Posted by Bill Vermillion on 10/13/05 04:25

In article <i77pk1l0thqdpr0umjkf47ertu33kg2000@4ax.com>,
Impmon <impmon@digi.mon> wrote:
>On 11 Oct 2005 09:39:01 -0700, "dubbah" <delshannon@rock.com> wrote:

>> Forget using a computer to convert videotapes onto a dvd. It
>>takes a bitch of a lengthy time to do it, so painfully slow and
>>a pain in the a... If you can get a DVD recorder, a good name
>>like Sony or Panasonic, it will only take you 2 hours max per 2
>>hour video, guaranteed!

>At what cost? Those stand alone DVD recorders are not cheap. Plus
>you don't control specifics like removing blank footages, unwanted
>scenes, etc. With PC you can still edit out the video before burning
>them and once you get to the burning process, you can save the ISO
>image to make multiple copies in just minutes each.

Standalone start in mid $100 range and go up.

But what I do is roll the VCR - with it's built in TBC and NR
directly to the DVDRecorded on +RW disks. Then it's quite easy
to use something like VideoRedo to cut, rearrange scenes, etc.

You eliminate the step of encoding the video read in - which
depending upon the quality you select can take much longer than
playing the video.

>Assume you have a recent wedding and you got 20 people who wants a
>copy of the video in DVD. With some recorders, you're looking at
>about 40 hours plus a risk of tape tearing up from heavy use. With
>PC, a few hours for capture and conversion, then a few minutes each
>copy.

No. If you do the above, use VideoRedo [as an example] and some
authoring program like TDA, then you have an ISO file you can copy
over and over with any program of your choice. I like DVDDecryptor
for that.

>I know there are some recorders with internal hard drives but those
>costs even more. Some of those decent recorders are comparable in
>price to cheap PC.

Yup. That's why I have a plain old recorder without the HD.

Bill
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