File Size

[dee]

Hi, ive just bought Easycap to transfer VHS to DVD, Model no is DC60 v2.1c. What the problem is that the file saved is too big after recording for eg. 8 min= 4GB. Is there any solution because after 1 hour of recording theres no chance for the video to be saved on DVD which is normally 4.7GB. Thanks

[stjon]

Hi - sounds like you might be capturing to an AVI file, which can be massive. I captured a 3 hr VHS tape to a 180gig file! No doubt there are a few conversion progs out there to prepare your file for burning to a DVD, but I use DVDFlick (free!), which puts that file onto a DVD no problem.

If you want to create a smaller original capture file, just capture to DVD format, which I think creates an MPEG file, and this will only be a few Gb in size. Then DVD Flick can convert it to DVD as before, and I can't spot ant quality difference using the 2 different approaches.

Hope that helps
Steve

[bigweeal]

stjon is correct.

I presume you are using ulead software?
Change the setting to "dvd". This will then capture in mpeg2. If you capture in AVI and choose another program to convert to dvd, it will convert your AVI to mpeg2, so this saves a stage out.

If you do not want to loose any quality on the video you have captured, the max you can capture is approx 1hr 15mins. You can also use Ulead to render and burn to dvd. It will let you add titles, chapters etc.

To do this in Ulead:
After you have captured, select (at the top) "Share"
Then in the middle of the screen you will see "create disc"
Import your video and have a play about with the settings.