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| 684050 | 2008-06-30 23:30:00 | Hi Guys I have a VHS tape of some historical films (WWII). They are of considerable family significance as 1 was taken aboard my late father's landing craft during the commando assault at Westkapelle on 1.11.44. I would like to transfer these short film clips to DVD. I would also like to change the order in which they appear - to make the story more logical. Most of the films are silent but a few have soundtracks. I don't want to do anything 'fancy' just change the order and burn them to DVD. I am keen to send copies to 2 members of Dad's crew who are still alive (just). How should I go about it? What software would be best to do this? I have a VHS recorder/player and a Sony DVD recorder (with HDD) attached to the TV. Of course there is also the possibility, I presume, of doing the task on my PC. It is a 'reasonably grunty' machine (Asus P5WD2 Premium, Intel 4 650, 1024 MB DDR2-533, PX6600 GT Extreme), with a Pioneer DVR-110D. The OS is XP SP3 and I have >200GB of free disc space. Checking Belarc Advisor I seem to have CyberLink PowerDVD Version 6.00.1203 loaded. Any advice on how best to go about this task would be most welcome. :thanks in advance. Michael |
MPG (8302) | ||
| 684051 | 2008-06-30 23:36:00 | If you wanted to do it on a PC, you would need some kind of capture card or tuner / card with an input for external audio / video, and a program, so it can record from whatever input PowerDVD plays DVD's it doesnt record anything in DVD format. You would need something like Nero/Nerovison or a free program like This (cdburnerxp.se) If youre not worried about fancy menus |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 684052 | 2008-06-30 23:38:00 | You have a VHS recorder/player and a Sony DVD recorder (with HDD) If it is a combo unit then play the VHS and Dub it to DVD. Or if you want bits cut out Dub it to HDD, edit then to DVD. Check the settings on your Recorder and set it to the very Best quality. If it is two separate machines then they should be able to be linked together, slightly less quality on the transfer but not a lot. Alternatively if you have A/V IN on your computer then you can feed it into the Computer, edit it then burn to DVD. This, if you had good software would allow you to enhance it if there were any not so great bits in it. Depending on your level or expertise on the Video Editing Software. Your computer is more than adequate to do the job and you should have enough HDD space (about 100Mb/minute approx for DV), although I would not describe it as "reasonably grunty":-) |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 684053 | 2008-07-01 00:55:00 | Thanks Speedy & Bantu. I do have Nero somewhere but I think I will avoid that route as I don't have a tuner or capture card (maybe in my next machine). The VHS recorder and DVD recorder are separate machines but I am sure they can be linked together. I guess it is time to find the instruction manuals. At the time I had this PC built it was more than 'reasonably grunty'. ;) I am not one for regular upgrading but will do so if it doesn't do what I want or it 'breaks' and is not cost effective to repair. Thanks guys for your input. Much appreciated. :thumbs: Michael |
MPG (8302) | ||
| 684054 | 2008-07-01 22:21:00 | Depending on the editing options on your DVD recorder and whether its fiddly or not, but you can record the VHSs to DVDs and then dump the DVDs on your PC hard drive and edit from there. | autechre (266) | ||
| 684055 | 2008-07-01 22:31:00 | The easy way is to copy the VHS to your DVD's HDD and then create a playlist of clips in the order that you want and copy to DVD. | Vince (406) | ||
| 684056 | 2008-07-02 04:49:00 | Your VHS player should have composite output as most of VHS players do and DVD Recorder should have composite input. 1. Connect your VHS player to DVD Recorder using composite cable. 2. Play VHS and see if you can pick it up from DVD recorder. 3. Record it onto blank DVD and transfer it to PC. 4. Edit your video and burn it to other blank DVD. |
kevin7904 (13772) | ||
| 684057 | 2008-07-02 05:48:00 | I would do through your Sony DVD/HD recorder. To fiddly via the computer. If you have the Sony HX750 or the Sony HX950 page 24/25 of the manual shows you how to connect up your VCR, either via the back or front panel and page 48 tells you how to record it. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 684058 | 2008-07-05 10:37:00 | Michael, Have you resolved your problem? I sent you a PM but haven't heard back from you. |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 684059 | 2008-07-05 10:47:00 | Hp put out a bit of kit that does that job just fine. HP DVD movie writer dc3000. I bought one some years ago and it works just fine on XP. I would have had no more than 1 meg ram with a slow old processor and just used a bog-standard VCR player. Quick it isn't. Actually several hours to transcribe a 90 min tape. But it works. cheers |
PMT (12533) | ||
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