Posted by Anthona Susa on 12/05/05 10:52

On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 10:32:58 GMT, Anthona Susa wrote:
> I'll try naming the copied AVI MV10003.AVI instead of MV10002.AVI to see if
> that helps. Also, I wonder what is in the THM file. Do I need it? Is the
> fact I just copied another unrelated THM file over important?

All I want to do is transfer an 60-second AVI file that is on my WinXP hard
disk over to VHS so that my son can bring the VHS tape to school to play in
class. It's almost 3am and I only have until morning to figure this out by
the time he leaves for the bus stop to go to school.

I'm learning a lot and hoping others who read this in the future can just
do it.

At first, I tried playing the 60-second AVI on my hard drive using Media
Player Classic, version 6.4. With a firewire connected from the laptop to
the input of the Pinnacle MovieDV DAC and with the output of the Pinnacle
Movie DV connected to the input of the videocassette player, I figured I
could record onto a VHS tape the movie being played on Media Player
Classic. Alas, nothing was being pushed through the firewire so this
approach failed.

Martin suggested instead of converting the digital AVI to analog using the
Pinnacle MovieDV box, I could convert the digital AVI to analog using the
Canon PowerShot A95 (which wasn't the original camea that shot the AVI in
the first place). This approach seems to work for my test AVIs created on
the Canon PowerShot A95. The only problem at the moment is the menu
selections also show up on the final VHS recording (I think I might resolve
the menus showing up on the final VHS with the Canon PowerShot A95
"AutoPlay" feature).

So, this approach suggested by Martin works!
If only I could get the Canon PowerShot A95 to recognize the AVI file I
downloaded and renamed on its formatted CF card.

My only questions are related to how to get the AVI to be recognized by the
Canon camera.

P1. What is that THM file? Is it needed? How can I make a good one?
P2. Does the numbering scheme matter when I copy an AVI file over?
P3. Do I need to do something "special" to get the A95 to recognize the
copied-over AVI file from the computer hard drive?

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