Copying Home Videos to DVD

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Is it possible to copy my home movies onto DVD by connecting my VCR directly to the PC? If so, what connection cables will I need. Or do I have to re-record them back onto Camcorder Minidisks and then link the Camcorder to the PC via a firewire cable?

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Several applications will do this, although some better than others. To connect your VCR to your PC, you need a capture device and software to do the capture. One of the most affordable capture devices I've found is from Belkin. Their Hi-Speed USB 2.0 DVD Creator is available at places like CompUSA or direct from their Web site (http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Product_Id=144533). The device should work with Windows Movie Maker or you could go direct to DVD using it with a program like Sonic MyDVD http://www.mydvd.com
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Jake Ludington
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"Jill" wrote:

> Is it possible to copy my home movies onto DVD by connecting my VCR directly to the PC? If so, what connection cables will I need. Or do I have to re-record them back onto Camcorder Minidisks and then link the Camcorder to the PC via a firewire cable?

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A VCR is an analog device, therefore you'll need an analog capture card or a
graphics card with VIVO (Video in and Video Out) capability and third party
analog capture software.

You 'may' be able to use the digital camcorder as a pass-thru device.

See www.papajohn.org for much more info.
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Cari ((MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com


<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Is it possible to copy my home movies onto DVD by
> connecting my VCR directly to the PC? If so, what
> connection cables will I need. Or do I have to re-record
> them back onto Camcorder Minidisks and then link the
> Camcorder to the PC via a firewire cable?
> >.
> >try to conect an ieee 1394 (i.link) to the computer
> maybe your gonna need the ieee conection

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The standard WDM Capture Software works just fine for me with my nVidia
FX5700 . The drivers are at the nVidia website and my card came with
Cyberlink's PowerDirector which works fine.
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Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

"Hammer" <Hammer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My MSI Ge Force 5200 has a(VIVO) video connector, and I have a cable, but
> Movie Maker will not recognize my analog VCR. What software do you
> recommend?
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> A VCR is an analog device, therefore you'll need an analog capture card
>> or a
>> graphics card with VIVO (Video in and Video Out) capability and third
>> party
>> analog capture software.
>>
>> You 'may' be able to use the digital camcorder as a pass-thru device.
>>
>> See www.papajohn.org for much more info.
>> --
>> Cari ((MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
>> www.coribright.com
>>
>>
>> <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:8dc001c485c0$87062b40$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> >
>> > >-----Original Message-----
>> > >Is it possible to copy my home movies onto DVD by
>> > connecting my VCR directly to the PC? If so, what
>> > connection cables will I need. Or do I have to re-record
>> > them back onto Camcorder Minidisks and then link the
>> > Camcorder to the PC via a firewire cable?
>> > >.
>> > >try to conect an ieee 1394 (i.link) to the computer
>> > maybe your gonna need the ieee conection
>>
>>
>>