What resolution should I capture 8mm and VHS-C video at

[garyboz]

I want to capture video from 8mm and vhs-c camcorders. I have a video capture card. I'm new at this but I'm guessing that it would be best to capture at as close to their native resolution as possible. However, I can't find out what that is. Various websites list 8mm as everything from 200 lines of resolution to 325. Thanks.

 

[teddymines]

What will the captured material be used for? If you are going to burn a video CD, then you might go for mpeg1 352x240. If you want to edit it first, go for a higher resolution.

 

[rbV5]

IIRC 8mm is 270 lines and Hi8 is 400 lines.

Try capturing at 240 lines (320x240). If you are going to edit, I would recommend using huffyuv codec and a large hardrive(s) and then encoding into your final format for the highest quality and easy edits.