Good Day. I am new in using my Video capture software. I want to know how can I convert my vedeo(VHS) to VCD that can be read by any VCD player. My sysyem is a PIII 667, 128MB SDRAM, Acer 10X DVD player, Acer 8432A CD ReWriter, ATI All-In-Wonder Pro 128 32MB AGP Bus with Easy CD Creator De Luxe 4.01 software

thanks.

James Lugue

-- James Lugue (jclugue@datelnet.net), March 17, 2000

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-- Daniel Lee (siangneng@hotmail.com), March 17, 2000.

James, We have almost the same system & software loaded, the only difference is my ATI AIW is PCI.But here's the answer, First capture the video as avi files, I used VCR2 settings, size 352X240, you can use 480 resolution but this will create a huge avi files.Always limit yuor capture to 30mins or 2 gigs limitation. Then after I capture it I encoded it using LSX Encoder V.3 to create mpg file and burned it with my Acer 4x4xx32 CDr. Use 2x option before you record it to CD-R. The quality will be aceptable, But If you a large capacity hardisk,use 480 resolution and this will better than 240 resolution. You're wondering maybe, Why Do I have to capture it as AVi not directly as MPEG-1 file?Believe me, I tried this before but the quality was not so good,for me quality is important. There's a lot to consider in capturing mpeg Vs Avi. First, capturing Avi take a lot of time (30mins movie=1 1/2 hr to encode to mpg)while mpeg-1, just push the button,That it! but the quality suffers. And take note,both of our systems are not capable of producing super quality VCD's unless we add Real-Time Hardware decoder used by professional-cost maybe around $800,so expensive.So, to get the most acceptable VCD quality is to capture it as Avi then encode it to LSX enmpeg encoder.Try this let me know if it will work for you.

-- Ismael R. Domingo (irdoming@bechtel.com), March 18, 2000.