Note that at best for NTSC you'll get maybe 640x480 resolution (or
720x486 for overscan) so recording your computer screen will require you
to drop into a much lower resolution. Apple used to sell a dongle that
hooked up to your video out that produced a standard NTSC signal (I
assume there was a PAL one as well). There are a few other gotchas like
color gamut limits and generally fuzzy reproduction (especially VHS)
that limit what you can really record from a computer display, but that
dongle might be what you want.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9267G/A?mco=MTIxOTI2Mg
CB
Jacob Schmude wrote:
Assuming you had a way to hook both the video and audio from your
computer into a VCR, then yes. You could either do this through
RCA/S-video or component video, or through a TV. The specific
connections you would use depends on your VCR. Note that DVDs often
have something known as Macrovision protection, which is supposed to
prevent you from recording them to VHS with a proper picture. This
doesn't apply to computers though, just to stand-alone DVD players, as
the dvd playing software must decode the macrovision first in order
for the picture to be correct in the first place. If you're still
worried about it, you can always use MacTheRipper to remove the
various protections before playing it and recording it to VHS. Video
files such as MP4s and AVIs will work too, if you can get the playback
software to output to your VCR you're good to go.
On Nov 20, 2008, at 15:05, Tiffany D wrote:
What if I wanted to convert dvds to vhs or videos on my computer to
vhs? Can I do that?
On 09/11/2008, Alex Jurgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
This might sound stupid, but it possible to use Voiceover and a Mac to
control a VCR? Also, is there hardware for my MB that will let me
capture VHSs from my VCR in a digital format, and is such a thing
accessible to VO users?
Thanks for listening,
Alex,
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