Re: archiving VHS on DVD

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Do not try to burn a dvd by direct means.  Record VHS to hard drive and=20
burn the dvd from the hard drive.  Hope this helps.
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gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman) wrote:

>anyone have experience archiving VHS tapes onto DVDs?  i have a ton of o=
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>home movies from my mom (and soon my gf's mom) that she wants archived o=
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>DVD ... i have all the equipment (ATI AIW 9600 non-pro, Hauppage WinTV-R=
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>DVD+/-RW, VCR :P) i need, but haven't been very satisfied with the resul=
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>far ...
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>(note: yes, i do realize the AIW capture capabilities don't work in linu=
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>was initially using the software that came with the AIW in XP to try to=20
>capture, but ran into some problems, see below)
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>i've been really pleased with (gasp) the windows software that came with=
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>AIW for authoring DVDs (menus, titles, etc), but whenever i captured fro=
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>VCR, the picture was either choppy (from too many frames dropped when us=
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>higher res) or it was "blotchy" (when using the lower res) ... i figured=
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>since my home theatre is run by linux, that i could probably get better=20
>captures in linux because of better performance, stability, etc, but i'm=
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>completely sure where to begin capturing in linux ...=20
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>at this point, i would like to capture the videos in linux, then take th=
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>into XP and use the software (can't recall the name) to put them all tog=
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>on a DVD and burn ... i'd like to get the videos as close as possible to=
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>original quality so they can be enjoyed at their current quality level b=
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>they deteriorate anymore!
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>one of the biggest questions i have is what the optimum resolution would=
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>for capturing ... obviously a dvd resolution will be higher than the ori=
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>vhs, so i'm not sure which to capture at to prevent too much scaling or =
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>quality loss when playing back on a set-top DVD player ...
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>suggestions?  tips?  all are appreciated!
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>jesse
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