How to record from VCR to DVD???

[Optimummind]

Hi,

I've never used any PVR (personal video recording) hardware and software before. I want to try it now because there is an awesome drama I have on VHS tape that I want to transfer to DVDs.

So, I went searching and decided that a HAUPPAUGE WINTV PVR 250 TV TUNER PCI CARD would do the job. On the TV tuner card itself, I see it has many connections like:

(1) Coaxial Connector - Input only
Used for cable television and satellite boxes with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center only.

(2) S-Video Connector - Input only
Used for cable television and satellite boxes with Windows XP Media Center only.

(3) Composite Video - Input only

(4) Left Audio Channel Jack - Input only

(5) Right Audio Channel Jack - Input only

What I'm wondering is, if I want to put my VHS tape in the VCR and want to record it, how would I make the necessary connections?

My VCR has the video, left audio, and right audio ports in the back. Would I, then, connect these 3 cables from the back of my VCR to the correspondings slots on the TV tuner card? Would this mean that I don't have to connect my TV to the tuner card??

Or, do I have to connect the video cable from VCR to TV tuner card but connect the left and right audio from VCR to my onboard sound card??

The TV card comes with DVD authoring software that will detect/auto scan for signal sources and output the display on my monitor.

Can anyone explain to me how this will work??

 

[morkinva]

You should be able to run the coax cable only right from the "out to tv" jack of your vcr to the coax connector of your WINTV.

Or you can run the three rca jacks, 1 x video + 2 x audio from vcr to capture card.

If your vcr has a S-vhs out I would use that also.

 

[Optimummind]

Do you mean if I use the coax cable from VCR to the tuner card, i won't have to connect any other cables??

 

[lotust]

Originally posted by: Optimummind
Do you mean if I use the coax cable from VCR to the tuner card, i won't have to connect any other cables??

Correct Coax has sound and video all in one.

 

[lobadobadingdong]

but is lower quality than component out. I use a conopus advc-100 box my self and it works great. but you do have to put up with those pesky vhs tapes that are copyrite protected (someone forgot to tell them about the fair use act)

 

[Optimummind]

Or, how about if I use the S-Video cable. Does that include both the video and audio as well???

 

[lobadobadingdong]

svideo is inbetween the component and coax, and is video only, you still have to have a component audio feed. you can use the usual audio card as the input, but you may have problems syncing the video with the audio, your best bet imo would be to go to wal-mart and pick up a good set of componet cables and use them, it's not much more that a short coax cable, but you get tru hi-fi(surround sound, hi-def video, etc.) out of it where coax is lacking.

 

[Optimummind]

Thx, I'm going to be doing that. Now, I only have to wait until Newegg gets the WinTV PVR 250 in stock.