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[PolarLight]

Can s/one point me in the right direction for converting VHS & non-DV tape
to DVD?

I have Adobe Premiere & Encore but so far have only worked with DV.

Also, is there a way to digitize old film reel movies through some kind of
specialized hardware?

Many thanks.

[Smarty]

PolarLight,

Analog video/audio needs to be "captured" using a capture device, either
external or internal to your PC. The best of the internal capture devices
come from companies like Canopus and Hauppauge, and can capture in DVD
compliant video (as mpeg2 files) directly or in avi files. External capture
devices which plug into USB2 ports are also available. If you capture in avi
format, the files can be edited just as you currently do using Premiere /
Encode. If you capture in mpeg2 format directly, the files can also be
edited, but you will need additional software.

The PC capture devices typically cost between $80 and a few hundred dollars
depending on video quality and other features.

An entirely different alternative to make DVDs from analog input is to buy a
set-top DVD recorder which will make excellent video quality DVDs directly
from analog video input. These typically cost $250-$300. If you are
converting a large volume of VHS tapes to DVD, this method is very fast and
makes good disks but suffers from limited editing and very basic menus for
your disks. Those of us who use these for video capture will take the DVD
disks and re-author them with more sophisticated menus and editing using a
PC. I now prefer this method in many cases for old VHS tapes rather than use
Premiere, my PC, and authoring programs like Encore.

Conversion of film essentially requires taking a video device like a
camcorder / video camera and recording the film on video tape or capturing
it directly on a PC. Since this requires specialized equipment and
knowledge, and is often done only once or a few times for a specific
purpose, many people will send this type of conversion to a professional
rather than try to do it yourself. Those of us who have done it ourselves
have further advice to offer regarding shutter settings and other issues
which arise because of the different frame rates between movie film and
video which manifest themselves as flicker and compression of the film grey
scale.

Smarty


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