How to transfer old vhs tapes of holidays to DVD

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As title says i have old vhs videos of holidays from years ago & i would like to put them onto dvd.
I don,t have a dvd recorder only a player,i also have a vhs video tape player,any help welcome.:)
Just had a look at the back of the vhs video player & the only connections it has are 2 scart plugs one to tv & second marked decoder,no other plugs.
 
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jockwav said:
As title says i have old vhs videos of holidays from years ago & i would like to put them onto dvd.
I don,t have a dvd recorder only a player,i also have a vhs video tape player,any help welcome.:)
Just had a look at the back of the vhs video player & the only connections it has are 2 scart plugs one to tv & second marked decoder,no other plugs.
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https://www.video2dvdtransfers.co.u...MI_sSb-e6T2QIVb7XtCh18SQSpEAAYASABEgIwNPD_BwE
Might be an easier option, other companies are available I believe.
 
Cheers for that,looking at it they seem to want £19 for 1 vhs to dvd.:eek:
 
How much will it cost you to buy a DVD recorder with suitable inputs, then the blank media, then your time?

If you want to do it yourself, you'll need a DVD recorder, preferably with a hard drive. Connect the video player to the DVD recorder and then the DVD recorder to the TV so the video passes through to the TV.
It's a 1:1 pass on the initial recording, playing off the Video to the hard drive of the DVD recorder. Once there you can use the menu system to select the video to burn to DVD. Usually they have a cheesey menu option to include with it.

I've also done this before, playing the video into my PC through a video capture board, then creating the DVD content and burning it to DVD.

Usually theres a local company does it cheaply.
 
Byker28i said:
How much will it cost you to buy a DVD recorder with suitable inputs, then the blank media, then your time?

If you want to do it yourself, you'll need a DVD recorder, preferably with a hard drive. Connect the video player to the DVD recorder and then the DVD recorder to the TV so the video passes through to the TV.
It's a 1:1 pass on the initial recording, playing off the Video to the hard drive of the DVD recorder. Once there you can use the menu system to select the video to burn to DVD. Usually they have a cheesey menu option to include with it.

I've also done this before, playing the video into my PC through a video capture board, then creating the DVD content and burning it to DVD.

Usually theres a local company does it cheaply.
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Cheers for that,i have been searching a lot of mine fields.;)
 
I think I've only just got rid of our DVD recorder last year after doing all our videos, but then I've also kept a decent video player
 
Will probably keep the video player in a cupboard.:)
 
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Posting my video tape for dvd copy tomorrow.:)
 
I've got a combined VHS-DVD recorder you can have for a Tenner plus postage. I've used it to copy tapes to DVD loads of time - it's what we bought it for - but haven't used in quite a while.

Let me know :)
 
Bristolian said:
I've got a combined VHS-DVD recorder you can have for a Tenner plus postage. I've used it to copy tapes to DVD loads of time - it's what we bought it for - but haven't used in quite a while.

Let me know :)
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Thanks for the offer,but i have posted the video tape to get transferred & it is the only one i have left,so don,t really need it,but thanks anyway.:)
 
keeweeman said:
out of curiosity will they do proper movies? I would love to try and get the original muppet christmas carol converted to dvd rather than the version now more readily available that cuts one of the scenes short...
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probably not - wouldn't that be breach of copyright? Most films start with a warning about copying
 
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quite possibly, that's why i asked. It doesn't actually say anything about it in the FAQs on the website though as far as i could see
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True, but it refers to “your” movies throughout which may be taken to mean movies you have made.
 
keeweeman said:
out of curiosity will they do proper movies? I would love to try and get the original muppet christmas carol converted to dvd rather than the version now more readily available that cuts one of the scenes short...
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Most VHS films are protected by (IIRC) Macrovision which prevents copying.
 
Just to say i got my vhs tape transferred to dvd,but the quality which came from the vhs tape was not that great to start with.:(
My question is can i enhance that in any way & how to if anyone knows.:)
 
Obviously it's better to get the best copy in the first place and some capture software allows some onthe fly adjustment but you can post process the captured video - the results will depend to an extent on the quality of the original and what you are trying to improve
 
Having had another look at it i don,t think i can improve the overall quality or sharpness.:(
 
Having done a similar exercise a few years ago with my dad's VHS tapes which had all his Super 8 movies on them I couldn't get any major quality improvement either even after trying with lots of different programs.
 
Giblets said:
Having done a similar exercise a few years ago with my dad's VHS tapes which had all his Super 8 movies on them I couldn't get any major quality improvement either even after trying with lots of different programs.
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Yep,i think what i have is as good as i will get.:)
 
The VHS that I had converted were originally 8mm film they had been rephotographed from the proj cation screen with a digicam! All things considered, the quality was surprisingly good — not actually good of course :)
 
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