Hi all, I`m a newbie to this forum, and would appreciate some help / advice. I have a lot of VHS tapes that I have recorded from the T.V. such as Trooping the colour, Edingburg Tattoo, and other military events, etc, etc, I would like to copy these programs onto DVD. A workmate suggested buying a stand alone DVD burner, which I could link my VCR to, then copy straight across. Can anyone suggest a good DVD recorder that will do this? (not too expensive please ) Thanks for any help on this.
to sammy8-hp.com has a movie writer called a dc5000,this dvd writer is a stand alone that connects to the computer by a usb port,it sells for 199.00 complete with built in capture card and comes with required software and cables needed to connect your vcr.software will allow you to transfer a vhs tape to dvd two and one half hours long.if you have a copyright protected vhs movie,you will need a clarifier to kill the copyright protection before you can transfer to dvd.see facetvideo.com about a clarifier.there are many systems out there that will allow you to transfer vhs to dvd.this is one that works for me.
Hi: If you have a VHS palyer/recorder...a computer with all the bells and whistles... Get ADS VIDEO XPRESS it´s cheap and work wonders... Follow the installation steps...and let it roll n0v0n every rule has an exception...
Hi nOvOn, I have just bought an E machine, 4260, 3.06gig, 512 memory, 160 gig HDD, 16x dvd-rw, and I have just ordered Hauppage WinTV Express PCI card, with TV / Video input, also the Sapphire Radeon 64meg DDR TV out PCI graphics card, I will be using a pal VCR it has both SCART and RCA socket outlets. Wil this be ok?
REmember that E Machines are PROPRIETARY. these machines are built under certain specifications...parts and services have to be done by the factory or the tech service where you bought the PC. As I said: They are cheap and get the job done. Good luck Keep me posted n0v0n every rule has an exception...
Hi nOvOn, Thanks for the reply, this is the second E machine i have bought, I am happy with them, I realise that they are old technology, for instance, this machine has no AGP slot, and I presume will not support Express PCI, it only has 3 PCI slots, but I dont ask too much from my PC. I will keep you posted as I add to, and use my machine. You never know, it may help someone else!
I doubt that PCI capture card will work well enough in your E-machine to get a decent capture. You'll probably be limited to 352x240/288 resolution, and even then, may get dropped frames, and audio sync problems. You really should have a hardware mpeg-2 encoder capture card, and a separate hard drive for captures.
Thanks for that, rebootjim, The trouble with being a newbie is that you learn things after the event. For instance I did not know that E machines were limited in the upgrade department. What do you mean by mpeg 2 encoder / separate HDD?
Some capture cards have hardware on them, that takes the TV (or other input) signal, and convert it to a DVD compliant mpeg-2 program stream, aka .mpg Some do not. The ones that do, don't rely on your CPU to do any of the work, they do it all in hardware on the card, so you could use a hardware card, and it will work on a lowly P3 800mhz even. A hard drive that contains your operating system may not be the best choice to use as a hard drive to capture to. If the system is busy, windows is doing something, your A-V is working, whatever...the capture can fail, or drop frames, lose audio sync, and any number of other issues. Having a second, separate hard drive installed, just for captures, eliminates this problem. Captures also take up a lot of room in a hurry. It's nice to have a very large (or more than one) capture drive.
Hi rebootjim, thank you for the explaination, I understand a lot better now. Only wish I had the knowledge before buying this card. Still I can watch TV while I re think my options. thanks again.
