You might need to check that the DVDs that your recorder produces play OK on other players, before you go down that route in earnest. You might try copying that DVD onto your computer, so that you can make extra copies, faster than in real time, if you have a DVD burner on your computer. Recording direct to DVD from the DVD recorder is much quicker. It's not a cheap option, and it's quite long winded: -Capturing, in real time, as DV (remembering that needs 13GB per hour to store) - editing if required - re-encoding to MPG2 - authoring to DVD, and then burning the actual DVDs. That's now been superseded by the ADVC55, and the results from either of those cards are excellent,IMHO. Personally, I use a Canopus ADVC50 card to capture onto the computer. Let's face it, the quality of VHS is not that great to start with, so it's not as if you're dealing with 'pristine' video in the first place!

But that does require a bit of 'frigging about'. I regularly get more than 3 hours of VHS tapes onto a single DVD, with no visible quality loss. You should expect to get at least 2 hours on a single sided DVD. I thank you for your time and look forward to your replies as this is a task I want to complete before Xmas. What is your own experience with Dazzle - Pinnacle - Magix - or any others I`ve not heard of? Or should I be installing a capture card in my Vista Home Premium PC? Could I hook this up to my composite-connections only VCR and copy direct to DVD? I guess the answer is yes - but is it true I would only get one hour of video on a DVD? I have 45 hours to copy - three times (one set for for each of our children)! But I`m not going to shell out on more useless hardware/software.īTW - I do have a DVD recorder. I`m not too worried about price as the family tapes I need to convert are literally priceless to me. But ALL have terrible reviews splattered all over the net. I`ve looked up Dazzle and Pinnacle and Magix. As promised, it is now languishing in a cosy dustbin in several pieces. I posted a quick one on the endless problems I`ve been having getting an Eas圜ap converter to work.

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