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Old 17th April 2020, 19:52   #3  |  Link
tugatomsk9
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Originally Posted by Sharc View Post
I don't know what a MAGIX pen is an what it does. Is it a capture HW/SW package with an on-the-fly encoder?
https://www.magix.com/int/video-editor/vhs/

It is bundled with a below-average capture software and a proprietary video codec that did not please me at all.

Yes, I did plan to capture using Huffyuv of Lagarith from the start.

My doubts about which encoder to use arised from my PC being very old and low-spec: intel i3-2100, intel HD graphics card...

Is S-Video a better option even though it's still VHS? I do own a Sony RDR-HX710 DVD video recorder, but I wanted to avoid recording using mpeg2 before reencoding to x264/x265. The Sony does have S-Video line in and line out, though. Is there any benefit from using the Sony as a pass-through between the VHS VCR and the USB capture drive using S-Video?

EDIT: BTW, the VCR in question is a Panasonic NV-FJ623 Hifi Stereo with 6 heads bought in 2003 and operating in good conditions.

Last edited by tugatomsk9; 17th April 2020 at 20:00. Reason: more details
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