Is it possible to get short clips off of different VHS tapes (so they would be different digital video clips), and then burn all of them onto one DVD? Or can only one individual digital video clip be burned to a DVD? ----- All of the answers are...
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Yes is the short answer. This device captures (real time) any video fed to it (VHS tape, DVD, or even video games). You can stop and start the recording anywhere during the VHS tape(s) or other input. That said, it's not a good use of time if the tapes are family videos. Here's why...in time, you'll likely want the whole tape converted to digital so you might as well set it up and let it run through to completion. Then import to iMovie where you can create a project and bring in the selected clips. Once your project is finalized you're ready to burn a DVD or upload to the internet (a better choice if you want to share the final project with others). As you may know, iMovie does not create DVDs so you then need to export the project to your DVD burner. Of course, my response is based on the Apple platform. I cannot help with the Windows platform; but, imagine it's similar.
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Hi there K.........how did this unit turn out for you? I've had mine for a couple of years so far, and it plays DVD's great. I gave up on learning how to copy a tape to a disk, but that is the one feature I needed to rid myself of boxes of old VCR tapes. (See my posts dated 2/21/10.) James says I need a tuner, however the inst. book does not mention that. Thanks for the help, Jeanette
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In reference to converting old VHS to DVD; there is an option to finalize later. The length of time it takes to finalize the disk as I recall isn't very long, especially compared to the time it takes to transcribe the source video.
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If you have the camera there is transfer boxes you can buy for about $30, I'm sure on amazon too. You just plug audio/video cables in and transfer anything to the computer, then burn it on DVD. I have one and it works great. If you don't have the camera there should be something that just plays the tapes, may be hard to find though. Mini DV camcorders are obsolete now, should be able to find one pretty cheap or on eBay to use for transferring tapes.
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I have the same issue and hope someone can let us know if VHS tapes can be edited while making DVD recordings.
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This apparatus will not allow you to transfer VHS to DVD. However, that is some of the work that I do. I use a Super VHS player (noticeably higher resolution than a standard VHS player) and capture the signal with my computer using Elgato brand video capture, then I put the movie onto DVD. If you're doing this yourself, I recommend the same workflow. I hope this information helps.
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I have done it, but it requires special software. Just Google "VHS to DVD software" and you should find some options that suit your needs.
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This you use to digitize the video and you can use a DVD burning software to record multiple movies to one DVD. I think digitizing it is more helpful then put it directly to DVD. I never used the feature of putting it directly on DVD yet because I wanted to pick and chose what I wanted. Also if you want more than one movie on a DVD get larger capacity DVDs.
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If there's no protection on the VHS tapes do we still need DVS to transfer to DVD?Also what are te previous models? If cheaper I might go for a previous model.
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Can you send me the link for that filter box? I really want to convert my copyrighted VHS tapes to DVDs but haven't found a way to do so. Can you explain to me how you did it? (trimthehedges@gmail.com)
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ok, question that will reveal how little i know about this. you mentioned recording to DVD. Can a DVD recorder record over the air broadcasts? can you set it to record at certain times, the way you would a VCR? And can you re-record over the dvds or do you have to keep buying them? (the advantage of vhs.)thanks!
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yes you can copy vhs to your hd without a seperate program (very easy).I would recommend s video at min.using composite cable your movie will not be as clear.Depending on your set up you may need a burn program to covert to dvd
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Hello..Not sure about VHS to DVD..I have failed at that as well..But these are great for backing up DVDs to use not to danger the original copy
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Hi Phil, can you elaborate on the question? DVD disc cannot play on a VCR player as it needs a VHS tape. Are you trying to say if the VHS tape can covert the file to a DVD disc? (that is more of an editing question than a product question). Or are you really saying can a dvd disc play in a regular dvd player?
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Thanks for the reply.Yes, as I know of now, each clip can NOT contain more than 99 chapters. Now, even if I join all of my 130 clips(meaning I get ONE clip) still, I can't write into one DVD (MovieFactory 5.6 doesn't allow this). So, I have to have a clip of max 99. Again, I am not sure how to merge the chapters recorded in my camcorder. May be there can some option while doing recording ??
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I was wondering the same thing. we have never transferred them to vhs and no longer have a vcr. any suggestions for the easiest way to transfer would help.
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I purchased a device from Roxio to copy VHS tapes to my laptop and then to burn them onto a DVD, it's a connector and some software. It's pretty seamless, you can copy the tape directly to a DVD or copy it to your computer and then burn the disc. If you have an s-video connector that would be the best way to do it as the Roxio device supports it. I didn't have one but an ordinary cable works fine.