I have been reading the replies to the above subject from MINION-afterdawn addict and you sir, are an extremely knowledgeable individual. What I need is a list of product(s) to buy and a COOKBOOK methodology to transfer my old vhs movies to dvd giving me the best quality dvd video I can make. Based on my research, here's how I think I need to proceed. VHS tape into Samsung HI-FI vcr PLUGGED into a CONVERTER DEVICE which also removes analogue copyright protection; this device is then plugged into my computer firewire or usb input. I send these video files to a target folder in my documents.I then use my NERO EXPRESS 3 and burn these video files to dvd. Wheich device can I buy which will simultaneously convert the analogue video to digital video and remove the copyright protection? I own my old vhs movies and it would be fair use to convert them for myself. Minion, Please help!! Thanks dude.
@bigredbus.... I recommend the following in which you do not lose quality which is the only way to go. Start with the Canopus ADVC-100 or 110. Hooks up to computer via 1394 firewire. Available on Ebay at a reasonable price. Depends who is selling when you check. The ADVC-300 would cost about double the aforementioned units. Use WinDV which is free as your software to convert the analog tape to AVI to HD. The AVI upload will be large. Approximately 4GB per 20-minutes of tape. Canopus Procoder to encode to MPEG. DVDLab to author to proper format and Nero to burn. You can bypass Nero and let DVDLab burn the DVD if desired. My second and faster way is to use a hardware mpeg-2 capture card, a Hauppauge PVR -150/250/500 which captures via the composite RCA connection from the VCR and saves it as mpeg-2. All is needed then is to author and burn. We have no problem in converting a 130-minute movie onto a normal DVD with excellent quality. Just remember quality will be as good as the first method with the proper software and settings.
Sounds like you two are discussing exactly what I have been researching BUT: Outlaw, can you please translate your suggestions into "English" for me? . Thank you!
T_Outlaw I used your second method using the Hauppauge PVR -150 to capture my vhs movie and i used the highest quality settings which gave a mpeg file a little over 10 gig. How do i transfer that to a DVD and keep the quality. thanks
burbon..... I use DVDLab to author and Nero to burn. DVDLab has a burner, but basically it was an after-thought. The two individuals that frequent this forum who know their p's and q's regarding the transferring of tape to DVD's are Rebootjim and Minion. Listen to their advice.... Good burning..
I just want to thank everyone for their good advice on how to transfer vhs to dvd. I have learned a lot and have solved my problem. I plug the out of my vcr into a sima scc; I output the scc into my jvc dvd recorder. A movie without commercials burns nicely to dvd-r. Movies wth commercials are recorded onto dvd-rw. I then load the movie files onto my computer hard drive, bring up my mpeg-2 vcr program, import the files, remove the commercials then use nero express 3 to burn to a dvd-r. Works like charm! Thank you all! I may be back if I encounter some future problems. Cheers.
@ burbon: The easiest method, would be to author the full 10 gig file to your hard drive, then use dvdshrink on it, so it will fit onto one DVDR.
