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To be more accurate they do no "record", the TVs just dump the already digital stream from DVB-S or DVB-T broadcast. There is no A/D converter on board to perform the OP's required operation.[/QUOTE]

Since the TV is copying the digital data contained in an RF broadcast (a transient event) to a digital media file (creating a permanent record of the data), the verb "record" is appropriate. ;)

Since there are no digital TVs made for North America that can record TV broadcasts, I have been recording digital TV broadcast streams for about 13 years now with a PC and a PC TV tuner to have an exact copy of the data in the broadcast. :)

Yes, based on posts made to VideoHelp, TVs with the ability to record over-the-air digital TV broadcasts are common in Europe but I don't recall anybody posting about having a digital TV with the ability to create digital recordings from an analog source of any kind.

Dune players get high marks from forum members that have them.

The 2019 version of the NVIDIA Shield TV Pro is also well-regarded by most who own one. Some people get good results using a Chromecast With Google TV 4K device, along with a compatible USB dock and a higher-wattage power brick for media playback from a USB drive. (Both accessories must be purchased separately.) The Android versions of Kodi and VLC can be installed on the NVidia Shield TV Pro and Chromecast With Google TV 4K for media file playback.

However, the cheap Android TV boxes sold online should be avoided. They often use a version of Android intended for phones. In addition, they may not have as much installed memory as they claim and can contain malware or spyware.

Blu-ray players are primarily designed to play Blu-ray discs and DVDs and mostly support the types of audio and video they use. Their ability to play media files from USB is limited due to a lack of support for video codecs that did not yet exist when Blu-ray was released, as well as some encoding options that can be used for AVC/H.264. Blu-ray players also don't support playing video resolutions above 1920x1080.

Depending on what you want to play, you might be better off getting a dedicated media player to play video files from USB drives. With the right player software installed, some Android-based media players can play almost as many types of video as a new PC, but the most versatile models cost as much as a PC.

I used DVDFlick years ago. I stopped using it for a reason although I can't recall what that reason was now.

Have you tried other conversion software? I recommend trying AVDtoDVD, a newer simple DVD converter. It has a PAL speed-up option for converting from 24 fps to 25 fps. (Options > Preferences > AviSynth > Use PAL SpeedUp)

I haven't read the books for decades now but I suspect I'd find the book long winded and pretentious now too.[/QUOTE]

The same here. I remember the first book in the series fairly well. The first book wasn't difficult to read and understand but it was not a quick read. There were quite a few characters and lots of exposition. To be fair, two movies, even long ones, couldn't adequately cover all the events and all the characters in the first book.

I lost interest in the series after reading the second or third novel. At that point, it became a little too weird for me.

I like using right-angle plugs when the socket is located behind furniture, especially when the attached electrical cord is stiff.

I remember your username but since I didn't join until 2006, I may not qualify as an OG. However, I had a sock monkey when I was a child. :)

Since it has a free trial, you should try TMPGEnc Authoring Works 7.

BD-R DL is a cheaper option than BD-XL but 100GB BD-XL discs have 3 layers, so the first 2 layers hold about 66 GB, not 50 GB. Even if someone uses only 60GB for safety, that's still 20% more data than BD-R DL holds. Burned BD media doesn't support bitrates that are as high as what pressed discs support, but a little more storage could still be helpful for longer movies.

If you want to learn about equipment and workflows for capturing VHS you could do your own research. Videohelp has a search function and there are numerous threads on this subject. There isn't anything new going on in this area. All the recommended equipment dates from the mid-2000s and earlier. You claim to have vast technical expertise so a little research should not be beyond your capabilities.

In modern English usage, a "sophist" is someone who uses clever but untrue arguments in an attempt to deceive others. I used to think his username was a joke but maybe not.

Not really, DV is just what his customer base prefer, he does offer lossless AVI especially since we are talking forensic and valuable. What he means by cheap USB devices is the lossy software that comes with those chinese knockoff devices like easycap, they convert directly into mp4, he actually proved you wrong since you suggested one of those businesses.

Me personally DV is an obsolete codec just like MPEG-2 and most people here in the US don't know what to do with DV anyways, so it will endup converted to a modern lossy codec which incur 2 losses, one during DV conversion from lossless and the other during the conversion from DV to the modern codec.[/QUOTE]

I agree that DV-AVI is certainly obsolete as a distribution format. New computers can play it (if a DV codec is installed) but no other new consumer electronics can. However, even if it isn't lossless, DV-AVI isn't a terrible choice for somebody in the UK who wants to use it as archival storage for their standard-definition interlaced PAL home video. DV is noisier (DCT ringing) and preserves less detail than lossless compression but PAL DV uses 4:2:0 chroma subsampling and consumes less storage (13GB per hour of video).

Only a few DVD recorders can work like a line TBC for filtering the signal when capturing problematic VHS tapes. The best-known models are the Panasonic DMR-ES25, DMR-ES10 and DMR-ES10. The Toshiba D-R410 has also been reported to work.

However, they can't fix everything. These machines can only correct problems like flagging and tearing. "Flagging" describes a defective image characterized by a bent, pulled, or slanted picture at the top of the TV screen. "Tearing" describes distortions elsewhere in the image.

Thanks. I'll admit that I haven't read many of the OP's other posts so I wasn't sure I was dealing with a troll. However, I also don't want anyone who runs across this thread while searching for help to be misinformed by what the troll says.[/QUOTE]

You're kidding me, right?

You haven't read many of my posts?

We have interacted numerous times and have have posted on a number of the threads i have made where I posted encoding tests.[/QUOTE]
I don't think so. Encoding tests are not of much interest to me. I rarely read more than the first or second post in those types of threads let alone reply to them. The closest I have come to that subject in the past year was a recent thread titled "Why does x265 suck so bad?". As it happens, you did post there too.

Thanks. I'll admit that I haven't read many of the OP's other posts so I wasn't sure I was dealing with a troll. However, I also don't want anyone who runs across this thread while searching for help to be misinformed by what the troll says.

I like to check the weather report frequently, so I used the settings information in this thread to turn on the Weather widget. :)

How do you guarantee it?

How do you know what I have captured in my life?
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Hmm... I was an adult in the 1990s. People used to copy their tapes using a second VCR or point a video camera at their TV screen but I don't think that counts as capturing. There was a consumer editing device and software for computers available then that cost thousands of dollars by itself ...not to mention thousands more for additional equipment (not counting the computer). Tapes were used to store the output.

So, now I'm curious... Exactly what method did you use to capture VHS in 1994?

What you are proposing cannot work. A screen recorder can capture the results of video processing that is taking place inside a computer but it can't capture the results of video processing that is taking place inside a TV.

A Tablo also won't work. A Tablo is a digital video recorder. It captures a digital video stream from broadcast TV. A capture device won't work either because it captures video coming into a TV not the results of video processing going on inside the TV.[/QUOTE]

Please explain further why it can not work.

I can connect a VCR to a TV.

The TV will deinterlace the input and display it.

What you are proposing cannot work. A screen recorder can capture the results of video processing that is taking place inside a computer but it can't capture the results of video processing that is taking place inside a TV.

A Tablo also won't work. A Tablo is a digital video recorder. It captures a digital video stream from broadcast TV. A capture device won't work either because it captures video coming into a TV not the results of video processing going on inside the TV.

What the OP really wants is for his/her current TV to behave exactly like a monitor would when a PC is connected using HDMI but that doesn't seem to be possible.

Like Scott, I am not sure that CEC is an acceptable substitute for a display that can sleep.

A new TV may not fix the problem to the OP's liking either. Last year I bought a new Sony smart 4K TV that uses Android TV as its OS. The TV has 4 HDMI ports but no VGA port. An analog composite video port, plus analog stereo audio ports can be added with a special break-out cable available as a separate purchase. I have an HTPC and a UHD Blu-ray player connected to the TV via HDMI.

Even if an HDMI connection is set up as a PC connection in the TV's input setting, the TV does not automatically go into standby mode when the HTPC sleeps. The PC is treated as if it is just another signal source, merely one that supplies input with RGB color and requires one-to-one pixel mapping.

The TV can be configured to shut off after 15 minutes when no video signals are detectable. (This setting is found in the Eco/Power Saving menu. 15 minutes is the only time interval available.) However, a "No Signal" warning screen is displayed on the TV until the shut-off timer expires. When my HTPC is shut off or goes to sleep, this setting will turn off the TV, if no other HDMI inputs are active.

Support for CEC would have to be provided by the graphics card and its drivers, but graphics cards that have even limited support for CEC seem to be rarer than unicorns. I couldn't find one two years ago. Still can't

IFO files only contain information about the subtitles. The subtitles themselves are stored in VOB files in a subpicture subtitle stream, multiplexed with the DVD's video and audio. So, there is no simple way to substitute a new subtitle for an existing one. You need to re-author the DVD. The method described above is the most straightforward.

Recreating the original menus and structure is sometimes possible but requires additional knowledge and possibly better authoring software that supports more features than AVStoDVD.

Even 2160p video upscaled from 1080p or 1080i video can be less than satisfactory compared side-by-side with native 2160p video. The upscaled video can only have the same level of detail as the source and will include some upscaling artifacts too.

Be aware that if the file you want to convert is obviously warez, it is against VideoHelp's forum rules to help you.

A MediaInfo report about the file might be useful. Download MediaInfo from VideoHelp's software section and install it. Open your file in MediaInfo. Click View->Text. Select and copy the MediaInfo report window and paste it into a reply to this thread. You can edit the text in the report to remove identifying information if necessary. When you are done, post your reply.

I probably can't help you with encoding settings, particularly if the UHD source file has Dolby Vision HDR.

Yes. If Sony did not make it difficult to play UHD Blu-ray rips they believe that would mean encourage piracy, resulting in reduced disc sales and streaming revenue. The company has been against consumers having the ability to copy video since the early days of Betamax and VHS.[/QUOTE]
Holy moly. I had no clue they've gone back that far.[/QUOTE]

Sony wanted people to have the ability to record linear TV to watch later. (Look up Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios (1984).) However, after Sony bought a movie studio, they were opposed to allowing people to copy commercially produced tapes.

Youtube video about the Dune HD Homatics Box R 4K Plus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk8FVij3XTo&t=2s
[Edit] Youtube video about the Mecool KM2 Plus Deluxe TV Box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie7OHXf0TEc I didn't know that the USB ports are USB 2.0, which means it is not a good choice for playing UHD HDR video from external storage.

Yes. If Sony did not make it difficult to play UHD Blu-ray rips they believe that would mean encourage piracy, resulting in reduced disc sales and streaming revenue. The company has been against consumers having the ability to copy video since the early days of Betamax and VHS.

It has its own player but yeah, it looks very basic. I'll have him look these up too, thanks 😊[/QUOTE]
I found a couple of high-end Android TV boxes with good specs for playing UHD Blu-ray rips on Amazon, the MECOOL KM2 PLUS Deluxe TV Box and the Dune HD Homatics Box R 4K Plus.

A Chromecast with Google TV 4K might also work but your friend would also need to buy a compatible USB dock to gain the ability to connect USB 3.0 drives. It is also is possible that a USB C charger with a higher wattage than the one provided with the Chromecast would be needed so there is enough power to run both the dock and the Chromecast. The extra pieces would add at least $50 to the cost

The 2019 Nvidia Shield TV Pro, the above Dune and Mecool TV boxes, and the Chromecast with Google TV 4K can all run the Android versions of VLC or Kodi for use as a video player. HLG and HDR10 should have good support on this hardware and software. Dolby Vision may or may not work depending on the profile. I am not sure about HDR10+ support. I don't think that the Shield TV supports it and I don't know if either of the software media players do.

He tried using an external USB drive but the PS5 said it wasn't compatible.[/QUOTE]
The drive must be formatted using exFAT. A compatible media player app with support for HEVC and HDR would also be needed. I don't think there is such a media player app for the PS5.

I was suggesting an NVIDIA Shield TV Pro or another high-end Android TV box that supports Dolby Vision and other forms of HDR used for UHD movies.

I used the BD50 setting, because you indicated 50 GB capacity media (BD-R DL). For regular BD-R 25GB capacity discs you would use BD25 but the re-encoded video's quality would be further reduced.

If there are many files to convert, maybe your friend should consider obtaining a second device to use for playing his UHD HDR video files directly.

Yep. I made sure to click that specific button.[/QUOTE]
I haven't used DVDFab UHD Creator before but I tried it on a short, 1-minute 19-second, UHD HEVC Dolby Vision demo video. The video had to be short due to the limited amount of unused HDD storage space on my laptop. The video was re-encoded during the authoring process but the resulting video was still 2160p HEVC with Dolby Vision. The Dolby Digital Plus audio was not re-encoded, as far as I could tell.

I used BD50 for the media setting but output to files and folders rather than an ISO file for burning. When I played the mts file (located in the UHD Blu-ray STREAM folder) on my PC, it looked comparable to the original. I don't own a game console of any kind, let alone a PS5, so I can't test how the authored faux UHD Blu-ray plays on a PS5.

I don't know what went wrong during the authoring process for your video to produce a result "like a 240p YouTube quality video" with "green bars at the top and bottom" To put a full-length movie on a BD50 disc, the bitrate used for re-encoding might need to be lower than the source file's bitrate to fit the disc and to not exceed the maximum bitrate allowed for burned Blu-ray media. A reduction in the bitrate could account for some loss of quality but not green bars on the top and bottom.

DVDFab UHD Creator is supposed to support DolbyVision. Are you sure you used DVDFab UHD Creator, not DVDFab Blu-ray Creator or another DVDFab product?

If my search engine is correct and there is no media player app for the PS5 then you can't use the PS5 to play video files from a BD-R DL disc.

Flashing the drive is done to allow a drive to be used for ripping commercial UHD Blu-ray discs with appropriate ripping software. It doesn't facilitate playing ripped media files from optical media.

You can author a faux UHD Blu-ray disc using your files but the bitrate will need to be lower than the bitrate used for UHD Blu-ray and the quality will be reduced. Pressed media used for UHD Blu-ray supports higher bitrates than burned media.

Nothing much has changed regarding cheap or free authoring software since I posted this: https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/406115-It-s-2022-What-are-the-free-or-cheap-options-for-authoring-a-4k-Blu-ray#post2660490

[Edit] I read the information from Scott's link. If your files are encoded using HEVC, you can't play them from an ExFat-formatted USB drive using Media Gallery.

I don't think I have ever seen a capture card that could accept video input from 2 different HDMI connections at the same time. If such a thing exists, I doubt that it would be is less expensive than a live stream switcher or a second capture card.

Here is a video about the device I recommended: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAA-WaU3kTE

Maybe a Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini Pro HDMI Live Stream Switcher would work for what you want to do.

I took another look at https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/using/gpu-acceleration.html I had missed some information at the bottom of the page about supported Intel UHD graphics versions that are compatible with Premiere Elements for QSV hardware decoding and encoding. So, QSV is an available option for Premiere Elements after all.

If you still want to re-encode your camera video to H.264 in an mp4 file, I tried using clever FFmpeg-GUI to re-encode a 2-minute and 30-second 4K HDR-10 demo file with 10-bit HEVC video and Vorbis stereo audio. I don't re-encode video and audio very often and I had little previous experience with this program. However, with a little trial and error, I was able to re-encode the video (to 4K 8-bit H.264 with tone-mapping to simulate HDR) and the audio (to 2-channel AAC) and mux them into an MP4 file. It took a little over 20 minutes to re-encode my test file on my laptop.

[Edit] I just tried the latest version of HandBrake on the same demo file. It was even easier to use than clever FFmpegGUI. The file was still 4K and was encoded using H.264, but HandBrake kept the HDR and 10-bit color intact. HDR and 10-bit color are unusual for an H.264 video. I couldn't find settings to encode to 4K H.264 with 8-bit color and apply tone-mapping.

Intel Core i5-11400 @ 2.60GHz is a Rocket Lake processor. It should be powerful enough although it will be slower than an i7.

Hardware accelerated decoding and encoding for HEVC/H.265 is very helpful. A NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 can provide NVDEC and NVENC for HEVC/H.265. If you need QSV (Quick Sync Video) for decoding or encoding HEVC/H.265, that is available too as long as your CPU isn't the i5-11400F variant. However, I don't think Premiere Elements can be configured to use QSV for decoding and encoding HEVC but it looks like your RTX 3060 is supported.

While I was looking for information about using hardware acceleration with Premiere Elements, I found this: https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/using/gpu-acceleration.html It provides instructions for configuring your system to use hardware acceleration. It also says the feature is unavailable in the trial version. If you are using the trial version, that may be the problem.

I typed "DVDR47WPPSB16WS" into the VideoHelp search box. The search returned https://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia/taiyo-yuden-dvd-r-tyg03-16/2977 indicating that you have Taiyo Yuden TYG03 DVD-R 16X media.

If you still have a PC with a DVD drive, DVD Identifier, available in the VideoHelp software section, can also provide information about the discs.

I have looked at the free version of Davinci Resolve out of curiosity but didn't get very far with it. Premiere Elements is supposed to be easy to use, although I haven't tried it.

Since I haven't tried Premier Elements, the most I can do is check that you have exceeded the minimum requirements for editing a 4K video. However, there are undoubtedly a few members here who do use Premiere Elements. If you could describe exactly what kinds of problems you are having including error messages maybe they can offer more insight.

Your video card and Windows version look fine. Which CPU does your PC have? ..and I forgot to ask how much RAM is installed in the motherboard and which version of Premiere Elements you have. Do you have a couple of fast drives, in addition to the boot drives?