Transferring VHS to DVD

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Does anyone know or has had experience of transferring VHS video to another format - DVD or MP4? I recently found all my old official Ryder Cup videos from 1985 to 2002. Would love to be able to get them onto my laptop or DVD as setting up the old VHS is not an option.

Thanks if anyone has any ideas.

 

[Taggart]

Hi,

if you are any good with computers ........... pop into a Maplins Electronics or such like cause I am faily vertina you can buy a piece of kit at a reasonable price and do it yourself.

Otherwise yellow pages my friend am sure you will have a video/ camera shop locally that can do it, good luck

 

[CannyFifer]

dont know if this will help
http://www.which.co.uk/advice/transfer-vhs-video-to-dvd/index.jsp

 

[RGDave]

The way I see it, you have two options.

1) the non-computer way; if you have a recordable dvd player there must be a input in the back for a signal, either standard aerial or scart. Press play on the VCR and record on the dvd recorder.
I've never actually done this, but I have a hard-drive freeview box which I use to record tv. If I really like a program, I play it and record it in real time onto dvd.

2) the computer way; buy a video capture card for your computer. I use a video capture card to put camcorder films onto dvd. It works well, but the files are HUGE, so you'd need a lot of space on your pc.

If you have the vhs video player, I'd go with the recordable dvd player idea...but it'll be expensive, unless you could envisage recording directly off freeview/sat now and again.

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=11484

Needless to say, if you decide you want to do it with cables/adapter cards for PC, shop around. There are lots of little boxes available (dvd maker 2, vhs-dvd 4.0 deluxe) which will use a component output (most probably) from your VCR (i.e. a yellow video channel and red/white audio) into the box then into your pc via usb or similar.

I don't ever recommend Maplin. 9/10 the thing you find either in store or online is available far cheaper elsewhere. Maplin were charging £49 for my capture card, I got it from ebuyer for £27.99....'nuff said.

 

[Yerman]

You just need a DVD/video recorder, I have a panasonic does the job a treat.