Vhs To Dvd

[jaiyenyen]

I've got some VHS tapes that I'd like to get converted to DVD. Is there anywhere in Bangkok where I can get this done?

[Minpin]

Don,t know about Bangkok, but my husband found a shop in our local computer mall who did the tapes for 300 baht each. Try Pantip?

PS

Quality degrades quite a lot

[marvinberry]

Depending on how many VHS tapes you have it may be cheaper to buy a VHS/DVD recorder (dual machine which takes a VHS tape and a DVD tray next to it). I bought one and saved big money as I had a bout 50 VHS tapes.

Technically, you shouldn't lose any quality, it should be preserved. My footage actually looked better on DVD after the transfer.

[howto]

Depending on how many VHS tapes you have it may be cheaper to buy a VHS/DVD recorder (dual machine which takes a VHS tape and a DVD tray next to it). I bought one and saved big money as I had a bout 50 VHS tapes.

Technically, you shouldn't lose any quality, it should be preserved. My footage actually looked better on DVD after the transfer.

Please tell us more...

brand name, where purchased, cost.

Does it have a menu system for choices on the convert/burn.

I also have close to 50 VHS tapes I want converted,

and yes I find the price to be around 300 baht each.

My tapes are from the mid 1980's to mid 1990's...

USA NTSC format (perhaps 29 fps)...

(from TV and camcorder)

I would guess this unit burns one disc per tape.

A link to this device would be great.

[LondonPI]

I have used this software in the past, http://www.roxio.co.uk/eng/products/easy-vhs-to-dvd/standard/overview.html

Its okay and does mean that you can edit and re arange the content on the video before burning it to DVD however I have found it sometimes crashes and you have to start over.

If I had to do things again I would look at a straight video to DVD machine.

[howto]

I forgot to mention...

After contacting several of these people for converting,

they can't convert NTSC frame rate (29 fps or 23 fps).

Also they could (would) not tell me the DVD media they used.

So I'm convinced they use the cheapest DVD media they can get.

Any of you out there experienced "disc rot" on a DVD?

I only use high quality media such as

MCC 03RG20 (16x DVD-R Mitsubishi / Verbatim) or

TYG03 (16x DVD-R Taiyo Yuden).

Such a waste to pay for the conversion,

only to have it burned onto cheap media that will not last 3 years.

Just a FYI.

[trogers]

I forgot to mention...

After contacting several of these people for converting,

they can't convert NTSC frame rate (29 fps or 23 fps).

Also they could (would) not tell me the DVD media they used.

So I'm convinced they use the cheapest DVD media they can get.

Any of you out there experienced "disc rot" on a DVD?

I only use high quality media such as

MCC 03RG20 (16x DVD-R Mitsubishi / Verbatim) or

TYG03 (16x DVD-R Taiyo Yuden).

Such a waste to pay for the conversion,

only to have it burned onto cheap media that will not last 3 years.

Just a FYI.

First thing you may want to do, even if burnt into a high quality DVD disc, is to convert the DVD into a media file and keep it in a backup hard disc. Thereafter, you can burn new discs whenever desire.

[Minpin]

Depending on how many VHS tapes you have it may be cheaper to buy a VHS/DVD recorder (dual machine which takes a VHS tape and a DVD tray next to it). I bought one and saved big money as I had a bout 50 VHS tapes.

Technically, you shouldn't lose any quality, it should be preserved. My footage actually looked better on DVD after the transfer.

Did you buy in Thailand. We found it impossible to buy a DVD/VHS combined machine here in Thailand.

Does it circumvent the copy write protection built into the VHS tape or were they not store bought tapes?

[Minpin]

Do combi recorders bypass the copy protection?

Using a VCR connected to a DVD recorder refused to copy as per below. That's why we used a shop.

Just as you can't copy commercially made VHS tapes to another VCR due to Macrovision anti-copy encoding, the same applies to making copies to DVD. DVD recorders cannot bypass anti-copy signals on commercial VHS tapes or DVDs. If a DVD recorder detects anti-copy encoding it will not start the recording and display some sort of message either on screen or on its LED front panel display that it detects the anti-copy code or that it is detecting an unusable signal.

[howto]

Perhaps another option...

(I prefer to not have a leftover "one touch VHS player/DVD burn unit",

that will essentially be obsolete once I've done the tapes.)

I already have:

- a VCR (actually two)

- a very good PAL camcorder with AVI in and Firewire out

- a decent computer with firewire

- software

Perhaps I can use the camcorder in passthrough mode to the pc.

There I can save the resulting file anywhere,

and edit, convert, chapter, and burn to disc or to a usb thumb drive.

I need to clear some area space, setup and give it a try.

Most likely it will work since I do not have any commercial tapes.

For those with recent decent camcorders (which have avi in and usb out),

perhaps this method will work also.

Concerning Macrovision, one may need to get "that" box.

Perhaps they are still available

look at

jfchandler post #7 and #9

Perhaps the "one touch VHS player/DVD burn unit" can be found in BKK Chinatown.

Just a thought.

[howto]

Please see thread

http://www.thaivisa....a-catridge-4gb/

A "Digital Tape" recovery is far more difficult than a analogue VHS,

there are some details in that thread which is important to know ,

for those of us whom want / need to do an analogue VHS transfer AND / OR

very important info for those of us whom have mini-dvd tapes.

This is just a FYI.

Hope it helps