VCR-->Computer Video File. How?

[johnjohn320]

Since you can download Simpsons episodes all over the place, I'm assuming there's a fairly easy way to this.

I want to take a TV show that I recorded onto a VCR, and somehow take it on the computer in the form of some video file (MPEG, AVI, whatever). I'd later burn it onto a CD or something.

How do I do this? What cables or whatever do I need? Software? Freeware?

Thanks guys.

 

[Viper GTS]

A video capture board/device
Software to encode the video

Viper GTS

 

[Smolek]

Do you have a capture card ?

 

[hoihtah]

go to vcdhelp

 

[johnjohn320]

Oh crap, you need a whole separate card? I have a Riva TNT as my video card (STB Velocity 4400) but I don't know anything about video capture cards.

 

[Viper GTS]

<< Oh crap, you need a whole separate card? I have a Riva TNT as my video card (STB Velocity 4400) but I don't know anything about video capture cards. >>



How did you think you were going to get it into your PC?

Osmosis?



Viper GTS

 

[johnjohn320]

<< << Oh crap, you need a whole separate card? I have a Riva TNT as my video card (STB Velocity 4400) but I don't know anything about video capture cards. >>



How did you think you were going to get it into your PC?

Osmosis?



Viper GTS >>


Well in all my newbieness, I thought you could just use some sort of software and your video/sound card would capture it. Silly me. How much do these things run for?

 

[DanFungus]

They are anywhere between $0 and $a lot. saying 0, because in Hot deals forum, there's a PCTV for free AR at compusa, but OOS already. I, no teh other hand, got a Matrox RT2500 for $800 which captures Yellow/Red/White and DV, and exports Yellow/Red/White and DV.

 

[Viper GTS]

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<< << Oh crap, you need a whole separate card? I have a Riva TNT as my video card (STB Velocity 4400) but I don't know anything about video capture cards. >>



How did you think you were going to get it into your PC?

Osmosis?



Viper GTS >>


Well in all my newbieness, I thought you could just use some sort of software and your video/sound card would capture it. Silly me. How much do these things run for? >>



You should be able to pick up a USB based video capture device (Pinnacle & Dazzle are two examples) for around $50. PCI & higher end solutions will obviously cost more, but would likely be overkill for what you want/need.

Viper GTS

 

[abc]

<< Since you can download Simpsons episodes all over the place, I'm assuming there's a fairly easy way to this. >>



newsgroups and what website? who's a known quality poster btw

 

[Smolek]

the ati tv wonder ve is a good basic card that would work fine and it is in the sub50 range

 

[NotoriousJTC]

can the same things that are done with a TV capture card be done with a video card with video in/out?

 

[Smolek]

<< can the same things that are done with a TV capture card be done with a video card with video in/out? >>



Video in receives it (via video device) so yes, video out transmits the video back out

 

[thomsbrain]

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<< Oh crap, you need a whole separate card? I have a Riva TNT as my video card (STB Velocity 4400) but I don't know anything about video capture cards. >>



How did you think you were going to get it into your PC?

Osmosis?



Viper GTS >>



osmosis! lmfao!

 

[QTPie]

osmosis! lmfao!

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