At 4:08 PM -0600 5/10/2004, Dan K wrote: >OP wants analog video output from analog input. I'm not quite sure why OP >needs to use a computer at all . . . :-)
Well, if OP means Original Poster (instead of Observation Post or something-- which is what it meant to us in the Army), that's me and the reason I want to involve the Mac is to use iMovie to edit out all the superfluous video in my Hi-8 home movies, which is to say most of it :-) and create home-movie masterpieces for other family members to view and appreciate. Then I want to sent the edited productions out from the Mac to VHS tapes, because all the relatives have VCRs but not all have DVD players yet. I think I'll probably buy this gadget to get the video in and out of the Mac: http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=6339&Item=MIGDC2INTL. Which reminds me, I was over at a Target store today and I looked into their electronics section, and I noticed that they have these DVD recorders that also accept VHS tapes, and one of the sales kids there told me that you can use them to record from a VHS videocassette onto a DVD. Is that right? If that's true, then I wouldn't have to replace the CD-RW in my Mac with a Superdrive to burn DVDs of my videos. Instead I could output from the Mac to the VCR part of the box, to get it onto videotape, and then burn it over to a DVD on the other side of the same box. Anybody see any reason why that wouldn't work? Another thing: once I have my home movie recorded on a videocassette, I'd want to make copies for relatives. To do that, would I just stack another VCR on top of the first one, and copy from the master videocassette in the first VCR to blank ones in the second VCR? And if I can do that, then can old VHS movies be similarly copied, or do they have protection schemes to prevent it? For instance I have this old VHS copy of the 1965 movie Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines that I like to look at once in awhile, and I thought a relative might enjoy it too, so I went to Amazon.com to get another copy for him, but discovered that they don't make them anymore, either on VHS or DVD. In fact, there were a few old used copies being offered for over $100 each! Shazaam! I should put my copy of it in a vault! But is it possible to copy this movie onto a blank videocassette using two VCRs? I should quit playing the valuable master lest I wear it out. Sorry if this last is a little OT, but it strikes me that it would be neat to be able to back up old movies like that, especially rare ones. Is it possible, using twin VCRs? Tom Art website at http://www.ThomasBakerPaintings.com Archaeology website at http://www.nmia.com/~jaybird/AANewsletter/ -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
