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Question

Video File Conversions

Sep 4, 2017 11:11AM PDT

Which method creates the best MP4 file from a VHS tape?
Transferring it to DVD, then importing and converting the VOB file(s) to MP4? or
Hooking up a vcr to a digital converter and importing the conversion into the computer as an MP4 file?
Some of my customers seem to think the latter method is better whereas I can see no difference. Any ideas?

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Clarification Request
MP4 is not an encoding so
Sep 4, 2017 4:00PM PDT

It should be laid out first what this MP4 file is. Since it's a CONTAINER as noted at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_container_formats it would never make any difference which container system you used.

Encoding, compression is not dictated by "MP4." It's a common problem when folk start learning about video file containers.

So everyone is right. No difference at all. A bucket is a bucket.

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Let me be more specific.
Sep 5, 2017 9:14AM PDT

If I transfer a vhs video tape to a DVD using a vcr and a DVD recorder (Panasonic, Toshiba, etc.) in XP or SP mode and put that DVD in a computer, import the VOB (iso) file into AVS4You and convert it to a high quality mp4 file and put it on a flash drive for a client, is that as good as hooking up a vcr to a digital converter box and importing it into a computer using a MyGica Capit device and transferring it to a flash drive. My point is that clients after reading something on the internet think the latter process is gong to produce a better end product than the former process. I just don't know. Any ideas?