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Archiving VHS To DVD?

  • Do any MeFites have ideas/experience/recommendations for a way to archive VHS tapes to DVD? So far my Google-fu has turned up software that requires having to add video cards to computers, plus a DVD burner, etc. My work would prefer a product that is a stand-alone thing that you can pop in a tape, then convert it to DVD and pop out a DVD. Is there such a thing?

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    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/1036920/. And for a do-it-all device, search for "VCR" in that category.

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Oh, and if you're copying commercially-bought VHS tapes, these recorders usually fall victim to Macromedia protection. If that's the case, the units with built-in VCRs won't work, and you'll have to peruse the "gray market" for a Macromedia-defeating device of some sort and put it between your VCR and the DVD recorder.

mragreeable

soplerfo

A MiniDV-format camcorder that uses those small DVD-Rs for media might work through the video in.

turbodog

Did I say Macromedia? Twice? What a tool.

mragreeable

Bear in mind that while it will be easy, you'll probably be able to squeeze a lot more quality out of it if you do go the computer-capture card-DVD burner route -- simply because of the processing you can do on the computer side. There's lots of free or near-free software that will help with this.

j.edwards

Following from what j.edwards said, http://www.elsewhere.org/journal/archives/2004/07/31/vhs-dvd-success/ is a procedure I've had pretty good success with.

ChasFile

HP's http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001PFQ76/103-6663277-6750226?v=glance is designed for this purpose. Walt Mossberg reviewed either it or its predecessor last year and found it easy to use.

pmurray63

Ok, thanks everyone!

Lynsey

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