Remastering Old VHS Footage for DVD - Part 1 of 2

I made this segment for a DVD I was producing: Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado: Understudy Performance", put on by the understudy cast of the Cambridge Performing Arts Center (Cambridge, Ohio). The original VHS tape was recorded by some cheap consumer camcorder way back in 1993, and it was just screaming, "Reamaster me! Remaster me, please!!"

I can't call this a bona-fide tutorial since I would have gone into a lot greater detail if I thought it would be used to instruct others to exactly replicate the steps I took. However, I did intend it to be educational and informative, introducing basic digital media software concepts to the novice or layman.

Video Created on February 19, 2009.
Original VHS Tape Recorded on March 31, 1993.

Part 1 of 2.

(Remember to click the "HQ" button for the best possible sound and picture quality)

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[dubified89]

I like the original better

[DavidMcCoul]

@dubified89 trololol...

[MojoPin1983]

Which program did you use to remaster this footage?

[DavidMcCoul]

@MojoPin1983 0:44

[EcoReck]

It might be just me, but it looks like the new footage has a Gaussian Blur compared to the old one.

[DavidMcCoul]

Hmm ...interesting. I don't see what you see-- actually, the newer footage is both more saturated and sharper than the original footage. Take a look at the end of Part 2 for further clarification.

[KriegDerSterne77]

is this your voice?

it's great!

You could go to the TV or they could use your voice for a commercial! GREAT!

[glasdado]

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[vlahell]

Totally Amazing!!! This is the best guide to remasterizing videos. And here we can set the basis: think what the video needs (more color, bright, curves, more shape, like the tv when you see a bad signal) Really good work here. You got all my respect because its simple magnificen the work done here. Very clever to find the the needs of this tape BRAVO!

[ricbjo19]

THANKS! You just helped me solve one of my biggest problems for the last few months :)

Now I have another question for you: What codec and bitrate do you recommend to capture my VHS to, to get as much video as possible into a DVD without losing a lot of quality?