I have a ton of VHS tapes my kids watched and would like to convert them over to DVD for the car. The problem is that only the first couple frames will copy and loop. I have read all the articles I could find, so I went out and bought a RF modulator to block out the copy protection and that did not work. Do I need to buy a Video stabilizer? Is there a sure fire way to do this? I hate to lose all of these videos. Thanks for your help.
I can't be sure if you are having a copy-guard problem, but modulating the video to RF would induce some distortion anyway, so it wouldn't be my choice. I always use a video stablizer when capturing from analog tape. They're quite cheap - mine was AUS$70 and handles both PAL/NTSC. Rgds, jnihil.
jnihil What brand of stabilizer do you use? Does it work with all or most of your video's? I assume the problem I am having is caused by macrovision copyrighting. Just a couple frame are copied and they just flip back and forth. The sound is not effected. I have been looking at the video stabilizers on ebay, but they metion something about level 1 & 2 encryption. I just want to know if a Video stabilzer is worth it or not.
This unit might be easier to get in your part of the world: http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?products_id=1365&AID=10273941&PID=1091970
O.K. I got a the Video Stabilizer and it works "Smile". Now when I start recording the video I can only get about 2 minutes then the recording stops. Hardware: Ati all-in-wonder 8500dv Sony Viao Rx-860, 512 DDR2100, 120Gb drive, P4 2.4. Software: Ati bundle software tv, Movie Maker 2.0, Flycap. How and what do I need to record a complete movie (1hr 45min) to the harddrive then burn it to DVD? This is all new to me. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks
1hr 45Min.... OMG.... all of this is RAW footage? I hope not... otherwise your gonna run out of harddrive space soooooo fast its not gonna be anywhere near funny.... Depending on how much HDD space you have to play with, you may even need to "Copy, Encode, Concatenate" over and over, in 2minute chunks (prolly not but thats the worst case scenario hehe) What format do you record in? What bitrate?
