Tmpgenc Authoring Works 6 -

Institutions are digitizing VHS tapes. The output is often large, uncompressed AVI files. Converting these to DVD (MPEG-2) using TAW6’s "High Quality" preset ensures acid-free archival discs that will last 50+ years.

The "Cut Edit" window was where the surgery happened. The footage was from 2009. A shaky hand, a loud bar, his wife laughing at a joke he couldn’t remember. He used the frame-by-frame navigation to slice out the clumsy zooms and the shots of his own thumb over the lens. He utilized the "Adaptive Deinterlacing" filter to smooth out the jagged lines of the old DV footage. It was meticulous work, requiring patience that his daytime job as a logistics manager never demanded. tmpgenc authoring works 6