Re: VHS tapes and DVDs
- From: "Jonny" <spamyourself@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 21:04:15 -0500
"Chrono1st" <Chrono1st@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Wow, I am completely and totally overwhelmed by the amount of information
here, it's scarying me. Even the mere act of putting this thread into the
correct discussion group was beyond me, so I just opted to be safe and go
with "general". Sorry....
What I'd like to do is:
My friend has many, many old VHS tapes, of recorded sports events and
other
things. I'd like copies of his tapes, and told him that since we're going
to
go and copy fourty odd tapes anyway, why not covert them to a better
format?
You know, tapes go bad over time, etc.
So, I'd like to copy these VHS tapes to DVDs. I'd also like to edit them,
to perfectly cut out all the commercials, while leaving the events
themselves
intact. Also, if possible (I have NO idea if it is possible), I'd like to
improve the quality of the videos. So, covert to DVD, cut out all
unnecessary stuff like commercials, and if possible, make even better
quality.
The problem is, I am almost totally computer illiterate. I tried looking
around this forum for the same question, and I found it several times.
Unfortunately, many people were responding to the questions with acronyms,
which I didn't understand at all. Anytime someone uses an acronym, I am
just
like "huh?" and become confused. Again, sorry.
Can anyone explain this to me, part by part? Please explain as if you
were
talking to a small child, with overbearing amounts of details. I'm
assuming
I'm going to need to buy several different things to do this, but I don't
know what, obviously. Some sort of hardware for turning the VHS into
computer data I'd guess, but I don't have ANY idea what hardware that
would
be, which brands are best, etc. Money isn't so important, I'd rather buy
something high-quality that records the VHS perfectly. Aside from that,
I'm
assuming I'll need some kind of program to actually edit the data once
it's
on my computer (for cutting out the commercials and such). Again, don't
know
which program is best. I've been hearing people mentioning something
called
Movie Maker, but I don't know what that is, or if that is what I want.
Finally, after transfering the VHS to my computer and editing them, I need
to
burn them on to DVDs, right? Of course, again I don't know what hardware
I
need for that. Like before, I'd like to buy the highest quality hardware,
so
the DVDs turn out at the highest quality that they possibly can. Which
brand
would be ideal for this?
I guess you can divide my quest into three parts - VHS to computer,
editing
data, computer to DVD. Any help people can give is greatly appreciated.
Stepping me through it slowly and thoroughly would leave me unspeakably
happy. Thank you all for your time. Also, sorry I wrote such an absurdly
long post..... I guess I wanted to be thorough explaining everything.
Oh, a small thing - I keep hearing that VHS tapes take up crazy amount of
space. Some of these sporting events, even with commercials out, will be
hours long, I'd wager. Is it possible to put the entire event on a single
DVD? Do any sort of "super-DVDs" exist that hold more data or something?
Thank you so much!
From,
Chrono1st
Basically, the process you're speaking of consists of converting analog
video and audio to a strict form of mpeg2, then converting the mpeg2 to a
file format that works with DVD movie format. Then burn these files to DVD
with a program that understands DVD movie format. Some may use a program
for each step, or, a program that does all. Of course, you'll need this
software. ULead videostudio 7.0 or higher can do all of this including menu
creation and commercial removal as one example.
Hardware needed is a PCI card with RCA inputs for video and audio for the
PC. Or, similar SVHS connector for input to the PC. Haaupauge and ATI are
examples of makers of these. And, you'll need a DVD burner. Dual layer for
double the amount of data.
VHS tapes don't take up that much space. Its conversion from raw video to
avi file format that eats up your hard drive space. Remember there's ~4GB
file size limit if using FAT32 file system as well.
--
Jonny
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