Laser Disc (LD) to VCD?

[ugh]

Hi all,

Hope this is the right forum. Anyway, has anyone here tried converting LD to VCD before? Thanks.

 

[Pariah]

Not any different than VCR to VCD, all you need is an analog capture card and an MPEG compressor that supports VCD formats.

 

[sohcrates]

doom9.org has a bunch of programs available for download that will help you make vcd's.

 

[ugh]

<< Not any different than VCR to VCD, all you need is an analog capture card and an MPEG compressor that supports VCD formats. >>



Umm... Sounds kinda troublesome to me 🙁 Anyway, how much does an analog capture card costs? What about the MPEG compressor?

 

[ugh]

<< doom9.org has a bunch of programs available for download that will help you make vcd's. >>



Thanks for the link. I'm actually looking for the way on how to xfer the media first 😉

 

[sohcrates]

well, you need a capture card to do what you want to do. there's no way around that.

as far as mpeg software, most of that can be gotten for free from my above link

 

[Pariah]

You can get a Pinnacle Studio DC10 for under $100, that's probably the only decent option on a budget still available in the analog market.

 

[Pabster]

Laserdisc offers better quality than VHS, for sure. It isn't anywhere near DVD, but it is superior to standard VHS tape captures. Just run the output from the LD to a capture device (Radeon VIVO works well) and either compress it on-the-fly (if you have a fast PC) or use TMPGEnc to encode it after you capture (on a slower machine.)

 

[RGN]

<< Laserdisc offers better quality than VHS, for sure. It isn't anywhere near DVD, but it is superior to standard VHS tape captures. Just run the output from the LD to a capture device (Radeon VIVO works well) and either compress it on-the-fly (if you have a fast PC) or use TMPGEnc to encode it after you capture (on a slower machine.) >>



hmm, I'll argue that DVD video is better, but LD sound is much warmer.

Not that this has ANYHTHING to do with the question. 😀

 

[thraxes]

Another great capture card is the &quot;FAST DVD-Master&quot;. It will take analogue signals and convert it realtime to MPEG1 or even better MPEG2. In the MPEG2-DVD quality setting it is just plain awesome! It also comes with the lite version of a DVD authoring programm that will let u burn DVDs (if you have a DVD writer) and VCDs complete with you own menus etc...

I am not sure if it is available in the US though. The quality and the functionality of caputred media are so good I guess the card simply is illegal because of DigitalMilleniumCopyrightAct (you poor bastards... I really am sorry for u, HONEST!!).

 

[Pariah]

I wasn't comparing the quality of LD to VHS, I was comparing the method of recording them to your hard drive, which is exactly the same.

 

[Pariah]

&quot;The quality and the functionality of caputred media are so good I guess the card simply is illegal because of DigitalMilleniumCopyrightAct (you poor bastards... I really am sorry for u, HONEST!!).&quot;

Uhh...yea. You have been sadly led astray my friend. There are numerous professional level DVD authoring kits on the market here that will produce better looking results than whatever that card is. Producing DVD material is not the same as copying DVD's.

 

[ugh]

<< You can get a Pinnacle Studio DC10 for under $100, that's probably the only decent option on a budget still available in the analog market. >>



Sounds quite decent to me. Thanks for the product link. Will check it out...