I hope I'm in the right place to post this question. If not I will understand it if it is deleted. I read the subjects and think this is where I'm supposed to do this. I want to take my old VHS tapes and convert them into DVDs but not sure how. I don't have a writable DVD for the TV but do for the computer. So I'm thinking I will have to either buy a writable one for the TV or get something for my Computer to do it. Any ideas?? Thanks, Jac
Sorry I forgot to add something that I think may be important. The tapes I want to convert are all home movies of the kids growing up and things like that. However I now longer have a working camcorder. I'm not so interested in that anymore. My daughter takes all the home movies now and she makes copies for me however her camcorder is really small and I bought mine in the early 80's just after they first came on the market for consumers. Thanks, Jac
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let me give you a brief list of things you need. 1)a capture card, not necessaryly by pinnacle or similar. you can get a video card that have s video input. 2)hook up your vhs. 3) get virtualdub. for capturing software 4) get huffyuv. a lossless codec. 5) get avisynth. for filtering. as you know vhs have grain and other noises. this will clean it up. 6) choose a lossy codec of your choice. i prefer xvid and realvideo10. to get it small and you're done. as simple as this may sound, for a first timer, you may need get use to the software first before doing anything. a good first step is getting the video digitize. _X_X_X_X_X_[small]Codec packs are evil[/small]
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