Re: Camcorder and VHS tapes to DVD and Web


powrwrap@xxxxxxx wrote:


Thanks for the links to firewire cards and the heads up on MS
Moviemaker. Yes, I have that on my system.


I believe you said you also needed to buy a DVD burner? You'll
probably find that a movie capture/edit program comes bundled
with it. When I bought my HP DVD burner about 2 years ago,
it came with a program called ArcSoft ShowBiz. Works very
well for basic capture, slicing, dicing and DVD production. If you
buy the program instead of getting it bundled, I think it's around
$99.

I am using a mini-DV videocam set for analog-to-digital
passthrough for converting old tapes. I have 40 or so VHS-C
tapes from my old videocam that I am gradually putting on
DVD. Dirt-simple, but mind-numbingly time consuming, once
you've got the process down. Play the analog tape into the
analog video input on the digital videocam, hook the digital
output of the digital videocam to the Firewire input of the
computer (yes, you will need a firewire input), capture using
the program that came with your DVD burner, edit as
needed, burn the DVD. Rinse, lather, repeat. I have been
working on that pile of tapes on and off for about a year
now, still have maybe 15 to go.

Summing up, you need:
- DVD burner
- Software (comes with burner, OR, Windows Movie Maker)
- Firewire input for your computer
- Hardware analog-to-digital converter
OR
- Digital videocam with analog-to-digital passthrough

Jerry

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