does anyone know how to transfer

[farangatang 3]

ok, l have several old family recordings on the old, no longer used, large black plastic VHS video tapes. l would like to burn all the recordings onto DVD. l do still have a working VHS video player. l also have a PC capable of burning CDs. l've made enquiries in the past without success. Do any of u geeks out thier know how l can do it? Appreciate all suggestions.

[MM 6,562]

A Google search gives quite a few tips. Here's the first one that came up:

http://www.signvideo.com/conv-v-to-d.htm

[farangatang 3]

thnx MM, was of great help. PM me if ur in town & l'll shout u a beer

[pilotman 3]

If you are in Thailand, virtually any photo shop will arrange it for you, price around 600 Bhat per 60 min tape. If you are in the UK, same difference, Kodak photo shops will arrange, but at around £18 per tape.

[Eneukman 1]

If you are in Thailand, virtually any photo shop will arrange it for you, price around 600 Bhat per 60 min tape. If you are in the UK, same difference, Kodak photo shops will arrange, but at around £18 per tape.

 

 

Thanks for that. I'll pop into the photo shop in South Pattaya Road with a couple of tapes to see how they get on.

 

Alan

[vidman 2]

If you want to do it yourself then you have to run the footage into your computer in order to digitise it into a dvd file.

 

OK now you need to realise that a vhs is an analogue signal and needs converted. How you do this is up to you. There are various "dazzle" type boxes that connect to your computer and transfer the signal from the vhs player into an "mpeg" file into your computer.

 

Once in your computer you can use a "dvd authoring" (e.g. nero,win movie maker, ulead workshop or the "daddy" adobe encore) software to encode a dvd. This has the benefit of having chapter points etc so you can skip to different points instantly.

 

 

So your main problem is to get an analogue capture device. Bear in mind that DVD's actually only have a lifespan of 10years max so you may want to hang onto those VHS tapes just in case (or re-copy your DVD after 5-6years)

 

1 other way to do the above is to get a DVD recorder machine and run the signal straight from your vhs player into it and press record (wont have menus etc but is a less technical no-brainer)

 

Oh and if you have a camcorder with video input and output (as well as firewire) then that will convert too. (pirates used to do this system to bypass the old macro/flashing protection on tapes a while back)

Edited September 11, 2008 by vidman