transfering vhs video (not digital) to computer to record ..

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Does anyone know if it possible to transfer video from my JVC video camera,
(not digital) to my computer, so I can transfer it to a dvd or cd. I have
windows xp home, but don't know if you need to know any other info. If so,
let me know, and I will add it. Thanks.....

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"Evie" <Evie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know if it possible to transfer video from my JVC video
> camera,
> (not digital) to my computer, so I can transfer it to a dvd or cd. I have
> windows xp home, but don't know if you need to know any other info. If
> so,
> let me know, and I will add it. Thanks.....

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LOL. I know you meant that as a compliment but most everyone knows more than
the people at the local Radio Shack.

"Evie" wrote:

> Thank you both, at least someone knows more than my local radio shack, they
> said it can't be done!!!! I appreciate both your imput. Am looking into the
> Belkin cable.
>
> "Evie" wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know if it possible to transfer video from my JVC video camera,
> > (not digital) to my computer, so I can transfer it to a dvd or cd. I have
> > windows xp home, but don't know if you need to know any other info. If so,
> > let me know, and I will add it. Thanks.....

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Thank you all for your help. That last post was perfect, and I honestly
meant no disrespect to any who work at radio shack, but seriously, they had
no idea!!! Thanks to all of you who were willing to respond to my query.

"pjp" wrote:

> You need some type of "analog capture card" to convert the movie to digital.
> The camcorder plays the video while connected to the capture card. You use
> software to do the conversion. Note : has to be real time, can't "rip" like
> music off cd's, so if it's an hr long movie, it takes an hr to digitize it..
>
> Capture cards tend to come in two flavours,
>
> a) stand-alone cards usually with a complete tv tuner included, and
> b) TV-IN/VIVO (Video In/Out) video cards.
>
> Either type should also have a "composite/svhs input" to directly connect
> camcorder/vcr/etc. and use it's signal rather than some tv station. VIVO
> cards usually only have this type of connection, lacking a tv tuner (use a
> vcr instead works) and use the soundcard for audio (tv tuners use their own
> inlcuded audio).
>
> I use an older Radeon 64DDR VIVO (Radeon 7200). It works fine, especially
> for video taped stuff as NTSC doesn't require high res capture as it's not
> hi res in the first place, e.g. I capture to 480x480 mpg.Capturing video
> demands a decent pc, the faster the better as otherwise you either have to
> limit capture resolution or else you drop frames resulting in jerky
> playback. Also plenty of hard disk space is a requirement.
>
> Once you have the file captured, digitized and saved; you use whatever
> software you need to edit etc. the movie (which might "limit" why you select
> a specific format when capturing in the first place) before burning to
> cd/dvd as a vcd/svcd/dvd.
>
> Note 1 : so far video capturing is the one thing I find XP better at than
> 98SE. Solely because the NTFS file system doesn't put a limit on the size of
> the captured file. Under 98SE, there's a limit to the maximum size a file
> can be, hence capture software must "split" files (part 1,2,3 etc.) when
> doing very long captures. Compressing the capture "on-the-fly" (to DIVX/MP3
> as an example) greatly eleviates this problem (but puts strain on not
> dropping frames) but caution needs to be exercised if you want to
> "edit/massage" the movie to avoid degredation of the image quality, e.g.
> choose "lossless" type compression if you wish to edit the capture
> afterwards.
>
> Note 2 : although I own a VIVO video card, experience suggests to me one's
> better off with a stand-alone capture card. VIVO cards usually means there's
> additional steps to updating your video card drivers to insure your VIVO
> also continues to work. It can be a pain to get/keep it all working
> properly, something avoided with stand-alone cards.
>
> "Evie" <Evie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:70BFC338-DF05-46AE-A1EA-05C15BD43AA7@microsoft.com...
> > Does anyone know if it possible to transfer video from my JVC video
> > camera,
> > (not digital) to my computer, so I can transfer it to a dvd or cd. I have
> > windows xp home, but don't know if you need to know any other info. If
> > so,
> > let me know, and I will add it. Thanks.....
>
>
>