It's quite simple but can be expensive.If you don't have a video card that supports VIVO ( video in video out ) then you need a separate box and software or a TV capture card. ( card is the cheapest method ). Trouble is you need a high end processor to do it at any kind of decent speed plus you end up with Huge files ( approx 1gb per 30 mins ) and that means you then have to convert them to a compressed format like MPEG 2 for them to be usable for uploading.
The simplest way is beg, borrow or buy a DVD recorder. Plug the VHS into it via RCA cables or Scart. Press play on the VCR and record on the DVD and go away. Result is a DVD containing .VOB files of your movie. Copy these to PC and rename to .mpg ( vob files are Mpeg2 files ) and you have your movie on the PC. This can then easily split further or joined to one file for uploading to a host.
If you have a vivo card ten your manual will tell you how to connect an external source through the S-video port.
(The simplest way is beg, borrow or buy a DVD recorder. Plug the VHS into it via RCA cables or Scart. Press play on the VCR and record on the DVD and go away. Result is a DVD containing .VOB files of your movie. Copy these to PC and rename to .mpg ( vob files are Mpeg2 files ) and you have your movie on the PC. This can then easily split further or joined to one file for uploading to a host.
If you have a vivo card ten your manual will tell you how to connect an external source through the S-video port.
Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice,
Fri 22 Feb 2008, 21:38,
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Thankyou!And there I was thinking of filming the TV with my digital camera...
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Ptolemy the man with the silent pea,
Fri 22 Feb 2008, 21:42,
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There could be a macrovisionissue with the DVD VCR method so it might be worth considering a sub $50 TV card and plugging the RF out from the VCR into the card tuner and using the card software just tuning in to the signal and recording it. Plus you have a basic PVR set up afterwards allowing you to record any TV signal you choose to send to it.
rdit:// found this, more detail for you. www.signvideo.com/conv-v-to-d.htm
(rdit:// found this, more detail for you. www.signvideo.com/conv-v-to-d.htm
Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice,
Fri 22 Feb 2008, 21:53,
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Actually, that's really useful.thanks so much!
I do have a DVD recorder... just not in the same stack as the VCR. I think a cable to join the two might be the cheapest option for the time being. Thanks again!
(I do have a DVD recorder... just not in the same stack as the VCR. I think a cable to join the two might be the cheapest option for the time being. Thanks again!
Ptolemy the man with the silent pea,
Fri 22 Feb 2008, 21:59,
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