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Video Bit Rates
Set the video standard you want to capture in. The standard you select must match the
standard of your video player and video content. When you select PAL, you will notice that
the Video Resolutions choices automatically change to PAL resolutions.
MPEG-1
When MPEG-1 is selected the only Video Resolution allowed is 352 x 240
(NTSC) or 352 x 288 (PAL), however you can select Video Bit Rate from 1 Mb/sec. up to
15 Mb/sec.
MPEG-2
You can select any Video Capture Resolution and any Video Bit Rate from
1 Mb/sec. to 15 Mb/sec.
You will notice that you have the ability to select a video capture rate of up to 15 Mb/sec.
You will also notice that any bit rate over 9 Mb/sec. is
red in color
. This is because any bit
rate above 9 Mb/sec. is not supported by DVD players and DVD burners. We allow you to
capture at higher rates because some users may want to have the capability to capture at
the highest rate possible and don’t have DVD burning as a project goal. Just keep in mind
that if you want to burn your video onto a CD or DVD disc, don’t use a setting higher than
9 Mb/sec. or lower than 2 Mb/sec.
Video Resolution
You can select from the following video capture resolutions:
VCD
1/2 D1
SVCD
DVD
NTSC
325 x 240
352 x 480
480 x 480
704 x 480
720 x 480
PAL
352 x 288
352 x 576
480 x 576
704 x 576
720 x 576
Custom Settings Caveats
We have provided lots of flexibility in the manner in which you can capture video at various
resolutions and audio/video bit rates. We have provided this flexibility because many
customers have asked for this kind of capability.
However, think about your project goal before you begin recording. If your intent is to
capture video to be burned to CD or DVD disc, then capture at resolutions and bit rates
that are “Legal” for burning and playing back in players. If not, you may find that you have
spent hours capturing video only to find that the DVD authoring software will not directly
burn it, or your player will not play it back.
VCD, SVCD and DVD Legal Settings (check our web site for FAQ’s and other updates to this list):
VCD
SVCD
DVD
Video Bit Rates
1.15 MB/s
1.5 - 2.5 MB/s
3 - 8 MB/s
Audio Bit Rates
224 KB/s
128 - 384 KB/s
192 - 448 KB/s