Converting VHS video tapes to DVD/CD

[Seraphim]

I'm new at this and would appreciate it if someone tells me there is a possibility, logically, without costing me.

thanks in advance

[Tomaz]

Hi,

Capture the video to the computer as MPEG-2 using hardware capture devices that convert the VHS to MPEG-2 as they capture and then author and burn a DVD. A one-hour video is captured and compressed to MPEG-2 in one hour, but you are generally limited to doing "cuts-only" editing of the MPEG-2 files. However, if your original tape doesn't need editing this is a fast way to convert VHS to DVD, but still have the flexibility to create custom DVD menus. Many of the inexpensive hardware analog-to-MPEG boxes can deliver very good quality, in part because the analog source video does not have to be converted to DV before being encoded to MPEG. Converting VHS to DV can add artifacts that make it harder to get good MPEG compression.

[Seraphim]

Hi Tomaz,

Thank for the tip, but can you explain the procedure in detail.