Best settings for VHS capture
A friend has given me the VHS camera tapes of his wedding and asked if I can "do something with them".
I have my (JVC) VHS deck connected to an old Sony Digital 8 camcorder which I use to pass through the analogue signal so I can capture it via firewire.
The D8 (Sony DCR-TRV240E) also does a nice job in cleaning up the signal. I've had a VHS tape that was unwatchable until I passed it through the D8.
I'll be using FCP7 to capture the video and generally I just use "DV-PAL kHz 48" (I'm in a PAL country) from the "Easy Setup" options as it's the one I've always used. Results have always been fine.
It's been suggested to me that "DV-PAL kHz 48" is "lossy". Not that I've ever noticed it.
As it's a friends wedding video and I only want to do this once, would another capture setting - technically - give better results? Even with VHS.
Thoughts and suggestions most welcome.
Thanks in advance.
Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7), Netcomm NB6PLus4w Modem