Taping from VCR machine

Thanks for the help, I thinl I see the light
--
James E


"James E" wrote:

> Just got my Merdia center
>
> I have a huge number of VCR Taps of my Grand Kids
>
> How would I copy them onto the computer???
> --
> James E
 >> Stay informed about: Taping from VCR machine 

If at all possible, locate a Sony Digital-8 camcorder with
"pass-through" A-to-D conversion (most of the Digital-8 camcorders have
this, if they will play back analog Hi-8 tapes). Setup the Digital-8
camcorder to use this (see the camcorder manual).

Connect the analog source (a VCR playing the tape to be converted) to
the camcorder input (use S-Video if you have it, otherwise composite,
and sound).

Connect the camcorder to the computer using a firewire port. You may
have to install a driver for the camcorder onto the computer (this comes
with the camcorder if it's required, it should also be downloadable
(e.g. from the Sony web site)).

Do the "capture" outside of Media Center, under the Windows XP desktop
using any suitable vide capture product. Examples are Pinnacle Studio,
DVD Movie Factory, or any of the products by Pinnacle, MGI, Roxio,
U-Lead, etc. However, you can also use Windows Movie Maker 2, which is
a Microsoft free download for Windows XP and which is normally installed
as part of Service Pack 2. You will be capturing to uncompressed AVI
files, which are huge (about 12-14 gigabytes per hour) so have plenty of
disk space. These are very generic files and almost any video editing
program can work with them or burn them to a video DVD.


James E wrote:

> Just got my Merdia center
>
> I have a huge number of VCR Taps of my Grand Kids
>
> How would I copy them onto the computer???
 >> Stay informed about: Taping from VCR machine 

Hi James:
I'm not a computer expert, but I was able to simply hook the vcr up to
the media center computer inputs and in the media center window with live tv
playing, select the output channel that is playing on the vcr before you
want to record. Then select play on the vcr to send the tape to the media
center and just hit record on the media center remote. My recordings are on
Super VHS tapes and using S-video out and audio out to the computer, the
recordings came out fine. I then recorded them to dvd disks from the media
center window for storage. The only problem you would have would be they
would probably show up on your media center files as whatever show was
playing on channel 3 or 4 (whichever is selected on the back of the vcr.)
This isn't a high tech solution, but sure is a simple one and worked fine to
archive tapes to a DVD disk.

xiowan in tucson

"Barry Watzman" wrote:

> If at all possible, locate a Sony Digital-8 camcorder with
> "pass-through" A-to-D conversion (most of the Digital-8 camcorders have
> this, if they will play back analog Hi-8 tapes). Setup the Digital-8
> camcorder to use this (see the camcorder manual).
>
> Connect the analog source (a VCR playing the tape to be converted) to
> the camcorder input (use S-Video if you have it, otherwise composite,
> and sound).
>
> Connect the camcorder to the computer using a firewire port. You may
> have to install a driver for the camcorder onto the computer (this comes
> with the camcorder if it's required, it should also be downloadable
> (e.g. from the Sony web site)).
>
> Do the "capture" outside of Media Center, under the Windows XP desktop
> using any suitable vide capture product. Examples are Pinnacle Studio,
> DVD Movie Factory, or any of the products by Pinnacle, MGI, Roxio,
> U-Lead, etc. However, you can also use Windows Movie Maker 2, which is
> a Microsoft free download for Windows XP and which is normally installed
> as part of Service Pack 2. You will be capturing to uncompressed AVI
> files, which are huge (about 12-14 gigabytes per hour) so have plenty of
> disk space. These are very generic files and almost any video editing
> program can work with them or burn them to a video DVD.
>
>
> James E wrote:
>
> > Just got my Merdia center
> >
> > I have a huge number of VCR Taps of my Grand Kids
> >
> > How would I copy them onto the computer???
>
 >> Stay informed about: Taping from VCR machine 

xiowan is right thats works, I did it the same way 1 year ago and outside
MCE with nero 6.
 >> Stay informed about: Taping from VCR machine 

I Tried that last night but it didn't work, I'll retry it , paying attention
this time, maybe it'll work. I thought it should.
--
James E


"xiowan" wrote:

> Hi James:
> I'm not a computer expert, but I was able to simply hook the vcr up to
> the media center computer inputs and in the media center window with live tv
> playing, select the output channel that is playing on the vcr before you
> want to record. Then select play on the vcr to send the tape to the media
> center and just hit record on the media center remote. My recordings are on
> Super VHS tapes and using S-video out and audio out to the computer, the
> recordings came out fine. I then recorded them to dvd disks from the media
> center window for storage. The only problem you would have would be they
> would probably show up on your media center files as whatever show was
> playing on channel 3 or 4 (whichever is selected on the back of the vcr.)
> This isn't a high tech solution, but sure is a simple one and worked fine to
> archive tapes to a DVD disk.
>
> xiowan in tucson
>
> "Barry Watzman" wrote:
>
> > If at all possible, locate a Sony Digital-8 camcorder with
> > "pass-through" A-to-D conversion (most of the Digital-8 camcorders have
> > this, if they will play back analog Hi-8 tapes). Setup the Digital-8
> > camcorder to use this (see the camcorder manual).
> >
> > Connect the analog source (a VCR playing the tape to be converted) to
> > the camcorder input (use S-Video if you have it, otherwise composite,
> > and sound).
> >
> > Connect the camcorder to the computer using a firewire port. You may
> > have to install a driver for the camcorder onto the computer (this comes
> > with the camcorder if it's required, it should also be downloadable
> > (e.g. from the Sony web site)).
> >
> > Do the "capture" outside of Media Center, under the Windows XP desktop
> > using any suitable vide capture product. Examples are Pinnacle Studio,
> > DVD Movie Factory, or any of the products by Pinnacle, MGI, Roxio,
> > U-Lead, etc. However, you can also use Windows Movie Maker 2, which is
> > a Microsoft free download for Windows XP and which is normally installed
> > as part of Service Pack 2. You will be capturing to uncompressed AVI
> > files, which are huge (about 12-14 gigabytes per hour) so have plenty of
> > disk space. These are very generic files and almost any video editing
> > program can work with them or burn them to a video DVD.
> >
> >
> > James E wrote:
> >
> > > Just got my Merdia center
> > >
> > > I have a huge number of VCR Taps of my Grand Kids
> > >
> > > How would I copy them onto the computer???
> >
 >> Stay informed about: Taping from VCR machine 

Most 2nd generation MCE desktops do not come with a TV tuner.

The OP must determine if his new MCE computer has a tuner or not. If it does
not have a tuner, he will have to purchase an external box to do the
capturing for him.

Bobby

"xiowan" <xiowan.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:570175D9-3700-4908-8799-3A5CBABDB6CE@microsoft.com...
> Hi James:
> I'm not a computer expert, but I was able to simply hook the vcr up to
> the media center computer inputs and in the media center window with live
> tv
> playing, select the output channel that is playing on the vcr before you
> want to record. Then select play on the vcr to send the tape to the media
> center and just hit record on the media center remote. My recordings are
> on
> Super VHS tapes and using S-video out and audio out to the computer, the
> recordings came out fine. I then recorded them to dvd disks from the
> media
> center window for storage. The only problem you would have would be they
> would probably show up on your media center files as whatever show was
> playing on channel 3 or 4 (whichever is selected on the back of the vcr.)
> This isn't a high tech solution, but sure is a simple one and worked fine
> to
> archive tapes to a DVD disk.
>
> xiowan in tucson
>
> "Barry Watzman" wrote:
>
>> If at all possible, locate a Sony Digital-8 camcorder with
>> "pass-through" A-to-D conversion (most of the Digital-8 camcorders have
>> this, if they will play back analog Hi-8 tapes). Setup the Digital-8
>> camcorder to use this (see the camcorder manual).
>>
>> Connect the analog source (a VCR playing the tape to be converted) to
>> the camcorder input (use S-Video if you have it, otherwise composite,
>> and sound).
>>
>> Connect the camcorder to the computer using a firewire port. You may
>> have to install a driver for the camcorder onto the computer (this comes
>> with the camcorder if it's required, it should also be downloadable
>> (e.g. from the Sony web site)).
>>
>> Do the "capture" outside of Media Center, under the Windows XP desktop
>> using any suitable vide capture product. Examples are Pinnacle Studio,
>> DVD Movie Factory, or any of the products by Pinnacle, MGI, Roxio,
>> U-Lead, etc. However, you can also use Windows Movie Maker 2, which is
>> a Microsoft free download for Windows XP and which is normally installed
>> as part of Service Pack 2. You will be capturing to uncompressed AVI
>> files, which are huge (about 12-14 gigabytes per hour) so have plenty of
>> disk space. These are very generic files and almost any video editing
>> program can work with them or burn them to a video DVD.
>>
>>
>> James E wrote:
>>
>> > Just got my Merdia center
>> >
>> > I have a huge number of VCR Taps of my Grand Kids
>> >
>> > How would I copy them onto the computer???
>>
 >> Stay informed about: Taping from VCR machine 

Another alternative (which violates the principle of having Media Center do
it all) is to buy a DVD recorder on sale on Friday - CompUSA and Best Buy
both have them for under $70. I plan on getting one to transfer my kids
bazillions of VHS tapes, and the main reason I'm doing it is it would be
much easier for the wife/kids to use it than to teach them how to do it with
Media Center (it should be as simple as 1) insert blank DVD here, 2) insert
VHS tape there, 3) press play there, 4) press record here). So in my case,
it's kind of a selfish thing to insure I don't have to spend hundreds of
hours doing it myself <g>. To find out who has what on sale for Friday, I
suggest www.bfads.net.

Dana Cline - MCE MVP

"Richard Miller" <RichardMiller DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7E5C6CB7-F606-48A8-AF2F-15FED8E52A18@microsoft.com...
>
> xiowan is right thats works, I did it the same way 1 year ago and outside
> MCE with nero 6.
 >> Stay informed about: Taping from VCR machine 

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 12:28:46 -1000, "NoNoBadDog!" <no_ RemoveThis @spam_verizon.net> wrote:

>Most 2nd generation MCE desktops do not come with a TV tuner.

I don't have the figures but I would be _really_ surprised if this were true.
All the advertising I see for MCE systems always promotes the TV PVR
functionality.

--
Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur
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I have a Hauppage Win-TV PVR 500 dual turner. I tries again hooking up to
the VCR Direct. There is a picture but very poor quality, No where near
watchable, Almost as it is going through a filter. I Hooked up to TV out TV
In. Don't have super Video on the VCR

I tried using the RCA cables to hook it up but got nothing, Normally these
go to Channel 91 on My TV, Where would they go on this Turner? I don't Know,
Nothing on 3,4, 91 (Video 1 on TV) or 92 (Video 2 on TV)

--
James E


"Nigel Barker" wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 12:28:46 -1000, "NoNoBadDog!" <no_.RemoveThis@spam_verizon.net> wrote:
>
> >Most 2nd generation MCE desktops do not come with a TV tuner.
>
> I don't have the figures but I would be _really_ surprised if this were true.
> All the advertising I see for MCE systems always promotes the TV PVR
> functionality.
>
> --
> Nigel Barker
> Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur
>
 >> Stay informed about: Taping from VCR machine 

Dana Cline - MVP wrote:

> Another alternative (which violates the principle of having Media Center
> do it all) is to buy a DVD recorder

I have a spare PC in my "office". (=a bedroom) This is also where the VCR is
relegated to. I grab using a 2 year old Haup. PVR-250. The advantage is
that I can record/edit/cut and author a DVD without bothering anyone in the
livingroom...
 >> Stay informed about: Taping from VCR machine 

Hey Everyone,
First time in a discussion group. I also want to copy VCR tapes to my new
computer with Windows Movie Maker, edit them, and then make DVD's to pass out
to family. I have succeeded using Dazzle software but I am getting no audio.
I have a new Gateway Intel duo core 2 with TV tuner, 2G DDR ram and 300G
hardrive. Can anybody help me to capture the audio portion of the tapes.
--
wildwyw


"James E" wrote:

> I Tried that last night but it didn't work, I'll retry it , paying attention
> this time, maybe it'll work. I thought it should.
> --
> James E
>
>
> "xiowan" wrote:
>
> > Hi James:
> > I'm not a computer expert, but I was able to simply hook the vcr up to
> > the media center computer inputs and in the media center window with live tv
> > playing, select the output channel that is playing on the vcr before you
> > want to record. Then select play on the vcr to send the tape to the media
> > center and just hit record on the media center remote. My recordings are on
> > Super VHS tapes and using S-video out and audio out to the computer, the
> > recordings came out fine. I then recorded them to dvd disks from the media
> > center window for storage. The only problem you would have would be they
> > would probably show up on your media center files as whatever show was
> > playing on channel 3 or 4 (whichever is selected on the back of the vcr.)
> > This isn't a high tech solution, but sure is a simple one and worked fine to
> > archive tapes to a DVD disk.
> >
> > xiowan in tucson
> >
> > "Barry Watzman" wrote:
> >
> > > If at all possible, locate a Sony Digital-8 camcorder with
> > > "pass-through" A-to-D conversion (most of the Digital-8 camcorders have
> > > this, if they will play back analog Hi-8 tapes). Setup the Digital-8
> > > camcorder to use this (see the camcorder manual).
> > >
> > > Connect the analog source (a VCR playing the tape to be converted) to
> > > the camcorder input (use S-Video if you have it, otherwise composite,
> > > and sound).
> > >
> > > Connect the camcorder to the computer using a firewire port. You may
> > > have to install a driver for the camcorder onto the computer (this comes
> > > with the camcorder if it's required, it should also be downloadable
> > > (e.g. from the Sony web site)).
> > >
> > > Do the "capture" outside of Media Center, under the Windows XP desktop
> > > using any suitable vide capture product. Examples are Pinnacle Studio,
> > > DVD Movie Factory, or any of the products by Pinnacle, MGI, Roxio,
> > > U-Lead, etc. However, you can also use Windows Movie Maker 2, which is
> > > a Microsoft free download for Windows XP and which is normally installed
> > > as part of Service Pack 2. You will be capturing to uncompressed AVI
> > > files, which are huge (about 12-14 gigabytes per hour) so have plenty of
> > > disk space. These are very generic files and almost any video editing
> > > program can work with them or burn them to a video DVD.
> > >
> > >
> > > James E wrote:
> > >
> > > > Just got my Merdia center
> > > >
> > > > I have a huge number of VCR Taps of my Grand Kids
> > > >
> > > > How would I copy them onto the computer???
> > >
 >> Stay informed about: Taping from VCR machine 

Standard question: did you connect the audio cables to the computer?

If you did, then I don't know what went wrong...

On 1/20/2007, wildwyw posted this:
> Hey Everyone,
> First time in a discussion group. I also want to copy VCR tapes to my new
> computer with Windows Movie Maker, edit them, and then make DVD's to pass out
> to family. I have succeeded using Dazzle software but I am getting no audio.
> I have a new Gateway Intel duo core 2 with TV tuner, 2G DDR ram and 300G
> hardrive. Can anybody help me to capture the audio portion of the tapes.
> --
> wildwyw
>
>
> "James E" wrote:
>
>> I Tried that last night but it didn't work, I'll retry it , paying attention
>> this time, maybe it'll work. I thought it should.
>> --
>> James E
>>
>>
>> "xiowan" wrote:
>>
>>> Hi James:
>>> I'm not a computer expert, but I was able to simply hook the vcr up to
>>> the media center computer inputs and in the media center window with live
>>> tv playing, select the output channel that is playing on the vcr before
>>> you want to record. Then select play on the vcr to send the tape to the
>>> media center and just hit record on the media center remote. My
>>> recordings are on Super VHS tapes and using S-video out and audio out to
>>> the computer, the recordings came out fine. I then recorded them to dvd
>>> disks from the media center window for storage. The only problem you
>>> would have would be they would probably show up on your media center files
>>> as whatever show was playing on channel 3 or 4 (whichever is selected on
>>> the back of the vcr.) This isn't a high tech solution, but sure is a
>>> simple one and worked fine to archive tapes to a DVD disk.
>>>
>>> xiowan in tucson
>>>
>>> "Barry Watzman" wrote:
>>>
>>>> If at all possible, locate a Sony Digital-8 camcorder with
>>>> "pass-through" A-to-D conversion (most of the Digital-8 camcorders have
>>>> this, if they will play back analog Hi-8 tapes). Setup the Digital-8
>>>> camcorder to use this (see the camcorder manual).
>>>>
>>>> Connect the analog source (a VCR playing the tape to be converted) to
>>>> the camcorder input (use S-Video if you have it, otherwise composite,
>>>> and sound).
>>>>
>>>> Connect the camcorder to the computer using a firewire port. You may
>>>> have to install a driver for the camcorder onto the computer (this comes
>>>> with the camcorder if it's required, it should also be downloadable
>>>> (e.g. from the Sony web site)).
>>>>
>>>> Do the "capture" outside of Media Center, under the Windows XP desktop
>>>> using any suitable vide capture product. Examples are Pinnacle Studio,
>>>> DVD Movie Factory, or any of the products by Pinnacle, MGI, Roxio,
>>>> U-Lead, etc. However, you can also use Windows Movie Maker 2, which is
>>>> a Microsoft free download for Windows XP and which is normally installed
>>>> as part of Service Pack 2. You will be capturing to uncompressed AVI
>>>> files, which are huge (about 12-14 gigabytes per hour) so have plenty of
>>>> disk space. These are very generic files and almost any video editing
>>>> program can work with them or burn them to a video DVD.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> James E wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Just got my Merdia center
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a huge number of VCR Taps of my Grand Kids
>>>>>
>>>>> How would I copy them onto the computer???
>>>>

--
Gene E. Bloch (Gino)
letters617blochg3251
(replace the numbers by "at" and "dotcom")
 >> Stay informed about: Taping from VCR machine 

Gene,
Thanks for replying. Yes, I connected the three (red, white, and yellow)
cables from my VCR output side to my computer input. Like I said, I can
download the video from my VCR to Windows Movie Maker on my computer but get
no audio. Not knowing much about this I was wondering if I need to use an
S-Video cable. I've tried every suggestion in the "help" section to no avail.
--
wildwyw


"Gene E. Bloch" wrote:

> Standard question: did you connect the audio cables to the computer?
>
> If you did, then I don't know what went wrong...
>
> On 1/20/2007, wildwyw posted this:
> > Hey Everyone,
> > First time in a discussion group. I also want to copy VCR tapes to my new
> > computer with Windows Movie Maker, edit them, and then make DVD's to pass out
> > to family. I have succeeded using Dazzle software but I am getting no audio.
> > I have a new Gateway Intel duo core 2 with TV tuner, 2G DDR ram and 300G
> > hardrive. Can anybody help me to capture the audio portion of the tapes.
> > --
> > wildwyw
> >
> >
> > "James E" wrote:
> >
> >> I Tried that last night but it didn't work, I'll retry it , paying attention
> >> this time, maybe it'll work. I thought it should.
> >> --
> >> James E
> >>
> >>
> >> "xiowan" wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi James:
> >>> I'm not a computer expert, but I was able to simply hook the vcr up to
> >>> the media center computer inputs and in the media center window with live
> >>> tv playing, select the output channel that is playing on the vcr before
> >>> you want to record. Then select play on the vcr to send the tape to the
> >>> media center and just hit record on the media center remote. My
> >>> recordings are on Super VHS tapes and using S-video out and audio out to
> >>> the computer, the recordings came out fine. I then recorded them to dvd
> >>> disks from the media center window for storage. The only problem you
> >>> would have would be they would probably show up on your media center files
> >>> as whatever show was playing on channel 3 or 4 (whichever is selected on
> >>> the back of the vcr.) This isn't a high tech solution, but sure is a
> >>> simple one and worked fine to archive tapes to a DVD disk.
> >>>
> >>> xiowan in tucson
> >>>
> >>> "Barry Watzman" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> If at all possible, locate a Sony Digital-8 camcorder with
> >>>> "pass-through" A-to-D conversion (most of the Digital-8 camcorders have
> >>>> this, if they will play back analog Hi-8 tapes). Setup the Digital-8
> >>>> camcorder to use this (see the camcorder manual).
> >>>>
> >>>> Connect the analog source (a VCR playing the tape to be converted) to
> >>>> the camcorder input (use S-Video if you have it, otherwise composite,
> >>>> and sound).
> >>>>
> >>>> Connect the camcorder to the computer using a firewire port. You may
> >>>> have to install a driver for the camcorder onto the computer (this comes
> >>>> with the camcorder if it's required, it should also be downloadable
> >>>> (e.g. from the Sony web site)).
> >>>>
> >>>> Do the "capture" outside of Media Center, under the Windows XP desktop
> >>>> using any suitable vide capture product. Examples are Pinnacle Studio,
> >>>> DVD Movie Factory, or any of the products by Pinnacle, MGI, Roxio,
> >>>> U-Lead, etc. However, you can also use Windows Movie Maker 2, which is
> >>>> a Microsoft free download for Windows XP and which is normally installed
> >>>> as part of Service Pack 2. You will be capturing to uncompressed AVI
> >>>> files, which are huge (about 12-14 gigabytes per hour) so have plenty of
> >>>> disk space. These are very generic files and almost any video editing
> >>>> program can work with them or burn them to a video DVD.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> James E wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Just got my Merdia center
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have a huge number of VCR Taps of my Grand Kids
> >>>>>
> >>>>> How would I copy them onto the computer???
> >>>>
>
> --
> Gene E. Bloch (Gino)
> letters617blochg3251
> (replace the numbers by "at" and "dotcom")
>
>
>
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