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Posted by Little Red Hen on 12/30/06 07:24

"Larry in AZ" <usenet2@DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com> wrote in message
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> 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
> [Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to reply]


What I do to transfer my old VHS tapes to DVD is a double step process but
it doesn't tie up my computer in a real-time capture mode.

I transfer from VHS to a DVD standalone recorder (Panasonic) recording on a
rewriteable. I then copy the VOB file off that disk into my computer and
join them up in VideRedo and spit out a DVD compliant set of files for
burning - that way I can do a bit of simple editing and it's a lot quicker
than tying up your computer for hours on end doing tape transfers. The DVD
recorder and VHS unit sit in a dark corner talking to each other without
bothering anything else.....

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