video ripping
with respect to this post, I want a way of ripping the tape to the computer.

TV capture cards all seem to be PVR and compress everything. I want something that'll record as AVI. I used Sony Vegas to rip some camcorder tapes but that was through firewire and it did a fine job of storing a selection of AVi files totalling 16Gb.

I need a way of plugging a VCR in. WIll I need to find an old tv-capture card that doesn't compress the hell out of the footage, or is there another way of doing it?
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Tue 11 Nov 2008, 15:58, 6 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

quick thought
does your camcorder have av inputs on it? you could hook up the vcr to the camcorder. you could use the previous setup you used previously.
(not an expert on this, but i've heard of people ripping old vhs tapes this way)
(Stringy, Tue 11 Nov 2008, 16:27, Reply)

^^^
Alas no, otherwise that would've been ideal. The old tape won't fit in the camcorder either.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Tue 11 Nov 2008, 16:28, Reply)

I've some gismo
called Live by Hauppage that I don't use any more. It might be ideal for your problem as it's a USB video dongle that you either plug in S-VHS or the yellow video phono cable into.

I'll have a look tonight.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 11 Nov 2008, 17:21, Reply)

If you have a decent budget
The Canopus devices, such as the ADVC-50 will basically do video in and firewire (DV) out. They're pricey but pretty much the mutt's nuts in terms of quality.

I bought mine a while back though, so the 50 may well be discontinued and replaced with better devices.
( bluemeat has been best of all the animals since, Wed 12 Nov 2008, 9:54, Reply)

Do you know anyone with
A VCR\DVD Recorder combo? That might be a viable alternative.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 12 Nov 2008, 15:00, Reply)

cheers all

( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 12 Nov 2008, 18:19, Reply)