bleed_crimson Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 As it says, i found loads of old indy wrestling videos that i would like to convert. Â Has any one tried it? Any advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Sergio Mendacious Posted June 20, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted June 20, 2014 As it says, i found loads of old indy wrestling videos that i would like to convert. Has any one tried it? Any advice?  I just bought a combination DVD/VHS player when I wanted to convert all of my old VHS shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted June 20, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted June 20, 2014 As it says, i found loads of old indy wrestling videos that i would like to convert. Has any one tried it? Any advice?  I just bought a combination DVD/VHS player when I wanted to convert all of my old VHS shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nostalgia Nonce Posted June 20, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted June 20, 2014 That's a good way to do it as long as you have no copyright issues to overcome. As I understand it, it's permitted to make a back up copy, so long as you retain the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted June 20, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted June 20, 2014 It's a bit more difficult if your VCR uses a SCART cable, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nostalgia Nonce Posted June 20, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted June 20, 2014 It's a bit more difficult if your VCR uses a SCART cable, isn't it? VCR to a standalone DVD recorder would just be SCART to SCART. Â My video capture device had RCA/phonos, so a SCART to phono lead (6 wires out the other end. Video in, video out, Left and right audio in, left and right audio out). Â Piece of piss. The one time I used the aerial into a TV tuner card was more of a problem as it picked all manner of interference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted June 20, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted June 20, 2014 DVD recorder with SCART is easiest if you're going to be doing a load. For best quality, look for a model (such as some Pansonic ones) that lets you tell it the exact duration and converts it using the best quality while precisely filling the disc, rather than use a fixed 2/4/whatever hour mode. Â Five bloody years it took to convert my tapes, but it was worth it when I came to move house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lava_boy Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 What's the average price on the high street for this service. Just dug out four tapes from the loft that I'd like to have a look at, but don't own a VHS player anymore (never thought I'd say that). One of the tapes doesn't have a label on it, pretty nervous it could be some old 5th generation German scuzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleed_crimson Posted June 21, 2014 Author Share Posted June 21, 2014 What's the average price on the high street for this service. Just dug out four tapes from the loft that I'd like to have a look at, but don't own a VHS player anymore (never thought I'd say that). One of the tapes doesn't have a label on it, pretty nervous it could be some old 5th generation German scuzz. Â Ive seen some people charging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted June 22, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted June 22, 2014 For our Glasgow readers, there is a shop in the Saltmarket next to the High Court that does it. Shop deals primarily in porn though, so the "dirty mac" brigade will be lurking, but they'll copy basically anything for you. Don't know the prices. DVD Exchange, I think it's called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted June 22, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted June 22, 2014 It depends what the Macrovision is doing: stopping the DVD recorder from recording at all (which you'd get an on-screen message for) or creating a crappy picture. Â For the latter, I was often/usually able to get round it by pausing the VCR, starting recording on the DVD and then pressing play on the VCR a couple of seconds later. Sometimes took a couple of goes but it works because the Macrovision trigger is sent in the spare unused lines (like Teletext was) and thus doesn't appear in every frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey_Piste Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I was trying to record a friend's old wedding video onto DVD and my DVD recorder was coming up that there was copy protection on the VHS. It's weird since it was done for them by a videographer from 15 years ago now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleed_crimson Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 Someone at work suggested I just save them as mp4 files on my computer by hooking up a VHS player to my laptop (leads are cheap on ebay) Â Has anyone done this??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallicks Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I'd imagine you'd need something like this:  http://www.amazon.co.uk/EZCAP-TV-116-Converter-Camcorders-Playstation/dp/B006QZ97DY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1407812446&sr=8-2&keywords=ezcap  Just be wary, a laptop that's not up to spec might struggle with video capture. If the disk or processors are too slow, it might struggle even with SD. But probably worth trying for £20, especially considering the insane prices you pay to have it done on the high street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members DEF Posted December 7, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted December 7, 2015 I'm thinking of doing this to a few vhs home videos. Ideally rather than make a DVD I'd create files just so it's more future proof. There are a few capture devices on amazon and for twenty quid it's worth a punt. What I was wondering is to those who are tech savy is mpeg-2 the higher quality over avi? Now that hard drives are so huge the size of the file doesn't matter so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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