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VHS to digital

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  • 17-01-2005 1:52pm
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    bobbyjoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 798 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone know of an easy way (without loads of equipment)
    to take some short clips of a vhs video tape and digitise it to put on a website?
    Or is there somewhere I can go to get it done?

    Also what would be the best format to use for the digital clips.

    thanks if you can help.


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    Chalk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,317 ✭✭✭Chalk


    if there going on a website you can use xvid or wmv at a low bitrate and resolution to save space.

    you need a video capture card to get the vhs onto your pc and then onto the internet

    aldi had one last week for 40eu, i think.

    if you cant afford one maybe you could ask someone to convert it for you.
    plenty of people have the cards so you could just send them the tape and they could send it back with a cd/dvd


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    DJB
    Registered Users Posts: 706 ✭✭✭DJB


    I was doing this over christmas with some old home movies that needed to be shared with the extended family!

    I picked up PC TV from Pinnacle Systems that allowed me to connect me video player to my desktop. I then recorded the old videos into digital format.

    I then used Roxio to export into a shareable format. I think it was wmv but I could of exported to loads of different formats such as divx, etc.

    Anyway, I think Roxio cost about 100 euro for the advanced edition and PC TV was about the same. Here's some links but you would be able to find different products for cheaper to do the same thing.

    http://www.pinnaclesys.com/ProductPage_n.asp?Product_ID=103&Langue_ID=7

    http://www.roxio.com/en/products/ecdc/index.jhtml

    Best of luck.

    Regards,

    Dave


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    bobbyjoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 798 ✭✭✭bobbyjoe


    Thanks for the help I'll give it a go.


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    daymobrew
    Registered Users Posts: 6,511 ✭✭✭daymobrew


    Another option might be a web cam - I have an Intel one which has a video-in socket.
    I have a SCART cable that splits out to phono plugs. The video one goes to the web cam, the audio ones I put into a phono-to-headphone jack lead to the mic socket of the laptop and run the webcam video capture software. Spits out avi files.


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