Capture Guide
(capture analog sources with VirtualDub/AviSynth)


1. Preface / Basics
1.1 Desired Final Format
1.2 Capture codec
1.3 Capture resolutions
1.3.1 A few words about the ITU standard and the PAL/NTSC standards
1.3.2 A few words about sampling
1.3.3 Capture Resolution: PAL
1.3.4 Capture Resolution: NTSC

2. Optimizing your system / additional software needed

3. Capturing
3.1 Capturing with VirtualDub
3.1.1 General settings
3.1.2 Specific settings; choosing resolution
3.1.3 The capturing process
3.2 Capturing with VirtualVCR

4. Postprocessing the video
4.1 Processing the video using VirtualDub
4.2 Processing the video using AviSynth
4.2.1 Processing interlaced video
4.2.2 Using multiple captures to reduce noise
4.3 Processing the video using Gordian Knot

5. Video and audio compression
5.1 VirtualDub frameserving

6. Add-ons

  • BT8x8 Tweaker
  • audio problems
  • high quality sound (vbr mp3/ogg)
  • improving playback quality
  • removing logos
  • correcting chroma shifts
  • removing Rainbow effects and dot crawls

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    Appendix

    Last edited on: 09/16/2003 | First release: n/a | Authors: Wilbert & BaronVlad | Translator: SteVe (killingspree) | Content by Doom9.org