Video Capture from laptop SVIDEO Out

Canuck wrote on 9/18/2007, 4:37 PM
I have tried to look for other posts on this topic, but if there are any I wasn't using the correct search criteria.

I have used the SVIDEO Out on my laptop to capture video in conjunction with a line out to capture the audio and the quality is not bad, however I suspect that it is not crystal clear likely due to resolution or pixel aspect ratio differences.

Can anybody offer any suggestions on settings that can be used to clear this up and generate my NTSC video that I take into DVD Architect to create my DVD?

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xberk wrote on 9/18/2007, 9:11 PM
Not sure if there would be anything you can do regards quality of audio if the transfer itself is limiting the quality. I can't see what resolution or pixel aspect ratio has to do with audio. Might be a gap in my knowledge. Hopefully someone else can enlighten us both.

Regards best NTSC video/audio setting for DVDA .. I've always been told to render to file type MPEG-2 using the template labeled DVD Architect NTSC video stream . This template will not produce any sound. Do the render a second time this time with file type Dolby digital AC-3 Studio using the template labeled default .
Use these two files within DVDA for the best quality.

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JohnnyRoy wrote on 9/19/2007, 3:50 AM
What are you trying to do? If you are trying to capture what you are doing on your laptop for a tutorial video or something, you would get much better quality using a screen capture program like Camtasia Studio or the free Windows Media Encoder. This will give you a much higher quality source to encode to DVD.

~jr
Canuck wrote on 9/22/2007, 6:03 AM
Sorry, I just mentioned that I was capturing audia as well, which seems fine; it's the video where I thought it could be a difference in resolution/pixel ratio for PC vs. TV.
MPM wrote on 9/22/2007, 8:57 AM
I think that consensus opinion is more or less that to get the best quality TV signal out you need to use DV... Most if not all graphics card &/or chipsets give lesser quality & output fields that are not as distinct as DV. A separate scan converter *may* help depending on the quality of the converter. I haven't seen, heard, or read about too much capture using converters or TV out since the 1st half of the 90s (before DV).

Capturing your PC/laptop screen OTOH is popular with gamers and for producing tutorials, and there's a bunch of software available. From what I've read Fraps seems one of the most popular. Avery Lee has recently added the feature to V/Dub -- you might want to check out their forum or try it to see how good it is. The advantage of either is higher fps and higher resolution, which can give a better pic after encode.

For Tutorials I think software focuses more on small video file size, meaning lower fps. They add features like being easily able to turn capture on & off, capturing cursor movement, focusing just on the active window or zoomed in portions of the window. Might check out the sites of some of the folks who make their living producing training programs for tips on their favorite tools... I *think* I remember the guy that produced a lot of Microsoft's intro programming tutorials for their Xpress versions recommending some on his site, but that's a bit of a stretch.