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Converting VHS Tape to DVD? Advice? | by asayogure | 2007-01-25 11:58:26 |
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well, there's generally two methods | by Freakazoid | 2007-01-25 12:02:21 |
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I've been doing just this thing for | by voxwoman | 2007-01-25 12:09:00 |
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Well, this is planned as a present for them... | by asayogure | 2007-01-25 12:22:52 |
| I've tried a few different video editors |
by voxwoman |
2007-01-25 12:55:35 |
in the 100-dollar range (for applications). Sony Vegas Home and Adobe Premiere Elements (both "dumbed down" versions of their much more expensive home versions). They are very similar in their feature sets, except that I like Premeire better than Vegas. I go into detail about it on one of my blogs (which seems to be down at the moment).
It's still faster to capture the original on the VHS->DVD box and then edit the dvd files and create new menus in editing software than it would be to hook up a VCR to your video card and capture that way. You are also less vulnerable to a disk crash deleting your digitized material before you've backed it up.
I have to grab 8mm film home movies as well as VHS, Beta, and 8mm analog tape to completely archive our families moving memories (I also have several sizeable boxes of photographs that I have to scan and possibly reconstruct). My current camcorder records directly onto DVD (which is one reason why I prefer an editing application that reads DVDs directly).
Vegas (IIRC) had better canned background music than Premiere. But I also have a bunch of loop libraries for other projects - if you want to make "pro" feeling videos, consider getting a few loop library discs of "cinematic" music - having a nice soundtrack enhances any visual experience.
Also consider recording an "alternate" soundtrack with commentary - we were planning on watching some home movies and just talking like the actors and directors do on the film tracks. Making a secondary audio track that can be turned on/off is a neat feature. I haven't figured out how to do that with my video software, however, and I suspect that I may need to invest in the pro-level application to actually do that. But I can have the audio track ready to go... |
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Very, very helpful! Thank you! | by asayogure | 2007-01-25 13:00:17 |
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Premiere *Elements* | by voxwoman | 2007-01-25 13:04:12 |
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Heh, I wouldn't have made the mistake... | by asayogure | 2007-01-25 13:06:09 |
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