Old tapes to computer?

[Alpha_Male]

Ok. Getting my dad a dvd burner for xmas.

http://amos.catalogcity.com/cc.class/cc?pcd=4361658&ccsyn=1

Home movies to DVD.. (Cheapest way to do it..we have over a dozen tapes. Professionaly done costs 25 per tape)

The question is...

How do I get all these old VHS tapes onto my computer to burn on a dvd disc?


Thanks.

[lordvader]

You need a video capture card. Pinnacle (http://www.pinnaclesys.com/) makes good ones.

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[Is_907]

some video cards have TV-in... but you would have had to specify that when ordering the PC.

and after the TV-tuner step you'd have to encode it to be DVD ready (not sure if the dvd burning software does that for you or not) and codecs are fun *rolls eyes*
so, enjoy! =)