On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 08:23, Muad^Dib wrote: > hi > i have some old videos i want to preserve onto a cdrom as the tapes are > getting a bit old now they need saving before they get too old... > can this be done on linux or is this a win only area > if so how is it done and what do i need as i have never done anything like > this before, any guidance would be much appreciated.. > > LtCdData
Part of this issue is going to revolve around the hardware. In order to capture from VHS you need to have a video-audio input - either in a graphics adaptor or a multimedia card. This can be done in Windows, Linux or on a Mac - but it's hardware specific. Some high-end multimedia adaptors have all of this functionality built into them - some TV cards (BT848 chipset) also have the ability to do this. I used a BT878 card to transpose VHS of equestrian events into AVI - then after getting and editing what I wanted, transposed the resultant avi into an svcd. So, to answer the question simply, yes, this can be done in linux - BUT it's hardware that's required - if you don't already have it. -- Sat Jan 18 08:50:00 EST 2003 8:50am up 1 day, 18:33, 4 users, load average: 0.41, 0.63, 0.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------ | __ __ | kuhn media australia | | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | ------------------------------------------------------------------ linux user:267497 * RH 8.0 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting ------------------------------------------------------------------ QOTD: "There may be no excuse for laziness, but I'm sure looking."
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