Anyone ever converted their vhs tapes to computer (digital) format? If so, how did you do it, and did it copy into the new format okay?
I am wanting to take the "Happiness" vhs that I have and convert it to a mpeg format so I can editing the ending song. I hate how "Michael Stipe" sung the song "Happiness" which was written by "Eytan Mirsky" who sung the song a hell of a lot better. He put more feeling into the song.
I am also wanting to edit the film so it will play 30 secs or more of the song when the movie starts, because I think that would make the film a lot better.
The way I see it would work is just record from video out to video in (video card). But is there a software to record video coming into the video-in of the video card.
Anyway, if anyone has done this, post how you did it and if you used software, what application did you use to record the video from the vhs to the digital file.
Thanks,
Kevin
vhs to vcd, svcd, or any other mpeg file format
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Anything with an Adobe Stamp on it is expensive though (aside from downloading it)
I use VirtualDub for all my editing, and your capture card probably came with something for recording, but Virtual Dub also does that. I personally prefer recording to an MPEG stream of some sort, as many avi streams are usually better quality at a given bitrate, but the encoding power required makes real-time capturing difficult. You'll need a special MPEG2 version of VirtualDub if you plan on using that format, and you can't save to that format with VirtualDub, but it does support any avi format (DivX, XviD, WM9, etc)
You can also use VLC if you want to encode to MPEG2 for free. Just capture from your input devices, and output to file, and then change the encoding stream to MPEG2 PS, MP2V at the highest bitrate it allows for video(if you want high quality anyway, it's still less than DVD, but plenty for VHS), and MPGA for audio. This will create a standard MPEG2 stream to the file output.
www.virtualdub.org
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I use VirtualDub for all my editing, and your capture card probably came with something for recording, but Virtual Dub also does that. I personally prefer recording to an MPEG stream of some sort, as many avi streams are usually better quality at a given bitrate, but the encoding power required makes real-time capturing difficult. You'll need a special MPEG2 version of VirtualDub if you plan on using that format, and you can't save to that format with VirtualDub, but it does support any avi format (DivX, XviD, WM9, etc)
You can also use VLC if you want to encode to MPEG2 for free. Just capture from your input devices, and output to file, and then change the encoding stream to MPEG2 PS, MP2V at the highest bitrate it allows for video(if you want high quality anyway, it's still less than DVD, but plenty for VHS), and MPGA for audio. This will create a standard MPEG2 stream to the file output.
www.virtualdub.org
www.videolan.org
I forgot all about the capture card thing. I was thinking I could send video through my video card, but then I got thinking, how do I send sound. Because I don't think there are any ports for the sound on a vcr. Not sure how it works but it sends all the stuff to the tv and the tv produces the sound.
I guess the easiest way to do all this is just rent the dvd "Happiness" and copy the *.vob files and convert them to an mpeg format and edit that file with VirtualDub.
I read a few websites where they are saying you can transfer your vhs tapes to dvd but obviously you have to have a capture card. Maybe someday I'll get one of those. But like Creedence Clearwater Rival said in their song, "Someday never comes"
Anyway, can anyone recommend any good capture cards. Preferably at a price of $60. Not sure how expensive they are, but I would hate to spend several hundred on it because there are only a few movies I want to change the ending songs to
I guess the easiest way to do all this is just rent the dvd "Happiness" and copy the *.vob files and convert them to an mpeg format and edit that file with VirtualDub.
I read a few websites where they are saying you can transfer your vhs tapes to dvd but obviously you have to have a capture card. Maybe someday I'll get one of those. But like Creedence Clearwater Rival said in their song, "Someday never comes"
Anyway, can anyone recommend any good capture cards. Preferably at a price of $60. Not sure how expensive they are, but I would hate to spend several hundred on it because there are only a few movies I want to change the ending songs to
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I use the ATI TV Wonder Pro (Pro has stereo sound), which is right at about $60. The Hauppage WinTV line is considered to be some good cards too, although I've never used them.
If your computer has a video IN port, then you can get your sound using the line in on the back of your computer / sound card. Any of your recording software should allow you to capture these two and multiplex them into the file properly.
If your computer has a video IN port, then you can get your sound using the line in on the back of your computer / sound card. Any of your recording software should allow you to capture these two and multiplex them into the file properly.
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Thanks for the info! That link that HatePirate posted makes the ATI TV Wonder Pro sound promising.
I been considering a capture card for a while because it would be handy to record stuff from cable or satellite without having to stick in a vhs. Plus, after the tv program gets through recording, I am assuming it will be in correct format to make a svcd of it. I don't have a dvd burner yet so what I do is, convert to svcd (because it is smaller than vcd) and I copy it to a cdr disc. A two hour movie takes up about 3 cd-r disc, which is kind of a pain in the ass to change out because when you watch a movie, you want to watch it straight through without getting interruption, but oh well, it isn't too bad. Another good thing about using cd-rs for movie burning is, they are less expensive than those dvd-rs.
I been considering a capture card for a while because it would be handy to record stuff from cable or satellite without having to stick in a vhs. Plus, after the tv program gets through recording, I am assuming it will be in correct format to make a svcd of it. I don't have a dvd burner yet so what I do is, convert to svcd (because it is smaller than vcd) and I copy it to a cdr disc. A two hour movie takes up about 3 cd-r disc, which is kind of a pain in the ass to change out because when you watch a movie, you want to watch it straight through without getting interruption, but oh well, it isn't too bad. Another good thing about using cd-rs for movie burning is, they are less expensive than those dvd-rs.
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DVD-R's are not much more expensive than CD-R's anymore, and with the ATI Capture software you can capture to whatever format you want - VCD, SVCD, DVD, or various other formats depending on what you want to do with it. It's a nice little system - but be warned - the updated versions of their capture software introduce a lag time in the capture (and the old versions have too many problems to deal with). This isn't a problem unless you have 2 things on the same channel, or need exact real time video (such as playing a game through it). This is in the software though, and other software can use the capture card with no lag time at all. It's only like half a second - but just so you know before hand.