Converting VHS Home Movies to DVD using V4 and DVD-A

sbs56 wrote on 1/8/2004, 3:01 PM

I think I understand the basics involved.

1) Connect VHS player to my Sony VX2000 (composite)
2) Connect Sony VX2000 to my PC (firewire)
3) Use V4 to capture video (VX2000 does analog to digital conversion)
4) Use V4 to edit, render to MPEG-2 using DVD-A template
5) Use DVD-A to author DVD

My question - do I need to "boost" the analog signal somehow or will the captured video quality be comparable to the VHS orginal? Any feedback or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Comments

farss wrote on 1/8/2004, 3:20 PM

No need to change levels.
You may get a number of other problems though.
Noise, can get rid of that in Vegas.
Line jitter, mask edges with Bordaer FX
Frame jitter and chroma banding. This'll only happen with poor tapes. Need something like ADVC-300 to get rid of this. Not much you can do about it once it's DV.

randy-stewart wrote on 1/8/2004, 8:21 PM

Not an expert but my experience is that the DVD comes out better than VHS when I convert using the pass-through. Have fun!
Randy