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Posted by KDE on 12/09/05 23:30
"Anthony Susa" <susa.anthony@neosporum.com> wrote in message
news:mrgzctnoc41v$.odq0yo6rt7fi$.dlg@40tude.net...
| 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.
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| Hi Marks,
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 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!
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| 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.
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| 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).
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| 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. :)
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| 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!
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| 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!
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| Tony Susa
My solution when faced with a similar task, was burn my son a stinking DVD,
drive to Wal-Mart to buy a $39.00 DVD player and donated it to the class, so
none of the parents had to mess with 80's technology anymore. Plus, I got a
good night sleep the night before the project was due.
:-)
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