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Hi
Can anyone HELP!!
I want to copy VHS tape to CDR (videoCD) via my PC. I know I need a capture card and software - but which one! I already have Roxio platinum and a CDRW for burning, but what is a good (cheap) capture card?I have seen a firewire card (PYRO 1394 DV) for £50 - which would be fine for copying from my camcorder to CDR - but I need to be able to connect a VHS video to transfer some older tapes to CDR to view in my dvd player. Any suggestions please before I go mad!

THanks

This item was edited on Sunday, 24th March 2002, 10:01

One URL is all you need :

http://www.vcdhelp.com

Thanks for this - but too confusing for my simple mind! CAn anyone recommend a good alround capture card that can hook up a standard VHS VCR, and also a digital camcorder (Canon MV400).

As al alternative I have been thinking about using the camcorder to convert to digital and then just linking the camcorder to a firewire card for capturing. Problem is my camcorder has no AV or DV in (only out) - someone told me that there is downloaded patches that will change the DVout to DVin/out - anyone heard of this?

Thanks

Dude,

www.terapintech.com

Why do you want to deal with the computer BS? Save a few bucks and get one of these!

Myself I use a standard WinTV Go (about £40) and a bunch of freeware applications to process and encode the video. (http://www.doom9.org) It all depends on what quality you need to get, the problem with a direct encode is that the ammount of noise in your video can make the picture very blocky. Also if capturing to your P.C. it is best to have about 10 or 20gb free for an hours capture.

THanks for the advice- I have a standard tv tuner capture card anf Roxio PLatinum for capture software. I need to find a lead to connect the VCR to the card and then have a go! Fingers crossed!