TechiMan
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Anyone know what is the best way to capture analogue video either a HI8 camcorder and a VHS recorder?. Is it best to use a capture program that captures and records at the resolution of the camcorder and video (ie 320x240) or capture at a higher res?. The reason I ask about this is because in the past I've used a program called Debut Video Capture (IMO an awful external video capture program because it often results in bad, jittery framerate) and I've captured the video at a higher resolution of about 640, but since then when I've imported the saved video file (which reads as being about 4GB) into a difference editing and encoded program, for instance like Nero, it says that the file size is too large and it appears that the actual file size is in excess of 9GB. All I can think of is that because I had captured the video at a higher res the file size was doubled, even though when I hover on the file and click on properties it's saying it's about 4GB, and this is with various file formats like MPEG, MPEG4 etc. Or it could be that I've set the bitrarte too high. But why would one program say it's 9GB but in the file properties it's 4GB?.
I'm currently now using OBS Studio (the only program I've found that seems to capture smooth video on capture and playback, whereas other programs I've tried either have no audio or produce really bad framerate and jittery video despite being set at 25fps). However, OBS only seem to allow to capture in a format called FLV (though there are options for other formats but when I go to select them it gives a warning saying that using any other format other than the set one will affect performance). Why can't these programs capture in AVI, MPEG2/MPEG4, MOV etc?.
I'm currently now using OBS Studio (the only program I've found that seems to capture smooth video on capture and playback, whereas other programs I've tried either have no audio or produce really bad framerate and jittery video despite being set at 25fps). However, OBS only seem to allow to capture in a format called FLV (though there are options for other formats but when I go to select them it gives a warning saying that using any other format other than the set one will affect performance). Why can't these programs capture in AVI, MPEG2/MPEG4, MOV etc?.
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