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Posted by marks542004 on 12/05/05 22:25
Anthona Susa wrote:
> How do we output an avi file onto a VHS video tape?
>
> My fourth grader told me today (last minute) he needs to bring to school a
> VHS video tape of his verbal book report as a 60-second "commercial".
>
> I easily snapped the one-minute video from my Nikon CoolPix camera which
> saved the 18 MB AVI file onto the compact flash card. But I'm stuck at this
> point!
>
> I don't now how to get this AVI file onto a VHS tape from my Windows XP IBM
> A31p laptop. I searched this newsgroup but didn't find the question already
> answered by anyone.
>
> I tried playing the AVI file in Media Player Classic, version 6.4 while the
> firewire was hooked to a borrowed Pinnacle "movie DV" digital to analog
> converter which itself was hooked by 3 RCA cables (red, white, yellow) into
> the VCR input jack - but nothing was coming into the firewire PC output.
>
> I think I have all the equipment I need but I have no idea how to 'force'
> the AVI file to go out the firewire output of the IBM A31p laptop.
>
> Maybe the Pinnacle Studio 9 software disk I borrowed might help?
> Or maybe Windows MovieMaker? Or MediaPlaye? I just don't know.
>
> Can you point me in the right direction soon?
>
> What program would play the AVI file and push it out to the firewire which
> is hooked to the Pinnacle MovieDV digital to analog converter so that I can
> then record the one-minute AVI file onto the VHS tape via the three RCA
> jacks on the VCR?
I would look at other output options than firewire.
Could you burn the video to DVD and then copy it from dvd player to vhs
tape ?
Does your laptop have a TV out port ?
I would question why your kid has this as a task. I would not expect
many households to have the equipment to record video to vhs tape.
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