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Turk Inner circle Portland, OR 3546 Posts |
Last week, I checked a book out of my library entitled "Convert VHS Home Movies to DVD" by John W. Gosney and Brian Lich. This book costs $19.95 at your favorite bookstore. The book is super easy to read and understand, and, while it deals generally with all video capture devices and all video conversion software, it gives a step-by-step process of how to do the process using the Adaptec "VideOH!-DVD" video capture board and the Sonic "MyDVd" software and the Roxio "Easy Media Creator".
After reading this book, I went out and purchased the described Adaptec "VideOH!-DVD" video capture device (USB 2.0 model). The VideOH!-DVD video was simple to setup and install and the included software (Sonic MyDVD) is super simple to use. the device is able to be used on Win XP, Win 2000, Win 98SE and Win Me. And, while it is a USB 2.0 device, I believe that it is also USB 1.1 backwards compatible (albeit, at a slower speed). Cost? $100.00 at CompUSA. With this device, I am now able to transfer all my home movie VHS tapes over to DVD. I can do this two ways: 1) A simple straight VHS tape to DVD transfer, or, 2) A slightly more complicated method whereby I can add a menu (and possible sub-menus) to the DVD during the transfer. Under option #2, I can take a homemade movie that has lots of scenes on it and break it down to separate chapters for instant access to a particular portion of the tape. While I'm not certain of the legality of transferring OOP copyrighted material that you own on VHS tapes, I can certainly envision that some magicians might see this process as an easy way to update and convert their old OOP magic VHS tapes to the more modern DVD format (with menus). I really like this video capture device and I'm having lots of fun with it. Mike
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irossall Special user Snohomish, Washington 529 Posts |
Are your DVD's compatible with most home DVD players? DVD Recorders are now under $200.00 U.S. where I live and at that price you can create chapters and record up to 6 hours although I don't like to go over 4 hours because the 6 hour mode is more of a VHS quality.
I'm glad that you are enjoying your setup but some people don't have the minimum specs that are required for editing video on their computer. Compatibility I believe is very important unless you are not interested in sharing your video's with Family and Friends. I have not found anyone who has not been able to use my DVD's. Iven
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Turk Inner circle Portland, OR 3546 Posts |
Iven,
I have had no compatability problems burning any DVDs on my computer. They play on my DVD set box connected to my TV and they play on my friends' setbox DVD players. There is no exception to this for the recently converted VHS-->DVD discs that I made last night. They play on both my computer and my set box DVD player. The only problem I have had is that a non-copy protected DVD copied with Roxio was not able to play on one of my friend's computer DVD but it played just fine in his set box DVD. The issue of DVD computer player compatibility is probably one specific to the Computer DVD hardware. Some of the older computer DVD players might not have been as compatible as the newer ones are today. Additionally, the Adaptec VideOH!-DVD video catpture device is encoded for MPEG-2 (which I understand is the current standard). In sum, I am having no problems getting these computer burned DVDs to play in any set box DVD player that I try them in. Hope this helps. Mike P.S. And, you are correct in observing that some people might not have hardware that meets the minimum specs although the Adaptec VideOH!-DVD hardware and the Sonic MyDVD software are very forgiving and are designed to run on Win98SE, Win Me, Win 2000 and Win XP and the hardware specs for the cpu and the hard drive requirements are also not that onerous. Additionally, the Adaptec VideOH!-DVD (USB 2.0) is backwards compatible for USB 1.1 and Adaptec also makes a PCI version of this video capture device. The main thing to look out for is having sufficient hard drive space for the operations. Generally, you'll need about 5-5.5 gig free hard drive space to burn a 4.7 gig DVD with a one hour performance.
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