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Converting VHS to DVD
I would like to be able to convert my old home video VHS tapes into DVD’s by using PP 1.5. I do not have an analog capture card for converting the VHS. However, I do have a DVD recorder which I am able to capture the VHS tapes to a DVD. But, they are raw and unedited. I was able to rip the DVD’s to avi, but the resulting size was something like 320 x 240. Is there a viable way to capture the dvd video to PP?
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6 Replies
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The best way is to use a A/V converter or a DV/D-8 camcorder with A/V->DV passthrough you can sometimes get a bargain on Ebay or a pawnshop, another way is to use more Mpeg friendly software like Ulead’s Video Studio or Media Studio Pro
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I have some type of Ulead software that came with the camera. I will check to see if it does what I need. I have never looked at it since I have Premiere. Analog passthrough was something that I wanted when I bought a new camera last year. The camera came with passthrough, but does not support analog. I was dissapointed about that. I had planned to use the passthrough for converting the VHS tapes.
I did figure out how to increase the size of the conversion of the DVD to AVI.
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I do this for customers all the time. If I get VHS tapes
I use my camcorder to pass-through the analog signal
into to computer. However, if I get DVDs from customers
my favorite software is VirtualDub-MPEG. It reads the
VOB files and outputs uncompressed AVIs. Watch out for
the audio/video skew that happens. It can be taken care
of in the software, but you need to be aware of it.Search google for VirtualDub-MPEG.
Good Luck
Mark Weaver
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[stevem1928] “The camera came with passthrough, but does not support analog”
Passthrough is A/V->DV->A/V, if the cam says it has passthrough its a menu selection in the VCR mode.
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If you need to spend money on a converter anway, you should consider just buying a Consumer DVD Recorder. It’s much, much simpler for that kind of thing, unless you need fancy menus.
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The camera has no way to connect a VHS up to it. It has USB and Firewire. All official documentation says this model, Panasonic PV-GS150 does not support analog passthrough. The next step up has the capability. I may end up buying an analog caputre device.
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