dell E510 running XP MCE). All worked fine with capturing,
> saving
> to my HD and creating a DVD. The problem I have is that the playback
> quality
> is poor. When I play back the contents from the DVD on my TV or when I
> play
> back the contents on my computer, it seems like it has lost about 20% of
> the
> videos clarity. I am going to be moving all of my old analog family tapes
> to
> HD, but I want to keep it as high quality as possible. I guess I really
> have
> two questions:
> 1 - Is there a way to do this and end up with little or no quality loss?
> 2 - Should I be using some other software to perform the video capture?
> Thanks