Listed here are the tools I normally use for video conversions.
When the source is a VHS tape:
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Insignia VHS/DVD device: to dub from VHS tape to DVD (which must be finalized to be readable elsewhere)
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(TODO: create video acquisition card system to allow direct dubbing from VHS tape to some digital format e.g. mpeg)
When the source is a normal video DVD:
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TMPGEnc: to convert the DVD video into MPEG's
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Sorenson Squeeze: to convert MPG into FLV
When the source is a 720x480 MPEG from a TV card:
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TMPGEnc: to slice and recombine the MPEG's in their original 720x480 size
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Sorenson Squeeze: to convert MPG into FLV
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Adobe Premiere Pro: to convert WMV into MPG
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Sorenson Squeeze: to convert MPG into FLV
When the destination is a normal video DVD:
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The video source must be 720x480 (TODO: learn how to convert smaller video into acceptable 720x480 video via stretching, or surrounding-it-by-a-black-border, etc.)
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Adobe Encore DVD
The normal parameters for our web-posted FLV video:
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80 Kbps audio
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176 Kbps video
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240x180 in dimension
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See screenshot below (Figure 1)
Figure 1:
