Posted by Larry in AZ on 12/30/06 00:16

Waiving the right to remain silent, omcdaniel.abcd@mindspring.com (Olin K.
McDaniel) said:

> My basic problem is - I don't have anything as a hardware interface
> within the computers. Perhaps, what I lack is something I used to
> know was called a "capture card". If this is what you experts feel is
> needed, please give me some recommendations, but cost is of some
> importance since I'm not doing this work as a business. Just trying
> to save some old family video tapes for passing on to other family
> members as DVD disks.

Why bother with the computer, unless you need to do extensive editing..?

You say you have stand-alone DVD recorders, right..? Just patch VCR to DVD
recorder and be done with it. Hit PLAY on the VCR and RECORD on the DVD.

I've transferred dozens of older VHS and Hi-8 videotapes to DVD this way and
am completely satisifed with the results. Use the best recording quality
possible for the DVDs, depending on the lengths of your tapes. You may need
to keep changing it.

Occasionally, I'll use a computer only to make a mirror image copy of the
DVDs.

--
Larry Jandro
Video Engineering & Equipment Rentals
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
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