Re: [MBZ] OT: vhs conversion

2016-03-28 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I had a board in an XP box, as I recall it worked OK, no significant drama involved. It might still be in that box which might start up if I gave it a try. --R On 3/26/16 11:45 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: That sounds like a better solution. Fewer $$$, but I'd have to make a winder

Re: [MBZ] OT: vhs conversion

2016-03-28 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
ca> To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 12:46 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: vhs conversion Like this? http://www.pinnaclesys.com/publicsite/us/products/studio/?gclid=COL7gbPp48sCFQctaQodPbIFoA

Re: [MBZ] OT: vhs conversion

2016-03-28 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Like this? http://www.pinnaclesys.com/publicsite/us/products/studio/?gclid=COL7gbPp48sCFQctaQodPbIFoA Is there an easy way to add some voice commentary? I have a bunch of video that I did on our trip to Hawaii this past January and am trying to edit it somewhat using the software that came

Re: [MBZ] OT: vhs conversion

2016-03-28 Thread Ed Booher via Mercedes
Look around a little harder before you pay that. Meijer here in Indiana had a few of these on clearance recently for $79. Well, ok, not Toshiba brand, but a VCR to DVD system. EdB On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 11:29 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > What is the most cost

Re: [MBZ] OT: vhs conversion

2016-03-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
They must make the little USB doodads for Mac, and they come with iMovie. It was 2001 before I ever really edited video on Windows and that was on a $60,000 machine... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android From:"Curly McLain via Mercedes" Date:Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at

Re: [MBZ] OT: vhs conversion

2016-03-26 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Yeah, I had a high end A to D card in the Beige G3 for #1 son. The next year they came out with the graphite Mac and the A to D was built in. That was nice. Somewhere he may still have his commercial version of Final cut Pro. I have the graphite Mac, but it has not been fired up in

Re: [MBZ] OT: vhs conversion

2016-03-26 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
That sounds like a better solution. Fewer $$$, but I'd have to make a winder machine happy. I have a couple whiney winders 7 boxes and the rest are xp. (or server 03). I have not even cranked one up for at least 6-7 months. None will be happy. You can buy a little usb dongle for cheap to

Re: [MBZ] OT: vhs conversion

2016-03-26 Thread clay via Mercedes
There is way old computer tech that would fit the mold. An ATI or other video conversion card (PCI) with the hardware could drop into a newer PC and allow you to suck VHS in and digitize it. As a digital file, you could burn it on a DVD. Get five or six movies on a DVD even at the highest

Re: [MBZ] OT: vhs conversion

2016-03-26 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
A couple thoughts: DVDs are SD, I don't understand why they'd want to upconvert and then write to DVD, makes no sense. Besides upconverted SD looks terrible, you can't make up data that isn't there. 720p for instance is the same frame size you'd get if you took your SD window, turned it on its

Re: [MBZ] OT: vhs conversion

2016-03-26 Thread Tim Crone via Mercedes
On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 11:29 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: > What is the most cost effective way to convert VHS to dvds? This seems to > be capable of the job. Reportedly able to play vhs, convert it to HD > through some magic, then record the result on DVD.

Re: [MBZ] OT: vhs conversion

2016-03-25 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
You can buy a little usb dongle for cheap to plug in a vhs player or analog camcorder to digitize the tapes on your computer, RCA inputs vid and L/R audio. Then you can do whatever with them, burn to dvd or save to some cloud service or whatever. The dongles come with some rudimentary software