DVD/VHS recording/dubing

Dave Grothusen · Post by **Dave Grothusen** » 22 Jan 2005 1:58 pm

I have a whole cabinet full of VHS tape that I would really hate to lose. Needs to be put on DVD. I also have some video on CD that needs converted. Does anyone have any recomendations for a mid priced machine? Any experience with the GoVideo VR3930? All imput will be appreciated. I want to get something that will do want I want as easy as possible.
Thanks

Mylos Sonka · Post by **Mylos Sonka** » 23 Jan 2005 2:09 pm

Been wrestling with the same question lately. Here are some sites:
http://www.manifest-tech.com/media_dvd/dvd_recorders.htm
http://customdvdcreation.com/

The ones with built-in hard disks enable you to put chapter markers wherever you want before finalizing the DVD -- a two part process, unfortunately, if you have a lot of VHS tapes to transfer like I do.

I would like to find a model that would let you come along later and add the track/chapter markers, like you can do with DAT tapes. That way I could get the whole lot transfered and thereby preserved, but still opt to come along after and take advantage of the random accessing feature without recording the whole thing over again.

Does anyone have any experience with this feature in a DVD recorder?

Thanks,

Mylos Sonka[This message was edited by Mylos Sonka on 23 January 2005 at 02:11 PM.][This message was edited by Mylos Sonka on 23 January 2005 at 02:12 PM.]

Joey Gaskins · Post by **Joey Gaskins** » 23 Jan 2005 3:08 pm

I bought one for my wife at Christmas from Sears, It's a Sylvania. It works great on transferring home movies from VHS to DVD but 90% of the VHS movies we own, will not copy. A screen comes on that says it cannot be copied. I see some internet devices that undo the copyright signal but I'm not sure how well it would work.

Jennings Ward · Post by **Jennings Ward** » 25 Jan 2005 8:51 pm

DAVE STAY IN TOUCH, I AM TRYING TO PUT TOGEATHER SUCH A SYSTEM FOR MYSELF..... I HAVE ALL OF STEVE PALUSIK'S TRAINING TAPE I BAUGHT FROM RON LASHLEY BEFORE HE DIED.. I WANT TO PRESERVE THEM IF I CAN. HOPE IT WORKS... STAY IN TUNE AND TOUCH,,,,,, JENNINGS

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Jan Dunn · Post by **Jan Dunn** » 26 Jan 2005 6:56 am

I'm doing a lot of that kind of conversion and you first have to ask yourself a basic question. Do I want an exact copy or do I want to edit out the dopey parts (why do little kids film the floor???)? I decided I wanted the option of both approaches. Self- contained units don't allow much editing so I stayed away from them. Canopus, a well-respected video software company makes a line of units that can be used stand alone or can be connected to a computer. The low end ADVC-100 will do the job but the ADVC-300 is MUCH better as it does alot of cleaning up of the old analog (VHS/Camcorder tape). Add some video editing software and you can make some really nice DVDs with menus and professional transition effects and so forth. Once you get into it, its a lot of fun and very rewarding.

Darrell Owens · Post by **Darrell Owens** » 28 Jan 2005 9:49 pm

Dave, I recently became interested in video transfer and editing and found out the computer is the best way to go if you are ready to spend some time on this. Otherwise, for a simple direct copy, there are several companies such as Phillips or Panasonic that now offer a DVD player/recorder for less than $300. Some of your videos will not transfer if they are copy protected, but all of your home videos will.

Good Luck!

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Darrell Owens
www.darrellowens.com

Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 29 Jan 2005 2:34 am

Just a FYI..some of the PC/DVD burning results in out of synch Audio with the Video..

Our new PC based system at home has experienced this on a few instances.

I have read several articles on the NET about this and still cannot come up with a reasonable fix other than more MEMORY. I have 512 ram /WIN XP and have a separate startup with nothing running in the background and this appears to have helped.

My daughter has the same system but with 2Meg ram..no issues with hers.

Most of the PC based programs actually view the video on screen while it's burning to DVD..that is a sign of sharing resources..

Also video editing is very slow with only 512 ram..

just a heads up

I have no experience wih the stand alaone dedicated burners..

any comments would be appreciated here as well...

t

Jay Ganz · Post by **Jay Ganz** » 29 Jan 2005 7:16 am

You can edit on a DVD recorder without it having
a hard drive. It just has to be done on a
re-writable DVD. You have to watch out on the
lower priced recorders. They all have MONO tuners. Strange but true!
I recently got a really nice Philips that
does an incredible job. I edit out whatever I don't want on the DVD+RW, then make a copy of it
onto a cheaper DVD+R in my computer. Then I can
erase the RW and start all over again.

Frank Parish · Post by **Frank Parish** » 29 Jan 2005 8:35 am

Sams Club has a Pioneer video/dvd recorder for $299.99 I've been thinking about getting myself. I've got a DVD burner in the computer but the software that came with it will only allow me to record from videos. In order to recorder a DVD on the computer from what I understand so far I'll need some different kind of software to allow me to play it back just to see it and something else to record it. I want to put a computer in the music room to watch some instructional DVD's and I've got some of the Jamie Abersold tracks that are on DVD. Just to watch any DVD on the computer I still have to have something different than what came with the DVD burner so I've never been able to record anything with it, not even CD's.

David Mullis · Post by **David Mullis** » 30 Jan 2005 1:32 pm

I find that the Sonic MYDVD software works really well on my media center PC, and with only 512 meg o' Ram. Of course the Intel 3.4Ghz, 800 mhz front side bus with hyperthreading helps some along with the SATA HD

. I made DVD from my DVR using Nero's DVD software, and the audio was out of sync. With teh Sonic software, I didn't have this problem. I haven't tried VHS to DVD, but that's next!

Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 31 Jan 2005 3:12 am

David, I am using Sonic..its a problem too..
Net searches have identified this as a lousy program..

Ok , thats it...I am getting what you have....

I have a 3200+ Athlon with XP Pro..this should not be an issue..

thanks for the heads up..

come by the house for a Steel and Beer...we'll make a DVD..

!!!

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Richard Cooper · Post by **Richard Cooper** » 31 Jan 2005 6:53 am

GODVD by Sima
works for me.