VHS to DVD workflow problem

brianstjean wrote on 8/31/2006, 8:54 PM

I have been using vegas for 3 years now and normally just use vegas to edit videos captured with my dvx100. I now have a need to capture some VHS video that are about 2hrs in length. I want to 2 hours of video on the DVD as well. I am using a Canopus ADVC300 to capture the video as AVI. Once I have the AVI , I tried rendering it to MPG2 using Vegas - and it took 16+ hours on a dual core 2.8G machine. Am I doing something wrong?

My next attempt was to use DVD Architect 3 and have it optimize and fit to disk the AVI - looks like it will take 5 hours.

Any idea on the best way to do this?

Thanks,

Brian

Comments

jrazz wrote on 8/31/2006, 10:28 PM

If you are just copying VHS to DVD and no editing, I would buy a standalone VHS DVD Combo Deck that allows for DVD recording. I bought a GOVIDEO deck that has firewire and it makes for a better picture than what is on the VHS going to the DVD. I use it primarily (almost exclusively) for clients that just want VHS converted to DVD. It will allow for the creation of a menu as well as chapter points at specified intervals. I got mine on ebay used for 81 USD.

j razz

Steve Mann wrote on 8/31/2006, 10:46 PM

I use a Plextor Convertx to go straight to MPEG, then if eiting is needed, I use Tmpeg.

johnmeyer wrote on 9/1/2006, 12:02 AM

I tried rendering it to MPG2 using Vegas - and it took 16+ hours on a dual core 2.8G machine. Am I doing something wrong?

Yes, definitely. On my 2.8 GHz single core, single thread almost four-year-old computer, I can render to MPEG2 (single pass) at close to real-time, so two hours takes about 2.5 hours to render. This assumes absolutely zero fX or any other changes to the video, other than cuts (a few titles or dissolves don't add too much time).

You must be modifying the video in some way -- perhaps color correction, or levels. Or, perhaps, you have nudged the track level or the event levels.

Your render times are way too long. You should be able to do single pass MPEG renders in better than real time with your computer.