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| Thread ID: 87898 | 2008-03-08 06:53:00 | VHS to DVD | jwil1 (65) | Press F1 |
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| 647380 | 2008-03-08 22:46:00 | Transferring VHS to a Single Layer DVD is no problem if after editing out the ads etc, the movie is over 4.7 or whatever gigs :) I use TMPGenc DVD Author v1.5 to edit my original film, them use DVD Shrink v3.2 to burn onto DVD. I use the following Capture Format Profile: Vide Codec: MPEG-2 Codec Capture Size: 720 x 576 Bitrate: 6000 Kbps Capture Quality: Optimal Compression Frame Rate: 25.000 fps Audio Codec: MPEG-1 Audio Layer-II Bitrat: 224 kbps I am slowly converting some 200 three-hour VHS tapes of previous Formula One races to DVD format - and yes, it is a very slow process :) I now record the races and or films etc directly on my HDD, edit and burn to DVD woah you must be pretty passionate about F1 !! |
michael_elliston (11766) | ||
| 647381 | 2008-03-08 22:51:00 | There is nothing wrong with the quality. And you dont have to know about Divx or whatever it is. (Not all dvd players can play Divx anyway) Once you record and burn using something like Nero and change the booktype to DVD before burning to DVD, it'll play in any DVD..... You have a strange attitude - Im merely presenting an option which some people need. For some,archiving 12 x as many dvds would be a hassle. MANY players,including very cheap ones can decode divx,and some apparently xvid(the free one) |
michael_elliston (11766) | ||
| 647382 | 2008-03-08 23:19:00 | Nothing to do with attitude, thats the way I do it here. No law against that. You've got your way, I've got mine. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 647383 | 2008-03-09 00:22:00 | My vote would be go out and buy a cheap DVD recorder, you can pick them up for less then $200. Connect VCR to recorder and you have a ready to go DVD. Even the cheap ones have basic editing built into them. I have been down the path of the whole capture card / edit / encode road and by the time you spend all the money and time the <$200 stand alone option wins hands down! |
ughnz (8297) | ||
| 647384 | 2008-03-09 01:22:00 | THE BURNABLE DISC I would say that they would be in the works now that the format has been decided on. |
vitalstatistix (9182) | ||
| 647385 | 2008-03-09 20:25:00 | I would say that they would be in the works now that the format has been decided on. You can get Blu-Ray writers (www.pricespy.co.nz) in NZ, just don't expect them to be cheap :) |
autechre (266) | ||
| 647386 | 2008-03-09 23:57:00 | My 2 cents worth - I have tried the video capture method using a DSE card and Cyberlink PowerDirector (the latest version is very fast and works well for $110). I now only use this if the original video is copy-protected as, like others, I have gone the way of the stand-alone DVD recorder. Faster, easier and it works every time. | andy (473) | ||
| 647387 | 2008-03-11 01:11:00 | This is much easier than faffing around with a computer/capture card etc! Have done VCR>DVD transfers myself, works perfectly. Agree with the DVD recorder. Have Sky box feeding into the VCR up into the Recorder and then in to the TV. Just plonk in a VCR tape, start play, put a disc in the recorder, press record and you have a DVD recording. The only drawback is that a 3 hour tape takes 3 hours to record to disc. |
Ron24 (337) | ||
| 647388 | 2008-03-11 01:18:00 | The only drawback is that a 3 hour tape takes 3 hours to record to disc. That would be about 6 hours when doing it by computer. You have to convert the mpeg file to DVD format (VOB), before you burn it to DVD. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 647389 | 2008-03-11 01:21:00 | Ah no the program youre using will convert it while its burning. If it takes like 30 mins - 45 mins for an hr and 1/2, it wont take 6 for 3 hrs It wont even take 3 hrs to burn 3 hrs |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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