VHS to DVD capture problems ??

[the_tyke]

I'm using DVDXpress DX2 to turn some old movies into DVD. Before burning to disk the rendering takes hours (3 hours for 25 mins film) is this normal ?

The next query I have is more annoying, with some digital capture from a min cam I am using an S-video connector to the DVDXpress card. So far so good, but when I view the final DVD on my telly the picture gets extremely grainy and poor quality during moving scenes...i.e. when the camera is panning or not filming a still subject. I've set it to capture in high quality, but I notice with burning a digital capture there is no rendering required and it takes a fraction of the time VHS's take to burn. Anybody any ideas ??

BTW I'm using Ulead Video Studio for editing

 

[rickyt]

I do quite a bit of video editing and capture from a number of devices .From camcorder to PC ,I use a firewire card [would never use anything else] and I use Pinnacle 9 as a capture software [never had one dropped frame yet] .From Video player I use a TV card and again I use Pinnacle 9 to capture. For editing I use numerous software , I find Sony Vegas 6c ,Serif MoviePlus 5 & Pinnacle 9 excellent .Pinnacle software writes directly to DVD with no trouble .