-=PCTechTalk=- Re: VHS to computer
- From: "Lee Rhodes" <lenella@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 08:34:50 -0700
Great information Andy! I have been to that site and got it bookmarked, but
have not sat down and really gone over it. I can see I need too soon. This
does save as .avi....it saves in two areas.....one I think is for working on
till you ready to save it as an .avi....the other format is .scn and that's
the one where they were all the same size. So it's saving it to open in
it's viewer only. The .avi I can click and it opens in Media Player. And
they are bigger file sizes.
Lee Rhodes lenella@xxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "andy" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 2:29 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: VHS to computer
>
> Not sure on that Dazzle model, but some of their product saves the files
it
> creates in an uncommon format which limits the amount of compression and
> editing you can do. I remember trying to walk someone through how to make
a
> VCD using a Dazzle somethingorother that connected through the USB port,
and
> he could not save to .avi, and he was having to use huge chunks of his
hard
> drive which limited him to only being able to record 10 minutes at most.
>
> I've found the easiest way to get good captures, with a minimum of dropped
> frames is through a bog-standard TV/Capture card, use a good compression
> codec such as Huffyluv or MJPEG along with Virtual Dub (free download off
> the web) and you can get around 70 minutes of good VHS quality video
saved
> as an avi into a 4gb block (Fat32 has a 4gb limit on .avi files, but NTFS
> doesn't have this limitation).. once captured, you run this through a
> program such as TMPGEnc to convert to MPEG..this cuts a 60-70 minute .avi
of
> around 4gb to around 650 mb-small enough to burn onto a single CD-r. You
can
> either burn the mpegs to disc, which will be viewable only on your
computer,
> or you can burn to VCD, which will make your work of art viewable on
> virtually any DVD player as well as being able to playback on your
computer.
>
> If anyone wants it, I've got a walk through in .rtf format, but I'd advise
> that anyone considering doing any video editing or capturing visits
> www.vcdhelp.com -it walks you through every step of the way from preparing
> your computer, how to make the best connections, through all of the
> different compression codecs and file types, to eventually creating great
> looking VCD's or mpegs.
>
> Cheers
>
> Andy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lee Rhodes" <lenella@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 1:36 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: VHS to computer
>
>
> >
> > Hi Lyn,
> > You need a graphics capture card. Or I just bought Dazzle video
> > creator 80. I comes programs for making the transfer and editing, but I
> have
> > not tried it yet. Connects Via USB and can do TV, VCR & Analog
Camcorders.
> > It won't output to VCR/TV...you have to buy their next up program for
> that,
> > but I wanted it to take them off VHS tapes and edit and save to CD. It's
> not
> > hard at all, but you do need to have a lot of free drive space , or a
> second
> > drive to save them on. It does require that you have a sound card plus
a
> > SVGA video card with at least 4 MB RAM.
> > Lee Rhodes lenella@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Scott" <mcs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "pctechtalk" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 4:20 PM
> > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- VHS to computer
> >
> >
> > > Hello Group,
> > >
> > > I'm about to rush out , but I have been wondering if there is a way to
> > transfer VHS videos to the computer. My son races dirt circuit and I
have
> > some fantastic video of his successes and some rippers of his boo boos.
I
> > have been wanting to get them on the
> > > PC but it's all too hard for me... I have no idea where to begin,
what
> I
> > would need etc......I need everyone else's brains. Thanks, Lyn
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