xr2i-carl

how do i do it?

i have loads old stuff i would like to stick onto dvd


any help mucho appreciated

carlos

patchST

can get a dvd-r with video for around £150

Thrush

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The easiest way, as said, is to use a DVD recorder - simply plug the VCR into the DVD-R with a scart cable and press play on the VCR, and record on the DVD-R - simple!

If you WANT to do it on a PC, you need a good quality/spec PC (as it will be writing the DVD content on the fly) with a video capture card - these usually have a composite (yellow, video, RCA input - some have s-video input aswell) and some recording software.

You need to plug the VCR into the PC via the capture card using a breal-out lead (scart on one end, which terminates in 3x RCA's : yellow for video, and red + white for audio) - then the audio RCA's from the VCR need an adapter to convert them to a single stereo 3.5mm jack to plug into the audio line in on your soundcard....

Then you need to play the video, and use whatever software you have to "see" the video (and audio) and encode it to DVD - it's gonna be a resource whore tho, so don't expect to be able to do anything else while you do it

Thrush

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Or, if you have USB 2.0 on your PC (most do these days), you can try this;

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Video-Capture-...QQcmdZViewItem

You still need a break-out lead for your VCR tho;

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SCART-TO-3-RCA...QQcmdZViewItem

Tho, tbh, I wouldn't expect the quality to be super hot - you;d still be better off using a DVD-Recorder hooked up to the VCR I reckon.....

xr2i-carl

yeah but is that the correct way of doing it??? and obviosuly the dvd will only be vhs quality?


thanks

carl

Thrush

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Carl - yes, the DVD will only be VHS quality - but anything recorded from a VHS cassette will only be VHS quality - regardless if recorded onto a PC and then burned to DVD, or recorded directly to a DVD using a DVD Recorder...

And there is no "proper" or "improper" way of doing it - you just do it the way that is best for you Or the way it is easiest - which will be using a DVD-Recorder hooked up to your VCR using a scart lead

daz1968

look at one of these probably the cheapest option,

http://www.bigpockets.co.uk/cat.php?...41b84bfa62684c

Iain Mac

Most commercial VHS tapes have copy protection on them (Macrovision or similar), so simple scart leads may not work (they didn't for me!)

But I have heard of something called a Smart Scart lead with some electronics in it that overcomes this though I believe this may be illegal unless you are using it for its main purpose in life.

turbo terry

That useful, what software do you need will media player work ok?? would that usb dongle be ok for playing camcorder stuff back (thats not digital) and putting onto hard drive or dvd?

Iain Mac

It was a while ago but as I recall I didn't use any software, just set the tape playing and pressed Recorded on the DVD with input via the Scart input.

But I wasn't doing anything about editing or compressing which would be beyond me anyway!

Thrush

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I have NEVER come across a VHS tape that has copy protection, and never had a problem copying a VHS tape to another VHS tape using a scart (not having a DVD-Recorder, I have never tried VHS to DVD)

I have had problems recording DVD's to VHS tho, as DVD's use copy protection, and you cannot do the copy with a scart - have to use composite video cables with seperate audio, and even then the recording is dodgy. This is due to Macrovision, but NEVER heard of a VHS tape that has it

Iain Mac

Maybe I was unlucky but I promise the tapes I was backing up had macrovosion because the DVD recorder announced that it was there.

The on-screen message was the only reason I was able to Google for a solution - without it, I wouldn't have known what to look for!

sm

ive been transfering a load of old bmx vids to dvd lately and this is how ive been doing it

first you will need to buy the following



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VIDEO-CAPTURE-...kparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1690|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A 1|294%3A50



dont bother using the software supplied to transfer the video, all will be explained further down in the post



then you will need a male to male rca audio/video lead



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2M-3-RCA-PHONO...kparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1683|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A 1|294%3A50



and if your video player dose'nt have audio/video rca outputs or a s video connection then u need to buy one of these



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SCART-to-3-X-R...kparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1683|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A 1|294%3A50




once you have connected the video player to your pc or laptop download vlc player



http://download.cnet.com/VLC-Media-P...-10267151.html



this is a media player that can play pretty much any file and can record your captured videos


once you have done this open vlc player and follow the guide in the link



http://www.scribd.com/doc/25400/Vide...rding-With-VLC


change the vlc settings to the same as the ones in the link


it dosent show it clicked in the link but click on the play locally box, this enables you to see the video playing whilst you capture it


when you are naming your video remember to put the encapsulation method afte the title, so for example zero tolerance.mpeg.ts


click ok and that window will close


you are now left with the direct show box, click ok and press play on your video player and the video should start playing and be captured by vlc, to stop the capture when your done just press the stop button on vlc


now your captured video will be saved in the vlc folder, click on file then on quick open file and your video should be there


now to burn to disc, i personally use dvd flick which is a free program which allows you to edit, add titles etc


http://www.dvdflick.net/


and a guide to the settings


http://www.dvdflick.net/guide/index_en.html


the quality should be quite good but it depends on the condition of the video your are transffering to start with

ballin

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most vhs films have copy protection

Si B

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Spammer? Or advertising bot?

S1

TBH, the quality of porn available on the 'net is such that theres not much need to copy all your old smut to DVD. HTH.

awebman

I went down to my local Photo shop and got a few done for about £40 it was easy and no stress at all. They were nicely labelled and cased as well. I would do that unless you want to start messing around with cables etc.