Dubbing from VHS to DVD.. Need help! I have tried dubbing a VHS home movie to DVD but cannot understand how to "pause" the VHS tape to not record certain parts, while it is in dubbing mode. Can anyone help? thanks. Dubbing from VHS to DVD.. Need help! I have tried dubbing a VHS home movie to DVD but cannot understand how to "pause" the VHS tape to not record certain parts, while it is in dubbing... » Read More Dubbing from VHS to DVD.. Need help! I have tried dubbing a VHS home movie to DVD but cannot understand how to "pause" the VHS tape to not record certain parts, while it is in dubbing mode. Can anyone help? thanks. « Show Less
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I know this is a really old post, but this might help someone else...Just started converting old videos to dvd and had a problem with this. Figured it out though...when in dvd mode press the input select button at the top of the remote. It will go to L2 and now you can follow the directions from the manual. - Press VCR, play until you get to the point you want to record and hit pause- Press DVD- Press Dubbing
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I cannot get my Toshiba to even copy from VHS to DVD. How did you get yours to work?
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I called customer support after many frustrating minutes trying to dub home videos to DVD. And it came down to the fact that the manual is incorrect! First, make sure the input is L1, and secondly, skip Step 7 on page 50 - do NOT press DVD after you pause the VCR - go straight to Dub. I assume you must have figured this out by now, but I want to put this on line so people can see the answer to their problem with dubbing.
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I would say to set the tape so that there are no chapter breaks (turn off Auto-Chapter - Page 34 of the manual). Then, whatever you want not shown on the DVD, just place a chapter before and after it and "Hide" that chapter (Page 78 of the manual). I don't think this works for DVD-R discs, though. Page 9 of the manual shows that you can only change chapters with +R discs.
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does anyone know how to get to the recording mode so that you can change the recording time to either sp or lp playing time thanks
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J.R.,Thank you, thank you, thank you!Yes, it may have been an old post, but it was the first time I saw a clear answer to the problem (of which I wasted several hours, frustrated). Your posting is very much appreciated!
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That's interesting. I ALWAYS go to DVD before dubbing (I double-check my dubbing speed while there). I'll have to try it your way once and see what happens. Thanks for posting.
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We were excited to transfer home video (VHS) to DVD. However, the dubbing stops everytime there is a break when the tape goes from one subject to the next. Sometimes there is static on the VHS where we linked tapings together on one VHS or a few blank seconds. The only thing that has worked is to reset the dubbing every few minutes when it stops dubbing, but that's a lot of time and work. We have to sit there and "babysit" the tape. Is there any way around this that we can put the tape and DVD in and have it dub from beginning to end????
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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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Yes, that is how I'm using it. Obviously, when you dub vhs to dvd, it is of no use, as the copying doesn't go through the jacks, rather it is done internally. But, you can record to the DVD from a protected source and it works fine.
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No, I couldn't find any option relating to DVD resolution. When dubbing from VHS to DVD, I usually find the quality of the DVD picture to be at least equal to the quality of the VHS picture.
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there are some restrictions, but yes, when you dubb vhs>dvd, they should play on a dvd player. you need to aquire an owners manual for your machine, and check all noted restrictions. if you don't have a manual, they can be aquired from your manufacturer, or places online.
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I suggest you contact Amazon right away! Inform them of your problem & they should refund your full purchase. They did for me & told me to just keep the product or throw it out.If you still want to convert your old videos, I'd suggest checking the Honestech VHS to DVD package. I eventually went with it from Amazon. Unfortunately you just missed a Gold Box deal a few days ago, but it's the best & easiest to use that I could find. Even at regular price it;s still a good deal. Good Luck & repost when you succeed. Mike
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It has been a loooong while since I used that DVD/VCR (mine broke down and was thrown out years ago), but if I remember correctly it could NOT record DVDs. I think there was a button that could copy the content of the DVD to a VCR tape, but only if the DVD wasn't copy-protected, which most are.
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I have a dvr through directv. I'm thinking about getting this toshiba dvd recorder. Let me make sure I understand... If I have a show recorded on my dvr, I can then record it to a dvd in my dvd recorder? But while the dvr'ed show is being recorded to dvd, I cannot watch a different show? Is this correct?? Thank you anyone for your help. I have some shows that have been on my dvr for a long time now that I occasionally like to rewatch and would much rather have them on dvd so hopefully this toshiba dvd recorder is what I need.
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If I have Window's Live Movie Maker then should I assume I can transfer my VHS recording onto my hard drive and then clip it with Movie Maker and be able to watch on my DVD player? I've been told there will be formatting issues so I'm hesitant to make the purchase.
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We have only recorded from VHS to DVD. When you are recording you can watch the VHS. I don't know why you couldn't just watch VHS or DVDs. Not sure about CDs.
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I'm looking for the same answer. I did notice that the very early reviews of this product did mention that a screen popped up that said the material was copyrighted and, therefore, stopped. Unless someone can tell us otherwise, I suspect the answer is no. I have two old VHS movies that have never been released in DVD format and would like to preserve them for my own personal use only. Has ANYONE been able to copy commercial VHS movies to DVD with this program??? Thanks.
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Hi. I am Patrick and I have gone thru what you are about to do. Get DVD-R, by using this version you can set the machine to burn so as not to ERASE BY ACCIDENT,, once you burn the dvd your machine will ask you a series of questions about keeping what you recorded, if you want to keep temporaly use DVD-RW this series -rw can be erased and re-recorded DVD-r,,once it it is burned you can delete the title but you loose that portation of the DVD-R
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All modes are available on both. I copy VHS tapes to HDD and from there to DVD after editing on the HDD. I always record to HDD in the same mode I plan to use on the DVD. The DVD burn goes faster without having to convert modes.
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Absolutely! Remember though that the real beauty of these machines is that you can record on vhs and then dub to dvd. For example, I regularly record to vhs and then burn to dvd movies and series I want to keep. DVD-R units will let you capture and hold a movie/show/whatever for as long as you like, but you cannot transfer that recording to a permanent source. On these units, you can record and then burn to the more stable medium, dvd. However, you can record to vhs and then play it. Remember, anything you do on tape is in real-time, so you can watch it as well as burn it to dvd.
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No, I've found the best way to do that is to buy a VHS to DVD recorder. Once you transfer the VHS to DVD, you can rip it to your computer then edit it in this program.
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Yes, it can record a tv show onto a vhs tape as I do that all the time. You just have to be sure it is set on the channel of the show you are taping. I don't think you can copy a vhs tape to dvd but am not sure. I couldn't find any instructions in the book that comes with it.
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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?