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| Thread ID: 75872 | 2007-01-13 05:41:00 | software for vhs transfere to dvd & copying dvds. Recommendations? | kwan (11768) | Press F1 |
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| 515369 | 2007-01-13 05:41:00 | I am interested to hear opinions on available software downloads to enable the transfere of vhs to dvd and dvd copying so that the disk is playable in a dvd player and not just on the computer. Do I need any special hardware to transfere vhs to dvd over the computer? | kwan (11768) | ||
| 515370 | 2007-01-13 05:49:00 | I use to do it with a TV Tuner card. I use to use Nero for burning to DVD. It is a long process say for example 1hr of vhs converted to a DVD takes about 2hrs, that is why I gave up. Trevor :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 515371 | 2007-01-13 05:53:00 | It is a long process say for example 1hr of vhs converted to a DVD takes about 2hrs, that is why I gave up. Trevor :) Most video conversion will take a while even on a grunty machine... I use Nero Vision... awesome app despite the time required to capture the video... well worth it in the end I have to say cheers chiefnz |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 515372 | 2007-01-13 06:02:00 | I fed the VCR through my Sony camcorder into the pc via the firewire input.The Sony converted the signal to digital on the run.If you don't have a camcorder to do that,you will need a special card.Allowed the whole 3 hours to load (on SP),then split the files in half with VirtualDub. Then you will need software to compress the file into DVD format to burn onto a DVD. If you've got XP then you will have Movie Maker already. | Neil McC (178) | ||
| 515373 | 2007-01-13 11:48:00 | I'm another abdicate for the combination of Nero Video & Nero Recode! On my 3000+ AMD 64, it works in slightly faster than realtime |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 515374 | 2007-01-13 19:49:00 | Thanks for your reply. Nero will not enable copying of a protected dvd without another application, will it? | kwan (11768) | ||
| 515375 | 2007-01-13 20:22:00 | Correct, however VHS doesnt have any copy protection which means there's nothing for you to worry about if you're backing up, say, family videos from VHS to DVD like Ive just done. So, only if you're actually doing DVD backups will you need a DVD Region-free application... | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 515376 | 2007-01-13 22:47:00 | I found the quickest and simplest way was to go and buy a DVD recorder. You can get them for less then $300. Only problem is very simple, if any editing in the devices. |
ughnz (8297) | ||
| 515377 | 2007-01-13 23:33:00 | So with a (1) Region free application download (e.g. from DVD Energy), which promises to copy encrypted disks and shrink to single layer, or a region free application + Nero recode & (2) A capture card or device, it would in theory be possible to transfer analogue to dvd + backup dvds. One more BURNING question - can anyone tell this computer novice why after having copied a non encrypted disc (in MPEG 2) format it will not play on my dvd player. This is a concern for me as I cannot justify any capital layout in a system to enable me to copy, burn etc. if I an unable to play the disks! Appreciating your help Kwan |
kwan (11768) | ||
| 515378 | 2007-01-14 05:58:00 | Hi Kwan, It could be a TON of things: You might not have put the files in the right folder on the disc It could have been burnt as a 'data' disc, and therefore not using the UDF filesystem You might not have burned all the required files One of the .IFO files might not be modified to suit the layout of the disc (if you've modified it) How did you copy it? How did you burn it? Did you do any other modifications to it? Dont bother with DVD Energy, it looks like it re-encodes to KVCD files... What you really want is to look into the Region-free software (Not DVDFab) from DVDIdle, as well as: www.mrbass.org Dont bother with DVD Decryptor though, waste of time also, doesnt do anything extra... if you're setup correctly. The Region-Free software includes another smaller .exe that assists with deliberate 'bad-bytes' in DVDs as well as helping out lower-tolerance drives with badly burned discs. I agree with UghNZ, buying a DVD Recorder that does from VHS -> DVD is a brilliant solution, and then you can copy from the DVD to your PC, modify to suit, fix it up, add menus with NeroVision, whatever...! |
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