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"Tim V." <tsvemail-usenet@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote in
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> > "Elliot" <elliot.jolesch@att.net> wrote in message
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> >> I have lots of VHS home movies that I would like to convert to DVDs.
> >> I would like suggestions or recommendations on both software and the
> > hardware
> >> box to use to convert the tapes from analog to digital. I have both
> >> Firewire and USB 2.0 on my computer.
> >>
> >> TIA
> >> Elliot
> >>
> >
> > If you just want to make DVD versions of exactly what
> > you have on VHS, get a standalone DVD Recorder.
> >
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> No chance for editing, menu's or the such.
Which is why I stipulated : " If you just want to make DVD
versions of exactly what you have on VHS". And do you
need a menu for a VHS Movie? The Recorder should still
supply navigation data/points, so you can "scrub" and FF.
> How well do they
> implement Mpg2 encoding? Are they configurable in that
> regard?
>
> Tim.
>
That would depend on the DVD Recorder, but I doubt they
allow anything like what those of us who capture to a PC are used
to. The image and audio quality should be quite good, certainly
enough to handle all that a VHS tape player can provide.
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