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| Thread ID: 104725 | 2009-11-06 06:58:00 | VHS to digital | waldok (15185) | Press F1 |
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| 827658 | 2009-11-06 06:58:00 | Hi, my mum would like to convert her 20 or so VHS tapes which have sentimental value into digital format so she can throw out the VHS player. I've found a few devices that claim to do this but I'm not sure how reliable or easy to use they are. She also wants to watch TV occasionally on her computer, so if there's a TV tuner that also does the conversion that would be perfect. Or is it best just to pay a conversion shop to do them? Any suggestions I can pass on to mum and appear wise would be awesome. :thumbs: cheers W |
waldok (15185) | ||
| 827659 | 2009-11-06 07:50:00 | I have one of these (www.ascent.co.nz), which can do what your wanting, however it is a little bit fiddly to set up. It came with a weird little cable that allows you to plug in a device that outputs with either RCA or S-Video and record the outputted video. It's very handy, I've been recording Sky with it recently and have been very happy with the results :). | davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 827660 | 2009-11-06 10:04:00 | I did some a few years ago with the MSI tuner card and a program that came with it, called DVD Sonic (I think). The program captured the video and did a direct video conversion, then insert the dvd disc. But with 20 tapes... Or check out video help com (www.videohelp.com/) - their are various tutorials (e.g. this dvd process (http:)), but often free/low cost conversions, all require a handful of programs, user input and optimizing/trialing settings (frame rates, option 2nd pass, size, etc). Thus can become time consuming for a few tapes or more... |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 827661 | 2009-11-06 10:14:00 | Another option is to buy a DVD Harddrive recorder. You connect you video player up to this and record to the harddrive then burn it to DVD. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 827662 | 2009-11-06 13:31:00 | Or, get one of these www.trademe.co.nz Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 827663 | 2009-11-07 03:10:00 | Another option is to buy a DVD Harddrive recorder. You connect you video player up to this and record to the harddrive then burn it to DVD. :) +1 Play it through to the disk, then just burn to DVD as trev said (and rip to computer if you want another copy) |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 827664 | 2009-11-07 03:59:00 | Thanks for all the suggestions I'll look into those. :thanks | waldok (15185) | ||
| 827665 | 2009-11-07 07:35:00 | The easiest way besides a dvd recorder. A TV tuner / capture card with video in on it. And hopefully it comes with a program. That way you can switch it to TV / video in, then record it. All you need is something like a s-video 3 RCA plug at the other end. Thats if the video is stereo/nicam | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 827666 | 2009-11-07 09:27:00 | Or, get one of these www.trademe.co.nz Blam Thats an interesting looking thing. Has anyone tryed one yet? |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 827667 | 2009-11-07 23:00:00 | Thats an interesting looking thing. Has anyone tryed one yet? PCWorld did a review on a brand name one once, but it costed over 100$ pcworld.co.nz My guess is that the one I linked to will do the job, but the software will be poorly written and will look crap. Will do the job though.. |
Blam (54) | ||
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