Chaz3 Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 I started to capture a vhs tape in Creator 2009 but within 3 min. the file capture size was 500 MB. Can I reduce the size of the capture file some way? Not sure if I can capture the whole 1 hour VHS tape and put it on a DVD. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggrussell Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Yes, one hour will 'fit' on a DVD. File size doesn't really mean much. Capturing in DV AVI makes larger files, but much easier/faster to edit. When you create the DVD, the files will be compressed using MPEG 2 and will definitely fit. If you aren't going to edit much, click on the drop down list and choose DVD HQ MPEG. The capture will encoded directly to MPEG 2 at highest quality. If the video runs over one hour, then the video will have to be re-encoded when you burn. One of the reasons we suggest using DV AVI. That way the video is encoded only once right before the burn to disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I started to capture a vhs tape in Creator 2009 but within 3 min. the file capture size was 500 MB. Can I reduce the size of the capture file some way? Not sure if I can capture the whole 1 hour VHS tape and put it on a DVD. Thanks.
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