Is there a quicker/easier way of converting VHS to DVD and......

Alex_NJ

Jessops have a service for this, however it is quite expensive

poppellerant

Have you had a look at VirtualDub? It could probably extract the bits you want from the vdeio and resize at the same time. Depending on the file type being imported, you may need to use the DirectShow input driver, but that's a doddle - just copy a file or two into VirtualDub's folder.

http://www.virtualdub.org/

tronator

Why didn't you ask here BEFORE buying the DVD/VHS recorder? We could have advised you to get a better solution for what you want to do..

silkyuk9

tronator wrote: »

Why didn't you ask here BEFORE buying the DVD/VHS recorder? We could have advised you to get a better solution for what you want to do..

This solution is fine matey, its doing the job, that was not my question though.

cookie365

cookie365 wrote: »

Sounds like you're encoding when you copy from VHS to DVD, possibly re-encoding when you rip the DVD (what format does the rip save as?), then re-encoding again to split out the bits you want, then re-encoding again to the resolution you want.

If you've got that many, it might be worth using ffmpeg
and learning to write batch scripts.

https://www.ffmpeg.org/

Have a look here:
http://blog.superuser.com/2012/02/24/ffmpeg-the-ultimate-video-and-audio-manipulation-tool/

You could for example put a load of raw VOB files in a folder, create a CSV spreadsheet listing the files, start and end points, output filename, and encoding parameters, and use a script to run the conversion overnight.

It'll be a steep learning curve, but it should save you hundreds of hours.

Odd that silkyuk9 should thank me for this post, then post a disgusting abusive attack on me (now removed by admins).

What kind of person does that?

tronator

silkyuk9 wrote: »

This solution is fine matey, its doing the job, that was not my question though.

Are you for real? If it's working fine, why do you ask then? Obviously it's not working fine for what you want to do. It's doing something else fine.

And I'm not you matey and this will be my last response to you...