hello, please.if you can help me to copy vhs tapes to dvd. i have a happauge tv card wintvgo,an ati 9500 vga,pentium 4 3,2ghz, 512mb ram and the vcr only have scart. Is it eysier to tranfer the vhs tapes to the dv camcoder? thank you!!
to vagdim-in order to convert vhs tapes to dvd you need a vcr,capture card and software such as powerproducer-3 from gocyberlink.com.note-check your capture card specks to see if it will ignore macrovision copyright protection,if it does not you will also need a clarifier from facetvideo.com
thanks,permatex. can i capture the vhs tapes with my tv card i already have?. i got powerproducer-2 comes with my vga is it ok? thanks again for your time!
to vagdim-try and upgrade to powerproducer-3.the two previous powerproducer software had issues that is being corrected with upgrades.as long as your capture card can accomodate the leads from your vcr you are ok.
If you don't want to go get all the stuff mentioned then you can use your DV Camcorder if it has the passthrough feature (you won't need the capture card but I think you already have one with WinTVGo). Once it is transfered to your computer you can encode it to MPEG2 if you want to make a DVD (which maybe more work then just getting the equipment mentioned).
hi,destra. please explain me the way i connect the vcr and transfer the vhs tapes to the dv camcoder. my camcoder its a SONY dcr-hc35e. my vcr only have one scart. thank you very much!!
I can't seem to find your camcorder online. The way it works is that your camcorder will have RCA and composite or even S-Video inputs to the camcorder. This way you can either capture your VHS tapes to DV or pass it through to your computer through the firewire cable. If you have the manual you can check to see if your camcorder has video in capabilities.
I'm sorry to ask this question, that relates to VHS, but here goes. Some of my VHS tapes appear to ahve some mold, ou fungal deposits on them. When these are played back, to convert to DVD, the heads on the VCR become blocked. Is there any way to clean these tapes? Thansk - Mike
I've never had to personally clean VHS tapes (only fix broken tape) but I read somewhere that isopropanol alcohol and Q-Tips work. Probably getting 99% alcohol would be the best bet and maybe even diluting it with distilled water (I've cleaned old records like this with a few drops of dish soap liquid) but I am just guessing.
to mrwd-i have had the same problem with mold growing in some of my old vhs tapes.cleaning these tapes was so time consuming that i decided to just scrap them.first you have to open the vhs case,remove both reels and clean the complete length of taps,you also have to clean the inside of the case then reinstall the reels of tape.radio shack has a cleaner you can use.very time consuming.
permatex, Is the Radio Shack cleaner a liquid, or a machine? How is this done commercially, because here all tapes are cleaned before transfer all the time, so they must have a quicker method. How about using an old VCR machine, with a piece of cotton wool soaked in isopropanol alcohol pressing up against the tape as it whizzes past the in the fast forward mode? Then how do we clean the case, presumably throw it away? Mike
to mrwd-there is a vhs tape cleaner but this cleaner is not designed to remove mold built up on the tape and inside the vhs case.the cleaned that i found would clean the tape of day to day use of dust build up on the tape,it would clean finger prints if someone had opened the front cover and prints got on the tape it did nothing for the type of mold i had on the tape and inside the case.the idea of using a modified tape rewind machine that give you access to the tape while it is being rewound sound like a good idea which i had not tried.keep checking your post,someone else out there may have had a similar problem and can share their findings with us
