Posted by Ken Maltby on 10/25/07 20:09

"Sammy bin Snoozin" <SammyBinSnoozin@REyahooMOVE.com> wrote in message
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I have a VHS tape (home movie -not commercial) that I would like to get into
my computer as MP3 or some other common video format.

I'm a beginner with digital video but know the basics of video, audio, PC,
etc. I would appreciate hearing what others have done to accomplish this
with the least expense..

Thanks in advance.

Sam


First, a basic understanding of video and audio should
include the knowledge that MP3 is a common audio
format, not video.

Second, you will need some hardware to capture your
analog video signal and digitize it. What hardware you
will need depends on the format you want to work with
on your PC.

You could look through the Capture listing on:

www.videohelp.com

In my opinion VHS source video benefits little from
capture to DV25, so you might as well capture it to
DVD compliant MPEG. Most of the economical
editing programs will handle MPEG, now.

www.ulead.com www.magix.com

for example.

Standalone DVD Recorders have become very cheap,
so you can easily connect your VCR to one and make a
DVD-RW disk to bring the video to your PC for editing.
This will "Copy" your VHS to a Digital Format, DVD
Compliant MPEG.

Luck;
Ken

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