Transferring VHS to PC

silkyuk9

A bit of info please.

WHat I would like to do is put my holiday movies onto dvd, however, at the moment they are on VHS video tape.

I would like to get the movie to my pc some how???

I would imagine i need a VHS video machine of some sort with a USB cable that can connect to my pc and some kind of software to get the movies onto my pc so i can change the data to dvd and put them onto a dvd disk.

How can i do tihs please.

kwikbreaks

Do a search on "video capture card" Probably a USB one would be simplest.

They can capture analogue video (which you will be able to get from your video camera or a VHS recorder using the appropriate cables) and save it to hard disk. You'll then need to look at DVD authoring software (and a DVD burner if you don't have one).

isofa

If you have a DVD recorder (for your TV), you can just hook it up to the VHS via Scart and copy from VHS to DVD, without using a computer. Obviously a computer will offer more flexibility, you'll need a capture card and software as mentioned above.

If you have a Mac it's a bit simpler, as all you'll need is a composite capture dongle, all the software you need is right there.

silkyuk9

just looked on the net and i can buy a piece of kit called 'EasyCap'

anyone tried this out??

kwikbreaks

It looked too cheap to me to be any good and I expected to find a pile of bad reviews. Amazingly the first couple I came across are very positive....

http://www.product-reviews.net/2007/08/15/hands-on-with-the-easycap-capture-usb-20-video-adapter-with-audio/

http://gadizmo.com/easycap-usb-review.php

Where these things usually fall over is in not being able to keep up the frame rate. Dropped frames = jerky video. That review doesn't mention it at all.

I'd say at that price there is little to lose other than wasting time. If I had a need to do this I'd buy one.

Pont

isofa wrote: »

If you have a DVD recorder (for your TV), you can just hook it up to the VHS via Scart and copy from VHS to DVD, without using a computer.

This is exactly want I want to do! I have access to a DVD recorder (eldest daughter's room) and a video player (youngest daughter's room) both are connected up to TVs. I guess I will have to unhook the video player from from one room and hook it up to the DVD recorder. Now comes the difficult bit - what cable would go where? I'm assuming that I would set the video to play and the DVD to record simultaneously. Is it possible that you can post idiot proof instructions here? I would be so grateful as I have stacks of holiday, birthday etc recordings and to be honest they're a pain in the *** on video!
Thanks.