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| Thread ID: 87898 | 2008-03-08 06:53:00 | VHS to DVD | jwil1 (65) | Press F1 |
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| 647390 | 2009-02-21 01:29:00 | I bought a capture card & went through this some time ago to save all the home vidio of the family growing up. Finally got some good copies but what a mission. I've since bought a Hard Drive DVD writer for the Telly & you can plug almost any device into it & copy from it. A whole lot easier than using a PC. We are trying that but have not got it worked out despite spending a good portion of the afternoon on it. Have Samsung A2 VCR (does not have a DV output jack) Sonia Bravia TV Sony RDR- HX750 HDD/DVD recorder additional to existing cable we have been trying to add the VCR (which was previously in another room). The Audio/visual cord (yellow, red and white) we have connected from the VCR to the HDD recorder (tried both front and back). There is an existing s video cord from the Sony Bravia TV to the HDD recorder. At the moment the most obvious problem is that there is nothing showing on the TV from the VCR (there was only something showing when the connection was straight from the VCR to the TV, but that is not what the manual says to do). Seems we need to make another connection yet on top of what we have already done ? Misty :waughh: |
Misty (368) | ||
| 647391 | 2009-02-21 01:38:00 | Connect the VCR via the front connectors on your Sony DVD/HD recorder as per page 24 of the manual. I have a Sony RDR HX950 and have put video tape on to DVD with it. You know the old story, If all else fails read the f*cking manual. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 647392 | 2009-02-21 01:40:00 | I am just about to do all my grandparent's old videos to DVD, after successfully doing all our old ones. Try making the video player the right input and pressing Record... works on our Pioneer HD recorder, not sure about Sonys. |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 647393 | 2009-02-21 01:52:00 | Connect the VCR via the front connectors on your Sony DVD/HD recorder as per page 24 of the manual. I have a Sony RDR HX950 and have put video tape on to DVD with it. You know the old story, If all else fails read the f*cking manual. :) Dear Trev Exactly what we have done (plus). Have read page 24/25 a hundred times and with a microscope too ! Would not have bothered wasting anyone's else's time otherwise. Misty :illogical |
Misty (368) | ||
| 647394 | 2009-02-21 02:41:00 | Sorry didn't read your post properly. I have a Warehouse Sanyo VCR. I also have a Sony Bravia TV. I just hook my VCR up to the front panel on the DVD/HD recorder, select the right input channel on the TV via the TVs menu's press the play button on the VCR and I have it playing on the TV. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 647395 | 2009-02-21 02:55:00 | Thanks jwil1 and Trev Will try again tomorrow. Mrs Misty won't let me do hands on the VCR, TV and recorder (has to do herself !) and she has had a nervous breakdown working on this. Have given her triple dose of Valium and three bottles of gin so by tomorrow she may be ready to give another go ! ;) I take note that you both say the right input... so will ensure that is what we try. :) Misty PS - we just noted recently that the manual does say to switch off things before putting in plugs so hopefully we haven't blown anything up ! :rolleyes: |
Misty (368) | ||
| 647396 | 2009-02-21 10:55:00 | Maybe I've missed something in this thread but this is what has always worked for me:- Disconnect Aerial (RF) coax input from TV. Connect RF output coax lead from DVD to TV aerial input. Connect RF output coax lead from VCR to DVD input. Select Source on DVD to Aerial input. The RF loop-through shouild display on TV screen any VHS you play on the VCR. Record whatever, then burn to DVD. If you have Scart connections, even better. |
blanco (11336) | ||
| 647397 | 2009-02-21 19:21:00 | From the Samsung VHS player you will probably have either two or three connectors for Audio/Visual (yellow, red and white) that would normally be plugged into your TV for VHS playback. My Older model only has one for Audio. Connect those to the Sony AV3 select AV3 on your TV and it should display what is playing Select HDD on the Sony and it should record what you are seeing on the TV. AV out on the VHS to AV in on the HDD Recorder. Scart connections are rare here and Coax connections would not give the quality. |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 647398 | 2009-02-21 21:56:00 | I have done several tapes to VHS however burning them (its either my PC, nero, or the MPEG videos) but it takes LONGER to burn them than capturing. and the PC i have cant handle MPEG2 or high CPU requirement codecs and AVI limits to 4 gig files or about 12 minutes (and yes i have a 465gig NTFS formatted drive) so MPEG (VCD/standard) set to good encoding speed and default bitrate seems to work nice with my TVPC eg video doesnt jitter around and will play on most all computers hence i use 'er as a video server/personal time delay video recorder as a replacement and an improvement to using a VCR or DVD recorder. | williamF (115) | ||
| 647399 | 2009-03-01 03:30:00 | Got it all working fine now thanks. :) There is no AV3 (or AV2 etc, on the Sony Bravia). Anyway it turned out to be as simple as putting the white, yellow and red into the Out of the video and into the In of the DVD recorder. We went straight from video to DVD. Then finalised the discs. Funny thing is that the resultant DVD will not play on Windows Media Player or Nero. On the laptop it will only play on "WinDVD 5 for Toshiba" and on the PC will only play on "Media Player Classic". :confused: The worry is when I send copies overseas as to whether my rellies will be able to play them ! :( Misty |
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