Hmm.. anyone know how to rip from a VCR tape onto the computer? Complicated?
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Posted 21 May 2006 - 05:04 AM
your topic is a bit misleading since this isn't about VCDs at all.
Complicated? Only a little. I'm too lazy to write detailed instructions on how to do it cuz it depends on what software you use however this kind of information can be googled. Here's a very simplified summary of what you need to do.
You need a TV capture card installed on your computer. You connect your VCR to your TV capture card. You hit play on your VCR then you use whatever software you have to do the actual recording. Once your done you can watch it on the computer or burn it onto a CD or DVD.
There are easy programs that can capture and also burn onto CD or DVD from Pinnacle and Ulead but they cost alot of money. Some TV capture cards come with their own proprietary software for capturing and recording so if you decide to use that, you'll have to figure out how to use the included software on your own.
Complicated? Only a little. I'm too lazy to write detailed instructions on how to do it cuz it depends on what software you use however this kind of information can be googled. Here's a very simplified summary of what you need to do.
You need a TV capture card installed on your computer. You connect your VCR to your TV capture card. You hit play on your VCR then you use whatever software you have to do the actual recording. Once your done you can watch it on the computer or burn it onto a CD or DVD.
There are easy programs that can capture and also burn onto CD or DVD from Pinnacle and Ulead but they cost alot of money. Some TV capture cards come with their own proprietary software for capturing and recording so if you decide to use that, you'll have to figure out how to use the included software on your own.
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Posted 21 May 2006 - 06:49 AM
Go the darkviet style.. buy a $70 stand alone DVD recorder. Connect VCR, play and record 6 hours (max) on one DVD.
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Posted 21 May 2006 - 05:01 PM
^hmm. can I do that with my TV tuner that came with my laptop? all I know is that I can connect to a TV, or to antenna jack/cable box and watch tv XD
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Posted 21 May 2006 - 05:17 PM
Are you talking about the TV Out on your laptop where you can see your desktop and watch anime on a TV? Or are you actually able to watch tv and change channels on your LAPTOP? Cuz they're two different things. With TV Out, you can't capture. With the 2nd option where you can watch TV on your laptop, yes you can use it like a VCR and capture TV programs like TIVO.
BTW, yes I almost forgot about standalone DVD recorders like what awdark said. We've got one ourselves. Handy cuz you record directly to DVD although I hate the fugly menu they stick onto each DVD that you record.
BTW, yes I almost forgot about standalone DVD recorders like what awdark said. We've got one ourselves. Handy cuz you record directly to DVD although I hate the fugly menu they stick onto each DVD that you record.
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Posted 21 May 2006 - 06:52 PM
^a TV tuner. It's a cute little silver box thing I can attatch to my computer and to a TV or antenna jack/cable box and watch TV on it, and record. It's cool though because I can control the TV mode, start media center, start the computer with the remote control that came with it. =] . The TV mode is a feature of Media Center and the TV tuner lets me connect to the antenna jack/cable box to watch....
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Posted 22 May 2006 - 12:42 AM
whoops. sorry my bad, a typo there. i meant VCR. like how to rip it from a recorded tape. eg. record something to a VCR tape and then upload onto the computer. seems pretty complicated judging from DaRkViEt73's post. but yeah thanks!
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Posted 22 May 2006 - 02:29 PM
No, its not really that complicated, I had to convert all of my family's old home videos to dvd a few months back, the computer had a built in media center thing with all the proper connections.. and it was just like plugging it into the back of a normal tv and then hitting play on the vcr and then record on the computer.
Main point: it's really simple as long as you have the proper connections.
Main point: it's really simple as long as you have the proper connections.
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