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Posted by Anthony Susa on 12/06/05 07:47
On 5 Dec 2005 14:25:05 -0800, marks542004@yahoo.com wrote:
> I would look at other output options than firewire.
> Could you burn the video to DVD; then copy 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.
Hi Marks,
This is an interesting observation. Previously I had noted 5 different
solutions which arose before the sun did. Your astute suggestion makes a
wonderful sixth solution eminantly possible.
a) Convert the AVI file to MPEG2
b) Render the MPEG2 file to DVD format
c) Compile a DVD of that rendered DVD-format file set
Then, once we have the DVD ...
a) Play that DVD on the DVD player
b) Hook the DVD player analog out to the VHS analog line in
c) Press "RECORD" and voila! AVI to VHS complete!
Yes, this should work just fine! I googled and found many posts explaining
how to convert the AVI to DVD so I won't go into those details here as they
appear to be common knowledge amongst you video afficianados.
Regarding the laptop video output port, this was covered elsewhere so I'll
just restate that the composite out exists and is a viable solution (given
the daylight hours to purchase suitable cables which has been performed).
On the topic of fourth grade videos, I'm not sure what anyone else's
situation is, but here in the valley, nearly everyone has a laptop, a PDA
cell phone, digital still camera with video, digital camcorder, and one of
those old-fashioned VHS VCR machines. :)
In my case, the camcorder was stolen and I never replaced it since all the
handheld digital cameras nowadays come with decent video capabilities. So,
in essence, I'm likely to be the only household within fifty miles sans a
camcorder!
Thanks for you wonderful advice. You (and a few others) added nicely to the
body of knowledge that others in the future will mine for intelligent
ideas!
Tony Susa
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