VHS importing and cropping
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lesparapluies
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VHS importing and cropping
Hello, any advice on this appreciated: Briefly, I'm digitising some VHS tapes - using iMovie with Canopus ADVC-55 to import the video, exporting as a Quicktime file, then using Handbrake to crop the picture neatly to get rid of black borders, sync lines at the top, etc, etc. Problem is that both stages of the process take a long time - is there a quicker way to accomplish the same thing? - i.e. some process which will crop the picture before exporting, or maybe a way to transfer straight from iMovie to Handbrake without the lengthy export process first? any info welcome, thanks
Re: VHS importing and cropping
It sounds like you have a good system going. Video encoding requires time and resources.
You could probably do the cropping in iMovie and export as an MP4 or QuickTime MOV with H.264 video. That said, HandBrake may do a better job at automating the cropping and making smaller file sizes for you.
You could probably do the cropping in iMovie and export as an MP4 or QuickTime MOV with H.264 video. That said, HandBrake may do a better job at automating the cropping and making smaller file sizes for you.
Re: VHS importing and cropping
Is that a Firewire digitizer?
What software are you using to convert the VHS to digital ("import")?
Does this software have the export to Quicktime function that you are using?
What software are you using to convert the VHS to digital ("import")?
Does this software have the export to Quicktime function that you are using?