dvd quality improvement - Club CDFreaks

HughSpence · 13-02-2008

I have a lot of vcr home tapes that Ive copied to dvd.

The quality isnt brilliant. Is there any sofware out there that can enhance the quality and if so what is it?

colw · 17-02-2008

not really - old adage - crap in -> crap out

**harley2ride** · 19-02-2008

There are a lot of variables.

1. Are you copying at a high bitrate to ensure good quality. Are you using 2 pass encoding...
2. Make sure you are copying from vhs to your source with the highest quality possible (firewire, s-video, whatever your best possble method available is).
3. Look into programs such as avisynth, and virtualdub, which have filters to make minor improvements.
4. Look into getting a high quality s-vhs deck with filtering abilities, to use to copy the vhs to dvd or pc...

There is no reason that the quality of your dvd should not be at least as good, as the quality of the original vhs.

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HughSpence New on Forum Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 20	dvd quality improvement <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> I have a lot of vcr home tapes that Ive copied to dvd. The quality isnt brilliant. Is there any sofware out there that can enhance the quality and if so what is it?

17-02-2008	#2 (permalink)
colw New on Forum Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 8	Re: dvd quality improvement not really - old adage - crap in -> crap out

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harley2ride Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,424	Re: dvd quality improvement There are a lot of variables. 1. Are you copying at a high bitrate to ensure good quality. Are you using 2 pass encoding... 2. Make sure you are copying from vhs to your source with the highest quality possible (firewire, s-video, whatever your best possble method available is). 3. Look into programs such as avisynth, and virtualdub, which have filters to make minor improvements. 4. Look into getting a high quality s-vhs deck with filtering abilities, to use to copy the vhs to dvd or pc... There is no reason that the quality of your dvd should not be at least as good, as the quality of the original vhs. __________________ Rob C2D E6550,3gb DDR2-800mhz,150gb 10000rpm raptor,320gb sata,geforce 8800 gt, Vista Premium, 22" Samsung LCD,Samsung bluray DVD reader\dvd\rw16x, Samsung S203N, ADS Pyro A/V Link,Klipsch Pro-Media 5.1 SS Dell P4 3.4GHZ 2GB PC533 DDR XP PRO SP2 w/ADS Pyro Firewire card,160GB Sata, 250GB ATA133, ATI 2600XT HD/ DELL 20" LCD/ ALS 251 5.1 Speakers / Audigy 2 ZS Platinum / Plextor PX716A / MD (NEC3500) 2FD firmware

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