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Old 2008-01-22, 12:09 AM
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Re: 3 questions about VHS > DVD

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Originally Posted by Salva Veritate View Post
Thanks for the help guys! I looked into VHS > DVD services in my area and they're way too expensive for my high school part time job income. Same deal goes for the capture device; I don't think I'll be doing this often, if ever again (21st Century Digital Boy reporting) so it doesn't make sense for me to do pay $250 for a capture device that will collect dust until I sell it on eBay for $40 3 years from now. So I've decided to try out the VHS > miniDV route (or willndmb's tricky-sounding method). If it gives crappy results I'll just send it to some trading friends of mine to transfer.

Which brings me to my current problem. I've successfully connected my miniDV camcorder to my combination VCR/DVD player, but all I get is the audio from the VHS tape and the video from the DVD in the player (or the default blank screen for the DVD). I've lost my manual for the damn thing and I see only one A/V out on it. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
Dude, go to Best Buy and get one of the low level Dazzle capture devices. It may not be to the specs of some of the pros here, but for what you want to do it's the easiest $50 solution. It'll even come with it's own limited software. Most likely Pinnacle Studio. Suck ass program but it'll do what you want.


http://www.videohelp.com/

Scroll down. Pinnacle express DV
Or, Dazzle DVC 80

Last edited by E_rock; 2008-01-22 at 12:15 AM.
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