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TOTAL beginner here !! (Remember those 1st baby steps folks??)
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MrG
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26. October 2003 @ 10:14 |
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Hi y'all - I'm starting from a position of zero knowledge here so be gentle !!
First hurdle I've got is how to (physically) connect my VCR to my PC.
I'm aware that my PC needs a capture device/card.My "problem" is My VCR has 2 scart outs and Audio L+R - What cabling do I need ??
I'm pretty sure I can navigate the rest from the excellent posts in this forum!!
Here's hoping.....
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Praetor
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29. October 2003 @ 21:05 |
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I trust your VCR has plugs that accept these cables?
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MrG
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31. October 2003 @ 15:28 |
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If these are audio L+R and video - then yes I've got a scart adaptor with female plugs to take these cables.
So I can now go ahead and get my capture card then ??
Thanks !!
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Praetor
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1. November 2003 @ 21:25 |
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Theoretically yes.... there a lot of little icky details you should look over first though:
1. Either your soundcard/capture card can accept that 3-plug format or you the the appropriate convertors and such to allow you to plug it into a 3.5 mm stereo jack (now if you want to do multiple source inputs that a totally different ballgame)
2. How fast is your computer and/or how big is your harddrive. I ask because (a) if you have a slow computer, you wont be able to do realtime capture-encoding and thus your filesizes will be on the order of um... huge. (b) If you have a big harddrive then you can do realtime encoding however that will tax your proc and subsystem.
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MrG
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5. November 2003 @ 10:53 |
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OK - No1.
Now I know what to look for regarding means of
inputting signals - I'm really gonna need to see the actual card (i.e not just a squishy lil' picture on a box!!)
No.2 PC is a 1Ghz Pentium3;HD is 20 GB with approx 10 GB of free space currently.
So,does this make my PC slow for the hoped for task ??
Thanks for your invaluable help Praetorian !!!
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smg
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6. November 2003 @ 21:31 |
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I just want to see what the answere to your question is when/if he answeres it that is )
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Praetor
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11. November 2003 @ 04:39 |
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1GHz P3 .... probably too slow for sustained realtime high quality divx/xvid encoding. Its worth a shot of course but I would venture to guess slightly overwhelming for that proc. Then again, no encoding = massive filesize = harddrive becomes the bottleneck because it is slow to transfer so much damn data. Give it a shot in anycase, usually trial and error reveals the best way anywho.
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MrG
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16. November 2003 @ 12:20 |
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OK - at the risk of being a total pest here (!!!) Could I have a Plain English version of your last reply please.
(What does "proc" mean ?)
My intention is to convert old VHS's to VCD,
simple as that - is my PC up to that or will it struggle too much for processing power ??
I'm hesitant to go the "trial and error route"
I don't want to be left with a useless piece of
Software/capture card - Whaddya think.
Thanks for your patience and help !!
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smg
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16. November 2003 @ 20:29 |
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MrG?
If/when you find out anything about how to put
vhs movies onto VCD, will you let me know?
I have almost 100 movies on vhs that I need to
get onto either VCD or dvd. I personally wanted
to put them onto dvd, but no one can explain it in a way I can understand them. So I will
settle for VCD I guess.
Thanks alot :)
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MrG
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17. November 2003 @ 11:54 |
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No Problem !
Be warned though...If I can crack this nut
The how's and why's will be in tech-lite !
Most of my VHS's are music and some historical docu's that are beginning to look their age
So I'm (pretty) determined to figure a way!
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smg
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17. November 2003 @ 11:59 |
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Thanks. I don't care how lite the explanation is.
A little bit of something is better than a whole
lot of nothing.
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Praetor
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18. November 2003 @ 10:51 |
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Are you having problems with getting th movies onto computer? or dealing with them after they have been captured? :-)
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davidb
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19. November 2003 @ 14:26 |
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I am in the same boat as MrG--wanting to copy vhs tapes to my computer so I can burn them to DVD. The question that I am trying to answer is what brand/model of capture card works well. Can anyone suggest a card that will record to mpeg-2 (to minimize process steps), has a built-in tuner (for future experimentation) and has an acceptable resolution (I'm not sure what is "acceptable" for TV playback but I note many people complain about inadequate resolutions. I would prefer having input options (coax and component) Are there any other issues worth considering concerning the actual capture card? Thanks
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Praetor
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19. November 2003 @ 19:53 |
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From what I hear, some of the Canopus/pinncale ones offer good performance, of course i cant verify that... I just use the video In built into my vid card and on the side i have a PCI TVtuner.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 19. November 2003 @ 19:54
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20. November 2003 @ 07:34 |
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Hi guys, a couple of months ago I purchased the ADS usb instant dvd box. Before I got to hook it up, My daughter and son-in-law asked to borrow it to try something. They build and maintain web sites for businesses where they live. I guess it worked well because they don't want to give it back. It has usb to the computer and several ways to input the signal(s-video, RCA phono both audio l&r and video) Not sure about quality since I haven't seen anything done with it yet. Going to their house this week end. I'll try to remember to look into it. Jerry
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Praetor
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20. November 2003 @ 14:03 |
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Awesome, look forward to your review... seems like a kewl product with only one initial concern: USB? USB is nice yes but for high bitrate transfer perhaps not the best thing for the job :-)
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