Video capture and nero

[rane13]

I just bought a video capture pci card but apparently the software sux that comes with it so I figured I would use one of nero's applications. But what is the best way to compress 10-12 hours of vhs footage to a dvd-r. Would it have to be in DIVX format? I don't think nero supports any compression except for recode but I can only use that on dvds right? Any help would be great!
R.

[setarip]

Are you aware that (freeware) VirtualDub contains a capture program?

[reboot]

You can't capture directly into DivX (usually), unless the aspect ratio is very small, and bitrate is low.
You would probably capture to Huffyuv or mjpeg, then re-encode to DivX for storage on DVDR.
This works, providing your standalone player can play DivX files.
If not, you'll have to re-encode the captures to mpeg-2 and author them as a true dvd.
To get 10-12 hours per dvdr, you'll need some serious compression, and ultra-low bitrate, resulting in VHS quality, or worse.
Try the KDVD Half D1 template in tmpgenc.

[rane13]

@setarip
I will look into that thanks.
@reboot
I have lots of vhs tapes with tv series on them I recorded from tv(thats redundant). Anyway most of them are 6 hours long I was confused and said 10 -12 hours long but actually they have 12 episodes on each one. Not 12 hours so that will be a lot easier I hope.
Thanks R.

[reboot]

Yes, you can fit 6 hours of VHS quality video onto one DVDR.
I usually get 4 movies (using the full D1 KDVD template), author them in DVDLab Pro, and then just use DVDShrink to make it fit.
If you want more than 6 hours, use the Half D1 template.