Converting VHS to DVD

leesiep · 07-02-2008, 08:55 AM

Hey!

Not sure if this is the right spot for this Q but would anyone know what hardware I need to enable me to connect my VCR to my PC so I can upload to burn to DVD??? Any info relating to this would be appreciated dearly as I have never attempted it LOL

**brian** · 07-02-2008, 09:21 AM

im not entirly sure on the copy rights on vhs so im going to say it may be illegal. the best thing i can tell you atm is google.com

**apj101** · 07-02-2008, 09:27 AM

not illegal as far as i know
only illegal if the media is then distrubuted

you need some form of capture card and software to record and encode. Never done it myself but the tech should be the same as converting home vids into dvds

**brian** · 07-02-2008, 09:33 AM

ok cool

in that case. http://www.amazon.com/Sony-RDR-VXD65...4983903&sr=1-5 that is if you are a pro and you need to do it every day. but for that price tag if you do it once-not worth it.

else a tuner card to pci would do

Vizy · 07-02-2008, 12:01 PM

I had to get the hi8 tapes of my camcorder to my pc to make a dvd. it uses the same AV connections as a VCR so this is what you do:

Buy this card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815100120
Install it, the drivers ar eon the CD.
The software sucks, but it gets the job done
hook up ur VCR
and open up the (tv pvr) program or whatever
and start to capture as u press play on your vcr!

It worked for me! BTW, don't expect quality.

tremmor · 07-02-2008, 09:11 PM

Pinnacle works well. they bought out dazzle.
I friend had a 100 tapes. Family movies.
i suggested a duplicator. (dedicated). pop in
a tape and burns to dvd. you can get less than
$200. just walk away and pop in the next tape and dvd.

07-02-2008, 08:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
leesiep New Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 13	Converting VHS to DVD Hey! Not sure if this is the right spot for this Q but would anyone know what hardware I need to enable me to connect my VCR to my PC so I can upload to burn to DVD??? Any info relating to this would be appreciated dearly as I have never attempted it LOL

07-02-2008, 09:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
apj101 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Age: 27 Posts: 10,194	not illegal as far as i know only illegal if the media is then distrubuted you need some form of capture card and software to record and encode. Never done it myself but the tech should be the same as converting home vids into dvds __________________ TechZine What did one snow man say to the other? can you smell carrot? The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. How you do anything, is how you do everything! Nauru our homeland, the land we dearly love

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Vizy Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 3,896	I had to get the hi8 tapes of my camcorder to my pc to make a dvd. it uses the same AV connections as a VCR so this is what you do: Buy this card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815100120 Install it, the drivers ar eon the CD. The software sucks, but it gets the job done hook up ur VCR and open up the (tv pvr) program or whatever and start to capture as u press play on your vcr! It worked for me! BTW, don't expect quality. __________________ Grew Up a Screw Up - Ludacris Reach your hand up in the air and you can play with the stars It's not the hand that you're dealt but how you're playing your cards pm me if you need a Lockerz.com invite :)

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07-02-2008, 09:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
brian Moderator Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California Age: 18 Posts: 5,032	im not entirly sure on the copy rights on vhs so im going to say it may be illegal. the best thing i can tell you atm is google.com

07-02-2008, 09:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
brian Moderator Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California Age: 18 Posts: 5,032	ok cool in that case. http://www.amazon.com/Sony-RDR-VXD65...4983903&sr=1-5 that is if you are a pro and you need to do it every day. but for that price tag if you do it once-not worth it. else a tuner card to pci would do

07-02-2008, 09:11 PM	#6 (permalink)
tremmor Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,173	Pinnacle works well. they bought out dazzle. I friend had a 100 tapes. Family movies. i suggested a duplicator. (dedicated). pop in a tape and burns to dvd. you can get less than $200. just walk away and pop in the next tape and dvd.