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#8152 - 04/23/02 11:41 AM VCR to Video
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 10 tronske Junior Member
tronske Junior Member Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 10 sydney	can someone please tell me how to record from VCR to computer. I have a cable to do it with on my laptop. Is there some sort of prog i need or card or something. I dont think i need a card becuase my laptop is brand new and has basically everything. any help would be much appreciated

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#8153 - 04/23/02 12:06 PM Re: VCR to Video
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Predator Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 197 Belgium	1) Your video card has to have tv in (and not out). 2) you need a program to record it, don't know one. Never argue with fools... They will only drag you down to their level, and beat you with experience...

#8154 - 04/23/02 06:49 PM Re: VCR to Video
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Gremelin Community Owner Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,202 Likes: 11 Portland, OR; USA	buy an ATI card with TV in, it comes bundled with a program to do it, then when you have the movie recorded on yoru computer, you compress it.... Donate to UGN Security here. UGN Security, Back of the Web, and VNC Web Services Owner

#8155 - 04/24/02 12:07 AM Re: VCR to Video
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Moffesto UGN Supporter Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 730 Kuntucky	does the ATI card have stuff with it to compress it or do you have to do that with another program, if so... what program? 2 people can keep a secret as long as one is dead

#8156 - 04/24/02 05:25 AM Re: VCR to Video
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Gremelin Community Owner Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,202 Likes: 11 Portland, OR; USA	you have to find it elsewhere, i use video match Donate to UGN Security here. UGN Security, Back of the Web, and VNC Web Services Owner

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#8157 - 04/24/02 11:52 AM Re: VCR to Video
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tronske Junior Member Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 10 sydney	where can i get video match from? can u put up a URL plz?

#8158 - 04/24/02 12:30 PM Re: VCR to Video
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Predator Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 197 Belgium	cough http://www.google.com cough Never argue with fools... They will only drag you down to their level, and beat you with experience...

#8159 - 04/24/02 08:59 PM Re: VCR to Video
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Gremelin Community Owner Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,202 Likes: 11 Portland, OR; USA	Well first you'll need some codec's installed to use for compression, i reccommend getting: Divx 5, SMR, and if you don't have it get the MPEG4 (Mpeg layer 4) codec. Then you'll have to locate video match, your best bet is to find it on google or use kazaa or any gnutella client (2 diff servers) to locate anything, the codecs you should be able to find just on google, but the Divx5 you'll have to get on kazaa since its not exactly freeware... Donate to UGN Security here. UGN Security, Back of the Web, and VNC Web Services Owner

#8160 - 04/25/02 02:08 AM Re: VCR to Video
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tronske Junior Member Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 10 sydney	cheers fellaz

#8161 - 04/25/02 11:25 PM Re: VCR to Video
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tronske Junior Member Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 10 sydney	what about using adobe premiere? that should be alright just that, or do i need the codecs aswell?

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#8162 - 04/28/02 08:12 AM Re: VCR to Video
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olosoft Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 143 .	no, adobe premiere is a waste for something this simple. i recommend VirtualDub or VD for short . its very simple to use, all it has is video capture and compression. i always use the DivX 4 fast motion codec and compression at 600=900kbps 100% sharp and keyframes every 3-10 seconds produces relativly small, near dvd quality output.