VHS to PC

silkyuk9

im looking for a piece of kit that i can connect my vhs video recorder to my pc and play the tape directly to my pc. is there such a pice of kit and software that will enable me to do this.

then i can put the film onto dvd, or edit parts i wish to put on.

wornoutmumoftwo

I used to use wintv to hook up the vcr to the pc.

ckerrd

http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?q=vhs+to+pc&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-UK:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=HOFZS4nVFNW7jAfS86CmAg&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=7&ved=0CDUQqwQwBg#

Lots of info

Taffybiker

It's not free, but I've heard that dazzle is very effective.

silkyuk9

thats for those, what im looking for is some hardware to connect to my vhs and to the pc to do the job.

robredz

The Dazzle DVD along with some that are around £20 in Asda, Aldi (sometimes), connect the VCR to a USB port on the PC, hopefully USB 2 or you will get dropped frames. You connect the component cables (used for old analogue camcorders)from the front of the VCR or with a Scart to phono plug adapter the red and Black/white connectors are sound., and the yellow is composite video, to the dazzle or other adapter and the Dazzle to the USB on the PC. Don't expect DVD quality off the resulting capture as VHS is roughly equivalent to VCD at 352 x 288 pixels resolution (half DVD) and most VCRs have a 240 line resolution so is well sub broadcast standard anyway.

Freebyman

Another vote for the Dazzle vhs to dvd device, have had mine for a few years now and it works very well. As robredz said you wont get brilliant results but they are watchable and it is easy to set up.

robredz

Forgot to add there is usually basic video editing software (mostly cut down OEM versions of stuff) with the adaptors, to allow you to process the capture and author a basic DVD, cos not all DVD players will play mpeg, burned straight to a blank, it has to be converted to .vob, and placed on a structured DVD the Video_TS folder holds the vobs, and Audio_TS is usually empty.

silkyuk9

at the back of my vhs apart from the scart there are only 2 holes one to put a ariel in and one out. would the 'dazzle' be ok for that, ive searched ebay for dazzle and its about 60 quid

robredz

silkyuk9 wrote: »

at the back of my vhs apart from the scart there are only 2 holes one to put a ariel in and one out. would the 'dazzle' be ok for that, ive searched ebay for dazzle and its about 60 quid

You can get an adaptor from Maplin or asda or many markets for around a fiver, that plugs into the scart, and has the phono sockets for the composite cables there is a cheaper alternative from Roxio here:

http://www.roxio.co.uk/eng/products/easy-vhs-to-dvd/standard/overview.html?gclid=CJSg5ff-uJ8CFWlr4wodtye20A

and I think something similar in Asda for around £25, Aldi had one for £20 the other week, there may be some left if you look.