VHS to PC - Easiest way?

but can't you use cables or something, like from the video recorder straight to your pc?
 
ok, but i heard that you can also get a dvd player that can copy other dvd's and my machine is supossed to be able to copy dvds to cassette so maybe there is a combination machine that can copy cassettes to disc?
 
waynegohl said:
ok, but i heard that you can also get a dvd player that can copy other dvd's and my machine is supossed to be able to copy dvds to cassette so maybe there is a combination machine that can copy cassettes to disc?
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There are machines (like the one mentioned above) that can record to DVD, however, i want to store mine on my hard drive.. Reason being, i feel DVD's will soon be outdated (similar to Blu ray), and storing on Hard Drive is a more long-term solution. It is also easier to transfer etc.

Also, to rip from each DVD to PC would be an extra step..
 
There is, and i bought myself a Dazzle Capture Card..

However, i just wanted to know from the "experts" ... The Dazzle uses up all my CPU so i cant really use the PC while its capturing..
 
oh ok, sorry man but i know nothing about these things but i like to learn and this project sounds interesting.
 
fxit_man said:
Wow that looks like exactly what i need! Could you explain how it works?

Thanks! Also, where do you buy it from?
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You can rip it to your hard drive or straight to a DVD.
I've ripped all my old video movies to my hard drive.
There is no loss in quality compared to the original video.
It's very easy to capture.You can use the software supplied or use software like Ulead Video Studio to do the job.
I borrowed the unit from a friend but I've seen them at places like Incredible Connection & Computer Mania.
Cost about R800.
The benefit of this unit is that it also serves as a external DVD copier.

Hope this helped.:)
 
lexor said:
You can rip it to your hard drive or straight to a DVD.
I've ripped all my old video movies to my hard drive.
There is no loss in quality compared to the original video.
It's very easy to capture.You can use the software supplied or use software like Ulead Video Studio to do the job.
I borrowed the unit from a friend but I've seen them at places like Incredible Connection & Computer Mania.
Cost about R800.
The benefit of this unit is that it also serves as a external DVD copier.

Hope this helped.:)
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Sounds great!

Which software did you use? Also, how big were the file sizes for a full tape?
Did you use any encoding like DivX.
Do you have any idea if the unit has hardware encoding or uses software encoding? Did it use a lot of your CPU when it was ripping?
Thanks for the reply!
 
fxit_man said:
Sounds great!

Which software did you use? Also, how big were the file sizes for a full tape?
Did you use any encoding like DivX.
Do you have any idea if the unit has hardware encoding or uses software encoding? Did it use a lot of your CPU when it was ripping?
Thanks for the reply!
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I think I've used the supplied software.
The file size of a full tape(180min) is about 8Gb.
Sorry,not sure if it uses hardware or software encoding.
I did not use my PC while ripping took place.

See:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/124684/burning_questions_burners_that_do_more.html

http://www.digitaldingus.com/reviews/lgelectronics/gsa5169d/index.php
 
fxit_man said:
There is, and i bought myself a Dazzle Capture Card..

However, i just wanted to know from the "experts" ... The Dazzle uses up all my CPU so i cant really use the PC while its capturing..
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Ok

1) You want to rip to the hard drive not to DVD, so any device that copy to
disc is ruled out from further discussion
2) Using a Capturing Card will eat up your CPU usage on your PC no matter what type card you have, because the CPU has to do some work.

This is probably your only solution if you want to use your PC while ripping VHS to a Hard drive..... Get a 2nd PC stick the capturing card in there and use that pc for ripping VHS, while using your PC for what ever you need to..
 
fxit_man said:
Sounds great!

Which software did you use? Also, how big were the file sizes for a full tape?
Did you use any encoding like DivX.
Do you have any idea if the unit has hardware encoding or uses software encoding? Did it use a lot of your CPU when it was ripping?
Thanks for the reply!
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The computer encodes the video input into a usable format like AVI, WMV, DivX.... the encoding part is what's using up resources no way of bypassing it.
 
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