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John Charles
02-23-09, 07:54 PM
Does anyone know any easy for me to get my old VHS recordings uploaded? I know I can have a service transfer them to DVD. Can I just automatically upload the DVD or will I have formatting issues or is there another way?
If you upload to YouTube or similar service, they have acceptable formats. You would have to check help at the site to find them. There is also software for as little as $50 that also has a piece of hardware that you put the VHS in and then you can copy it to HD or DVD. I forget the name. I see it in BJ's Wholesale club a lot. Make sure to read system requirements to insure it will work with your PC. I am assuming Windows.
:Cheers:
Does anyone know any easy for me to get my old VHS recordings uploaded? I know I can have a service transfer them to DVD. Can I just automatically upload the DVD or will I have formatting issues or is there another way?
You can buy VHS to DVD dubbing decks pretty cheap...Best Buy has units as low as $89.95.
I have THIS (http://us.lge.com/products/model/detail/tv%7Caudio%7Cvideo_digital%20video__LRY-517.jhtml) one but it I paid around $300. I bought it to dub home made VHS to dvd which I then load to my hard drive, edit in Vegas Movie Studio and upload to youtube, Vimeo, etc. You can also use Windows Movie Maker which, if you have a PC, is probably on your machine.
Is that what you're looking to do?
You can also play the vhs from your vcr directly to your hard drive but you need the right video card and cables...I never looked into that, just bought the deck above and did it that way since I needed a vcr anyway to play the damn tapes :).
Sals
ETA: THIS is what Dew was talking about. the only kind I ever saw plugged into the video card, this thing goes right into a usb port and your vhs becomes an mpeg!! I would try this first before buying the dubbing deck.
ETA2: why did the link show as a clickable image? Is that something new? I like it !!!
Hmmm I have to look for it again. Could be but it is really similar. I don't have a VHS player anymore, it died, and what I saw did it without much effort. I wish I could recall the brand. Also Target sells one by ION for $200. Looks like a mini VHS player but transfers VHS to DVD or HD.
I think what you saw, Dew, also plays the tape. That's why it's $200 probably.
The connector I linked is the interface between your vhs deck and computer. You have to have a workable vhs deck.
Sals
Found it at aStore. It is by Honestech. Everything included. Don't see anything about those cables you show sals. Dang it is less than $30 clams at the aStore. WOW!
http://www.losttv-forum.com/forum/index.php?pageid=astore0
It is called VHS to DVD 3.0 by Honestech.
Good Luck.
ETA: Do not need VHS deck. :)
I cannot get this link to work. Sheesh!
Yeah sals for the ION one however I found the one I saw at BJ's for $49.99 for $28.17 at the aStore. Go figure. :)
ISLANDLEA
02-23-09, 08:46 PM
Does anyone know any easy for me to get my old VHS recordings uploaded? I know I can have a service transfer them to DVD. Can I just automatically upload the DVD or will I have formatting issues or is there another way?
hi, we're at the point of trying this also > i don't feel there would be an issue in formatting >
> we are going to run {cable in} our old VHS and VHSc cameras to our DVD recorder ...lea
ps. why buy anything ? ... :)
hi, we're at the point of trying this also > i don't feel there would be an issue in formatting >
> we are going to run {cable in} our old VHS and VHSc cameras to our DVD recorder ...lea
ps. why buy anything ? ... :)
Lea, you mean a stand alone dvd recorder? The one in your pc doesn't have analog inputs, I don't think...Does it?
Sals
Heck here is Honestech's page. It is avail at aStore for $28.17.
VHS to DVD 3.0 (http://www.honestech.com/main/vhs_to_dvd_30_deluxe.asp?path=Graphics%20&%20Video)
If you get this, please be so kind as to let us know how it worked and if it was easy as it seems. :)
John Charles
02-23-09, 08:57 PM
Wow. You guys are awesome. This is really helpful.
ISLANDLEA
02-23-09, 08:59 PM
Lea, you mean a stand alone dvd recorder? The one in your pc doesn't have analog inputs, I don't think...Does it?
Sals
hi, yes "a stand alone dvd recorder " > and I think part of JC/OP 's intention was to save his old personal { http://www.losttv-forum.com/forum/images/icons/icon12.gif } flics on DVD, anywho ... lea
Do NOT buy a LiteOn DVD table top recorder. I repeat, do NOT buy a LiteOn table top recorder. LiteOn has discontinued this line of products. DVD's made in this recorder do not always play on other players if when you DO make compatible. Also, a lot of software to do screen caps hate their format. I have to decrypt what I record, edit the .iso sometimes, then burn a new DVD in correct DVD format. Then the new disk works. Well VLC doesn't like it much but hey 98% of the time it works. WMP doesn't like it, the slider won't work all the time and it can crash with XP. MediaClassicPlayer is nice and doesn't care.
How do I know this? I have one of these recorders and bought it because of cost and a friend said it was ok but I forgot to ask about playing those DVDs on a puter. :doh:
LostEmissary
02-26-09, 08:38 AM
WTF is "VHS"?
No, seriously, though, if you have a VCR, you have two options. PC DVD recorder, or stand-alone DVD recorder. The stand-alone recorders are pretty cheap these days. Just hook the audio and video output of the VCR to the DVD recorder.
For a PC, you'll need either a TV capture card or some kind of video capture device. These are fairly cheap as well. If your computer is somewhat new, it might have the power to do direct-to-DVD recording. If not, you'll need to capture and then burn with a DVD burning program capable of burning to DVD video format.
If you're not concerned with being able to play the video back on every DVD player out there, you might also consider capturing to an MPEG4 video format such as XVID. There are many very cheap DVD players out there these days ($30-$40) that will play XVID files that are burned to a CD or DVD. You could then play back these videos on compatible DVD players as well as PCs.
If you're interested in free software that will allow you to capture, convert, burn, etc video files, let me know. There are lots of (legal) free ones out there that can do the task.
If by "upload" you just mean put VHS videos on the internet somewhere, then it's also as simple as a basic video capture device. $30 should get you a quality one that you can use. Basically hit play on the VCR and capture the video on your computer to any number of formats (xvid AVI is probably the best format for quality vs. file size). You can then have them for easy playback on your computer, burn them to DVD, or upload them to the web.
Do NOT buy a LiteOn DVD table top recorder. I repeat, do NOT buy a LiteOn table top recorder. LiteOn has discontinued this line of products. DVD's made in this recorder do not always play on other players if when you DO make compatible. Also, a lot of software to do screen caps hate their format. I have to decrypt what I record, edit the .iso sometimes, then burn a new DVD in correct DVD format. Then the new disk works. Well VLC doesn't like it much but hey 98% of the time it works. WMP doesn't like it, the slider won't work all the time and it can crash with XP. MediaClassicPlayer is nice and doesn't care.Some stand alone burners can be very intolerant of certain formats. DVD-R usually have better compatibility in other players than DVD+R and DVD-RAM, and DVD-RW and DVD+RW can be even worse.
On top of that, certain brands or types of recordable DVDs are just not very widely compatible with certain playback devices other than the one they were recorded on, and may not even record at all depending on compatibility.
Recordable DVDs have a long standing history of recording and playback issues, much moreso than recordable CDs.
How do I know this? I have one of these recorders and bought it because of cost and a friend said it was ok but I forgot to ask about playing those DVDs on a puter. :doh:If you haven't already try a different brand or format of recordible DVD. I would recommend trying DVD-R if you haven't.
WTF is "VHS"?
Some stand alone burners can be very intolerant of certain formats. DVD-R usually have better compatibility in other players than DVD+R and DVD-RAM, and DVD-RW and DVD+RW can be even worse.
On top of that, certain brands or types of recordable DVDs are just not very widely compatible with certain playback devices other than the one they were recorded on, and may not even record at all depending on compatibility.
Recordable DVDs have a long standing history of recording and playback issues, much moreso than recordable CDs.
If you haven't already try a different brand or format of recordible DVD. I would recommend trying DVD-R if you haven't.
I only use DVD-R for burning videos I record from TV. I then use another one when I do my dance and finally burn the compliant DVD format. I have tried various brands and am currently using TDK. I have been told Verbatim is the best however I cannot find them in brick and mortar stores. I am dropping you a PM also. :)
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