Thanks in advance for any help you may want to provide. First off, I have searched this site's and many other sites' forums for an answer to this, but can never find exactly what I'm looking for. I have some old VHS tapes of family movies and such and a relative wants them put on SVCD or DVD discs, preferrably DVD and ASAP. I was thinking this myself before she suggested it, but never got around to it. Now that I have, I'm having some trouble understanding what exactly I need. Much of what I do not understand relates to the graphics card and pulling in the video from an external source since I really have never used my graphics card for anything other than looking at the computer screen. I'm more of a Below is a summary of my computer and related software I currently have installed: Hardware: --------- - P4 @ 2.8 GHz - 1 GB RDR Rambus - 2 Optical Drives: 1) DVD-R/RW, DVD-ROM, and also DVD-RAM & 2) CD-R/RW and CD-ROM - Creative Audigy 2 Soundcard (5.1) - nVidia Ti4200 Graphic card w/AGP 4x & TV Out/DVI - Plenty of free HDD space Software: --------- - Nero 6.6.0.12 - Pinnacle InstantCopy - DVD Decrypter - DVD Shrink - InterVideo DVD Copy 3 - VirtualDubMod - Ultra ISO - TMPGEnc XPress, TMPGEnc, TMPGEnc DVD Author - DVD-Lab Pro - K-Lite Codec Pack (Full version) - ffmpeggui (audio) - WaveLab (audio) So as you can see, I pretty much have the bases covered with both hardware and software. All the software has been updated to the latest version (except the new ffdshow filter). However, I not so sure about the nVidia graphics card. On one of the other forums, I read where someone claims to have pulled in video from a VHS tape in a VCR straight through his/her nVidia Ti4200 TV Out/DVI and Audigy Soundcard. Of course they didn't leave any specific instructions/details, that's why I came here. They claim to have hooked the video component plug into the Ti4200 and the audio component plug into the Audigy Soundcard and then used VirtualDub/VirtualDubMod to acquire the video and audio streams. So, my question(s) is/are: 1. Does anyone know if this will actually work? A 2nd opinion is always good. 2. If so, will the video and audio quality suffer a enormously since I (as the person who said this) do not have VCR with and S-Video connection? 3. For the nVidia graphics card, I think that guy made a mistake, because mine does not have a jack/plugin for a video component plug. So, I assuming, like me, his graphics card came with an adapter for the S-Video port, which accepts both video and audio component plugs (at least that's my understanding). So, is this true? Does an S-Video adapter for graphic cards accept both audio and video or if this whole plan is feasible, will I have to pull in the video from the S-Video adapter and the sound from the Creative soundcard? 4. The forum user also mentioned using InterVideo's WinTV (name may be wrong) or other TV-capture programs. Since I don't have a TV-tuner card (not sure how he did if he has the same card I do), would something like VideoLAN software help me avoid buying a TV-tuner card right away? In other words, will a program like VideoLAN recognize my type of hardware (a VCR player that isn't connected over a LAN/Network)? 5. Is there anything else I should be concerned about during the process, that I have not mentioned in this extra-long question? Finally, I am planning to upgrade to a new motherboard (DDR RAM), faster processor, and a ATI HDTV Wonder Graphics card (which I believe will allow me to plug the VCR into my TV and then pull the video from that using the new card. However, this upgrade will be in about 6 months, so buying a new and cheap graphics card right now is only a last resort for me. Thanks!
hi there first i havent done this route, but will try to iron out a few things nero visionexpress can take in / capture vcr tape and from this setting i have seen it must work! The hardware is one of the most important things to gett to grips with, if you have a VIVO video in and out card it shouldnt be a problem, this other guy with video out i dont think it would work? i have video out and watch dvds on my TV via a s-video cable, which i would say yeilds better quality than standard cables... the cable i use for s-video is a 2 part thing and i plug the sound plug to my OUT sound on an audigy platinum card and the s-video into my radeon 9700pro both thse cable fit into a scart plug at the TV end 21pin type like you see on dvd players to tv etc... i think but dont quote me in the audigy manual as i have the live drive in the front of my pc it will take phono plugs for sound and video so you may be able to pull in that way!?!? they are of SPDIF type average type fittings of like stereo stuff, you may have some lying around? but needs to match your vcr...or borrow a vcr that does! now to quailty! i think from my understanding you will loose quailty in conversion! how much is another story?????? something else too this a ATI HDTV Wonder Graphics card are you getting the monitor to view it to? if i think of anything else i will try to find the thread! or if you need any more help please gis a shout, although i may not of helped much?
Thanks Rotary!! You did help somewhat. I understand now about trying to pull the video in through the Creative Audigy sound card. I'll give that a try. However, still confused on the TV-Out/DVI of the nVidia graphics card. I understand that TV-Out means sending what's on the monitor to a television, but am still confused about the DVI. I'm assuming DVI is strictly limited to camcorders and such, but will not work with 6-8 year old VCRs. The monitor I have came with the computer and it is a Gateway FPD1830 (18 in. Flat Panel LCD) with an additional port on the bottom of the monitor for a second non-digital monitor. Any more comments would be greatly appreciated.
hi DVI is another type fitting like what you see normally! i have dvi or anolouge i use analogue for pc monitor and an adapter on DVI to (2 sockets on graphic card) another monitor for watching TV off tv card, i got 2 monitors in front of me! and i send dvds out my graphics card on s-video to my TV... my card is VO video out only and not in! but the live drive for audigy should takes the cables! utilizing audigy software to capture or nero may just find it itself? make sure all cbales are in before nero it will locate it! the sound card will get the sound if cables are ok but for video you need the live drive or a capture card
Hi on the same theme I have a radion 9200e graphics card with tv out can I copy / video capture from my vcd or even a camcorder onto my computer to then copy later to vcd or dvd?
