Tech Tip 120-Transferring Video to DVD–Part2

Posted by ttblogger on 04/15 at 11:19 AM Permalink

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In part one of this series, we detailed exactly what is required to convert your VHS tapes to DVD. In this part, we’ll go over what you need to learn to be able to watch your creations on television.

To review: To convert VHS to DVD, you need a VCR (or VHS camcorder) to play the tapes, a hardware device that converts the analog signal into digital, and a computer that stores the data, and software that has the ability to edit the material, and burn in onto a DVD. While all of these components are available in multiple flavors, the basic process of getting the data onto the computer remains the same.

Before you start, the best thing to do is pop a commercial DVD into your player, and see what options it has. This will give you an idea of how much time and energy you want to put into the finished product. For example, if you’re putting material from multiple tapes onto one DVD, you might want to put each segment into its own chapter.

Hot tip:  A single sided, single layer 4.7GB DVD disc can hold up to 90 minutes of high quality video. Rather than push the limits, it’s better to split longer tapes into two (or more) DVDs.

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    Posted by Miles Erickson  on  04/15  at  08:10 AM

  1. Strongly disagree with the suggestion to “design a nice label and cover for the DVD.” Specifically, if you want to have a nice looking DVD, a label is NOT an acceptable way to achieve this.  You need to use printable surface media and a CD/DVD printer (like the Epson R-series).  Labels make DVDs unreliable (due to increased wobble if the label is even a fraction of a millimeter off-center) and can cause them to damage thin laptop DVD drives or get stuck in slot-loading players (as found on every Macintosh).  In addition, labels are FAR more tacky-looking than a professional-looking printed-surface DVD.

    2. Posted by KENT L. RODRIGUEZ  on  04/15  at  09:51 AM

  2. You state; Auto-Play: You can make your DVD an “autoplay” DVD – you insert it in the player, and it starts playing. The tradeoff, however, is that there can be no chapters.

    That is not true with Nero which will enable playback to commence automatically with the menu or any chapter you choose.

    3. Posted by Glenn Wills  on  04/15  at  11:09 AM

  3. Something you haven’t discussed about putting movies on DVD. I used to think that putting anything on CD or DVD was a permanent record. I have since been told that is not the case. Apparently the image is only ‘burned’ on the surface of the media and is subject to breaking down. If this is the case is there any way to permanently save movies and other priceless memories?

    4. Posted by Michael A Kluczan  on  04/15  at  11:38 AM

  4. Your tech tips are great. Unlike you guys I`ve only had a computer about a year & it`s an old one at that, ( penyium 3 )& although I think I`ve learned a lot I`ve got a long way to go. Thank You.

    5. Posted by Paul Halac  on  04/15  at  03:32 PM

  5. A very informative and mostly correct article.  However, there are still a lot of players out there that won’t play a DVD with a paper label on it, even if it is centered exactly.  I own two of them. One is six years old but the other is only two years old.  My other two players read such DVDs correctly as do my two computers.

    Thanks for the good articles.  Keep ‘em coming!

    6. Posted by Norman Knot Normal  on  04/15  at  04:34 PM

  6. Everything seems to work fine, but the video and audio are slightly out of sync.  That issue alone makes the process a waste of time.

    Are there any of the better copy/edit/burn programs that easily allow you to adjust the audio to correctly sync with the video?

    7. Posted by George Reynolds  on  04/15  at  05:01 PM

  7. Great article on copying movies to DVD!  I somehow missed part I, however.  Can ytou give me a link to the first part of the series?  Thanks.

    G. R.

    8. Posted by Flexible houses  on  11/08  at  11:45 PM

  8. Wanna try tips from article and comments. I have numerous movies on VHS and i haven’t even watched some of them but can’t make myself watch them since it is really inconvenient now when there is DVD format.

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