vhs to dvd

29 May 2006 3:01 AM

Ken Bouchard

hello,
I'm going to be transferring some vhs tapes to dvd. I'll be buying a dvd
recorder for my pc along with a good capture card (any recommendations?
Pinnacle 700 plus?) input will be through the capture card connected to my
vhs deck.
question: on pre-recorded vhs tapes, which protection schemes should I be
concerned with and how do I defeat those? (I hear Macrovision is nasty,any
others?)
what's the story on "rendering", why does it take so long?
what about editing? anything like audio editing? Is the Adobe editor good?

thanks,

3 Jun 2006 1:58 AM

Gogarty

3 Jun 2006 2:35 AM

NoNoBadDog!

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>>hello,
>>I'm going to be transferring some vhs tapes to dvd. I'll be buying a dvd
>>recorder for my pc along with a good capture card (any recommendations?
>>Pinnacle 700 plus?) input will be through the capture card connected to my
>>vhs deck.
>>question: on pre-recorded vhs tapes, which protection schemes should I be
>>concerned with and how do I defeat those? (I hear Macrovision is nasty,any
>>others?)
>>what's the story on "rendering", why does it take so long?
>>what about editing? anything like audio editing? Is the Adobe editor good?
>
> Sheesh! Find the sites that deal with these things (VirtualDub and
> AfterDawn are good starts) and spend a LOT of time reading them. I mean
> many weeks of reading them. This is a highly complex activity with a very
> steep learning curve that will drive you bonkers before you are done.
>

Good advice! In addition, I recommend using a computer based system instead
of a standalone recorded. With the appropriate software, you will not have
to worry about DRM and Copyright protection. You can also edit, make menus,
and combine sources with an ease and flexibility that you just cannot get
with *any* standalone recording device.

Bobby

14 Jun 2006 2:52 AM

Jeff Wheeler

The best article for this is:

http://www.newcyberian.com/howto/dvdauthoring.html

If you already have a digital camcorder you may not even need a capture
card. Just feed the analog signal from your VHS to the camcorder and
connect the camcorder to a fast computer via the IEEE 1394 firewire port.

Good luck!

Jeff

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"Ken Bouchard" <k_bouch***@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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> hello,
> I'm going to be transferring some vhs tapes to dvd. I'll be buying a dvd
> recorder for my pc along with a good capture card (any recommendations?
> Pinnacle 700 plus?) input will be through the capture card connected to my
> vhs deck.
> question: on pre-recorded vhs tapes, which protection schemes should I be
> concerned with and how do I defeat those? (I hear Macrovision is nasty,any
> others?)
> what's the story on "rendering", why does it take so long?
> what about editing? anything like audio editing? Is the Adobe editor good?
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> thanks,
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