[ot] video transfer

[amalventano1 at tds.net (Allyn)]

Got a dv camcorder?  Some models support pass-through, where the rca's act as input vs. output, and the camcorder encodes the stream
to dv, which in turn is passed to the pc via firewire.

The advantage is that you can apply various filters and such to help clean it up, which will allow it to compress better.  When
authoring the dvd, you have more control over the bitrate, meaning you can likely fit 10 tapes onto one dvd, while keeping similar
vhs quality.

HTH
Al 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Foxx (in a box) [mailto:foxxinabox@wideopenwest.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 7:16 PM
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> Subject: [ot] video transfer
> 
>    i have some old home movies on vhs that i would like to 
> transfer to .avi or .mpg so that i can share them with my 
> extended family. i have the ability to burn them to dvd and 
> then rip the dvds to my computer, but i have to finalize the 
> dvds and can't do anything with them after that. it wouldn't 
> be such a problem except that there are more than 100 tapes. 
> anyone know if a (cheap) way to convert them from vhs to 
> video? i do have a vcr with rca outs but no inputs on my 
> video card. any help would be appreciated. thanx.
> 
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