Old, damaged VHS to DVD capture. ARGHHHH!

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  1. Saqra

    Saqra Member

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    Going crazy trying to use Adaptec's capture unit and Sonic MyDVD software to capture old VHS tapes.
    I realize that I probably need to upgrade the software (?) to get it to accept broken signals from the VCR input and not stop when the signal breaks up, but I don't know what product I need and none of the manufacturers seem to address this issue in the specs.
    Has anybody else successfully transferred <grin> old beat-up 1980s belly dance video archive footage to DVD?
    Without getting homicidal?
    I've got over 250 tapes I need to transfer and can't sit and re-start the capturing every 45 seconds, and I can't believe there is not a product that will do the conversion without driving me insane.
    I use these cheesy products to produce my own current videos, and they work fine with new VHS input, but these daughters of master tapes are weak and full of damage.... and I'm trying not to lose a single cloudy, static-y shimmy.
    YAHHHHHHHHH!
    Thanks!
     
    Saqra, May 21, 2003
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  2. tommays

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    i use a sima video copymaster mogle SED-CM it will make backups of macrovison material and help with older jumpy video tapes my oldest was 18 years and i saved that. i capture with and ATI 8500DV and use there personal VCR for VCD quality the old tapes showed no inprovement at SVCD.the ATI capture is not affected by jumpy sorce material.if you can use a VCR with and s-video out it will give much better video to the capture card

    tommays
     
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  3. ken0042

    ken0042 Regular member

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    Saqra- I was looking at buying one of those Adaptec units. The one thing that scares me was in the system reqirements it mentions that you need 450 MB of hard drive space for every 10 minutes of video. Does this mean you can only create a 100 minute DVD?

    If you could let me know I'd appreciate it.
     
    ken0042, May 28, 2003
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  4. cylon

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    Try ripping to SVCD, DVD is HEAVY going + does use up the HD space, use SVCD instead.
     
    cylon, May 29, 2003
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  5. viplayer

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    I use the wintv pvr with my vcr. Works great
     
    viplayer, May 31, 2003
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  6. ireland

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    Try useing roxio videowave ver,3,4,or 5, you can record avi files to dv,and pal-full screen play tv/vcr and pal-mpeg,1,2 and pal-video cd and pal'and about 15 more formats to convert to..._
    [bold]as a very good video input try and look into pinnacle,pctv deluxe or pctv pro....
    you will also to be able to watch and record television shows,input a cam rcorder,vcr etc...__X_X_X_X_X_[small]ireland[/small]
     
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  7. haroldine

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    It seems to me that you need to override the macrovision on your player. you can then record directly onto your hard drive, then convert the files to VCD or SVCD. You will not get any improvement in picture quality, but you could get possibly 2 feature lengh films on one DVD.
     
    haroldine, Jun 25, 2003
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