techstatusdotnet is correct! Great Copy & Paste work! So is Obby! (Two thumbs up!)
I just wanted to point out that the DVD Recorders are NOT a "few hundred dollars" anymore. You can purchase a DVD Recorder for under a $100. Instead of buying a Video card for your computer, installing it, bogging down your computer while trying to record it to your hard drive (taking up at least 2GB), then waiting for it to convert so it can be burned (which can take over 2 hours), and finally burning it to a DVD (assuming that you have a DVD Burner on your computer), you just may be better off purchasing that DVD Recorder. Especially if you have a few movies that you want to convert. Unless you have the time and PC Hardware/Software!
Instead of spending a few hundred dollars on a DVD Recorder you can use your PC if you have a DVD burner on it. This way is more complicated and time-consuming, however, it gives you finer control over the DVDs you create.
If you go this route you will need a PC with an integrated video input or a video-capture card. This will enable you to capture the video from the VCR. If you prefer not to open your PC to add a peripheral, then you can buy an external video-capture device that connects via a USB 2.0. The Adeptec VideOh! USB DVD Video Converter Kit is a good example.
If you happen to have a camcorder and MiniDV tapes your computer will only need a FireWire port. Just use the FireWire to attach your camcorder to your PC and you are ready to capture video. Now there is a little more to this method then using the DVD Recorder.
If you are connecting from a VCR then you have to output the video signal from the VCR to your computer. You can do this by using either the capture software that came with your computer, the DVD-burning software that came with your DVD burner or a dedicated video editing program like Ulead’s VideoStudio.
Once you have digitized your video on to your hard drive, you will need to use a DVD authoring software like Sonic’s MyDVD to build menus for your DVD. In addition you will have to convert your digital video into MPEG-2, the compressed video format that all DVDs use.
A professional authoring application like Adobe’s Encore DVD ($549) can do the trick. It will also let you fix up your DVDs with many advanced features, like, subtitles and commentary tracks. Now if you don’t require these extra features then you should consider more affordable software such as Ulead’s DVD MovieFactory or Sonic’s MYDVD Studio. These products are designed with ease of use in mind and they offer dozens of polished menu designs to choose from, including themed menus for holidays, birthday celebrations and travel videos.
After you have taken the necessary steps to prepare you video, you can burn the video to DVD.
Now, if using your computer to burn DVDs sound like a lot of work, then remember to read the article called VHS to DVD using a DVD Recorder.
To compare the two, the DVD Recorder is all about ease of use, while using your computer give you fine control over your DVDs menus and content.
When you convert analogue data (VHS) to digital data (DVD) you will need to do it the slow way.
Playback your VHS tape and capture it onto your computer using a tv/graphics card with video-in capability. You will need recording software and this is usually bundled in with your video capturing card. Once that is done, you need to use a DVD authoring software to format and burn the video file you captured onto a blank DVD so that it would run on any commercial living room DVD player.
More detailed tutorials and software could be found at www.dvdhelp.com.
Get a Matrox Video Editing card, connect ur VHS VCR to your computer and record it , than u can convert it DVD format, but the quality of video will be the same as u r watching on VHS
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techstatusdotnet is correct! Great Copy & Paste work! So is Obby! (Two thumbs up!)
I just wanted to point out that the DVD Recorders are NOT a "few hundred dollars" anymore. You can purchase a DVD Recorder for under a $100. Instead of buying a Video card for your computer, installing it, bogging down your computer while trying to record it to your hard drive (taking up at least 2GB), then waiting for it to convert so it can be burned (which can take over 2 hours), and finally burning it to a DVD (assuming that you have a DVD Burner on your computer), you just may be better off purchasing that DVD Recorder. Especially if you have a few movies that you want to convert. Unless you have the time and PC Hardware/Software!
Just my two cents.
:)
VHS to DVD using your PC
Instead of spending a few hundred dollars on a DVD Recorder you can use your PC if you have a DVD burner on it. This way is more complicated and time-consuming, however, it gives you finer control over the DVDs you create.
If you go this route you will need a PC with an integrated video input or a video-capture card. This will enable you to capture the video from the VCR. If you prefer not to open your PC to add a peripheral, then you can buy an external video-capture device that connects via a USB 2.0. The Adeptec VideOh! USB DVD Video Converter Kit is a good example.
If you happen to have a camcorder and MiniDV tapes your computer will only need a FireWire port. Just use the FireWire to attach your camcorder to your PC and you are ready to capture video. Now there is a little more to this method then using the DVD Recorder.
If you are connecting from a VCR then you have to output the video signal from the VCR to your computer. You can do this by using either the capture software that came with your computer, the DVD-burning software that came with your DVD burner or a dedicated video editing program like Ulead’s VideoStudio.
Once you have digitized your video on to your hard drive, you will need to use a DVD authoring software like Sonic’s MyDVD to build menus for your DVD. In addition you will have to convert your digital video into MPEG-2, the compressed video format that all DVDs use.
A professional authoring application like Adobe’s Encore DVD ($549) can do the trick. It will also let you fix up your DVDs with many advanced features, like, subtitles and commentary tracks. Now if you don’t require these extra features then you should consider more affordable software such as Ulead’s DVD MovieFactory or Sonic’s MYDVD Studio. These products are designed with ease of use in mind and they offer dozens of polished menu designs to choose from, including themed menus for holidays, birthday celebrations and travel videos.
After you have taken the necessary steps to prepare you video, you can burn the video to DVD.
Now, if using your computer to burn DVDs sound like a lot of work, then remember to read the article called VHS to DVD using a DVD Recorder.
To compare the two, the DVD Recorder is all about ease of use, while using your computer give you fine control over your DVDs menus and content.
When you convert analogue data (VHS) to digital data (DVD) you will need to do it the slow way.
Playback your VHS tape and capture it onto your computer using a tv/graphics card with video-in capability. You will need recording software and this is usually bundled in with your video capturing card. Once that is done, you need to use a DVD authoring software to format and burn the video file you captured onto a blank DVD so that it would run on any commercial living room DVD player.
More detailed tutorials and software could be found at www.dvdhelp.com.
Get a Matrox Video Editing card, connect ur VHS VCR to your computer and record it , than u can convert it DVD format, but the quality of video will be the same as u r watching on VHS