I have old home movie VHS footage that has been converted to uncompressed digital. I have created DVDs off this for the relatives etc, but would like to create a digital file that I can can play straight off my computer.
The base footage is running at around 13GB for an hour and there is a ton of junk / blue screen that I need to cut out (left conversion running overnight etc). So I would like to compress at high quality (~8000 kbits/sec) as well cut out the useless material.
1. Choice of approach? I have PowerDirector 11 and have previously used VirtualDub. Planning to use H264. I would prefer to use PowerDirector but it provides virtually no options. I used VirtualDub some years ago and had it set up with 2-pass and some filters etc but would have to relearn it, set it all up again etc. So my question is, do I just trust PowerDirector to have a well-optimised set-up or should I go to the trouble of setting up VD again?
2. Deinterlace or not? My second question is whether I deinterlace on conversion or just rely on the player to deinterlace when I play it? Most players seem to have the option to deinterlace on playing the file. Any pro's or con's of either choice?
The base footage is running at around 13GB for an hour and there is a ton of junk / blue screen that I need to cut out (left conversion running overnight etc). So I would like to compress at high quality (~8000 kbits/sec) as well cut out the useless material.
1. Choice of approach? I have PowerDirector 11 and have previously used VirtualDub. Planning to use H264. I would prefer to use PowerDirector but it provides virtually no options. I used VirtualDub some years ago and had it set up with 2-pass and some filters etc but would have to relearn it, set it all up again etc. So my question is, do I just trust PowerDirector to have a well-optimised set-up or should I go to the trouble of setting up VD again?
2. Deinterlace or not? My second question is whether I deinterlace on conversion or just rely on the player to deinterlace when I play it? Most players seem to have the option to deinterlace on playing the file. Any pro's or con's of either choice?
