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From computer to VHS?

  • 14-07-2002 11:13pm
    #1
    Lenny
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,389 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Right, heres what I want to be able to do.
    Its quite simple
    I want to be able to play stuff, such divx's and the likes on my computer, and be able to record them onto a vhs tape so it can be played in houses and such, anyone know if tis possible to do this with a simple recent vhr tape player or what I need to do it?
    thanks


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  • #2
    KdjaCL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,346 ✭✭✭✭KdjaCL


    graphics card with tv out and plug it into a VHS video,
    And record.
    Kdja


  • #3
    Kali
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,601 ✭✭✭Kali


    any graphics card with tv-out should be able to do this quite easily id assume?


  • #4
    Kali
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,601 ✭✭✭Kali


    ahh too late.. thats what i get for writing essays in other posts at the same time hehe :)


  • #5
    Lenny
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,389 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lenny


    Dam, no tv out :(
    Didn't occur to me either,
    thanks ;)


  • #6
    strat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,005 ✭✭✭strat


    Wont work - you need some software to disable the "Macro Vision". This disables the process of recording to tape - all you get is a black screen and the audio afaik, cause it would be too easy to pirate

    not tryed to record my self but Tv Tool among others will do this
    also google ;)

    [edit]
    just mention that i would recomend this software to *anyone* with a tv-out feature that they use - this shood be bundeled with every new graphics card, has tons of features apart from the macro vision


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  • #7
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    I thought macrovision only applied to DVD's?


  • #8
    Saruman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭Saruman


    I do this all the time.. you dont need anything to dissable Macrovision unless you are recording a DVD to video.. for that i use remote selector... In cunjunction with my DXR3 decoder card.. sorted!! the video quality is better than an official video bought in a store!!!

    But since he mainly wants to do Divx then all he needs is a tvout option and not a macrovision dissable utility!


  • #9
    thegills
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,802 ✭✭✭thegills


    Does the same apply to connecting your VCR to your TV-out and copying from the VCR to the PC.

    Saruman I would love to hear how you record DVD's onto Video.

    StrataGIST - have you a link for this TV Tool software.

    I recently bought a PC with TV-out and wouyld love to start using it.


  • #10
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    TV Out means just that - it only outputs video, you can't capture video through it. To do that (properly) you would need a capture card. It can be done (with lower quality) using a cheap TV tuner card, as they generally have co-ax and rca inputs.

    I use my cheapo hauppauge win tv go to capture music videos off the music channels on sky digital. Using any resultion higher than 384x[something] the quality is woeful, but at that resolution and lower its just fine.


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