I am interested in taking my old home movies which are on VHS and burning them onto DVDs. Was is the best way to go about doing this?
Nutmeg I had to do the same thing--Then saw a coupon for $60 to have Ritz Cmera do it and took it to them. BUT, I did learn how to do it--actually there are a few--If you have a stand alone DVD Recorder--then you can hook the VHS directly to that--But, if not and you only have a computer based DVD writer then you need to get the VHS files to the hard drive--get into a DVD compliant format(ISO or VIDEO_TS and burn to a good quality disk--Is it DVD+ or ---not that it matters just can be helpful to know. Hope that helps--let us know. Whitfield
@Nutmeg, I picked up awhile back ADS DVD Express; it has worked wonders with copying tapes to the HD and preparing them for DVD (Editing the previews). My wife picked up HP DVD movie writer dc3000, she copied her music videos from when MTV was good in the late 80's and early 90's. (I am getting old)
i also am having what seems like a similar problem. i do not have a dvd burner. i can only burn to cd r for burning a disc. i have a number of slide show's that i have burned, and no problems watching on computer, but i want them on a disc to watch on mt tv, or give family members a copy to watch on there tv. i have 2 dvd players, but neither posses the ability to read the show on cd r. it will read music, but not the slide show. if any one understands this, please let me know.
I too am interested in this. I have vhs video of my kids i want to put on DVD. I bought an external dvd burner but have no idea how to convert vhs to dvd. any help would be great. my e-mail is performanceunlimited@charter.net
you could either, go to a special video shop and they could do it 4 u about £5 sterling ($10 USD) each or you could go out and buy the special programs and hardware to do it yourself, or download a free trial version of the software and get a crack 4 it and just buy the hardware to do it. !!thecraigc!!
you could either, go to a special video shop and they could do it 4 u about £5 sterling ($10 USD) each or you could go out and buy the special programs and hardware to do it yourself, or download a free trial version of the software and get a crack 4 it and just buy the hardware to do it. i also like whitfield's idea. !!thecraigc!!
along the same topic I bought a sony vaio mainly for the advertised ease of such features it has rca jacks on the front of the tower beckoning me to use them for similar applications (vhs to dvd & ps2/x-box to pc modless burning theory) any ways have been unable to access this option not sure if I need a driver? or I just have'nt tried hard enough only made one half assed attempt. but any info would be appreciated. (thinking out loud
All of you people could also look and learn these methods by looking in the forums under Video Capturing from Analog Sources. The proceedures have been explained fully many times.
To find it an ease to use - HP dc3000 is what I am using from some DVD's to DVD process. Unit was 249.00; however, the price has greatly dropped. I am also using a ADS DVD Express and related software; the process is a little lengthy, since you have to play the VHS or DVD trying to capture. The HP dc3000 goes straight to Disc and by-passes the hard-drive, ADS puts the video on the HD.
As Whitfield & thecraigc said, you can get it done at a video conversion shop. But if you've got the time to spend to convert each of your tapes yourself, there are a ton of ways to do it, but the easiest are the boxes that don't require a PC. I haven't used the HP DC3000, but I have used the SONY VRD-VC10. It's a hardware MPEG2 encoder AND burner built-in to one. You literally hook up your VCR to the unit, pop in a DVD+R disc into the SONY box, click Play, push a button on the SONY box and it will convert + burn on-the-fly. The DVD menu will be pretty basic, but if you don't care about that, then this may be the solution for you.
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