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Jul 16, 2010 @ 17:47

Hi all,

so I want to digitalize a few VHS tapes and then make a short movie with Movie Maker or something similar. I know that one can just connect the VHS recorder to the computer by USB and I've seen the cables kit in Manor and it looks very easy.

I'm just a bit concerned about the quality, as I want to show this movie on a big screen (it's for a wedding). Can anyone share his/her experience with this? How can I be sure to get reasonable quality? Storage space is not so much an issue (got an external hard drive). Do I need particular software for the transfer?

Thanks

Eva

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Eva

eva77Jul 16, 2010 @ 17:47

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Jul 16, 2010 @ 18:06

Hi all,

Thanks

Eva

Jul 16, 10 17:47

Hi Eva,

I'm about to finish my own transfer and when I'm done, you can have my USB-hardware for cheap, if you are interested.

Qualitywise, you should be OK, although VHS can never be as good as DVD. It is possible to do some cleanup and antishake afterwards.

Software is included.

Cheers, Lars

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Hi Eva,

I'm about to finish my own transfer and when I'm done, you can have my USB-hardware for cheap, if you are interested.

Qualitywise, you should be OK, although VHS can never be as good as DVD. It is possible to do some cleanup and antishake afterwards.

Software is included.

Cheers, Lars

FerneyL, Jul 16, 2010 @ 18:06

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Jul 16, 2010 @ 18:08

You won't get high resolution video quality from VHS recordings. It was designed for analog television and has a 350×576 pixels (0.2 Mpixels) resolution. Compared for example to the DV and DVDs which offfers 720x576pixels in digital format.

So, video kits you find in FNAC or Manor are video capture devices that takes the analog audio/video stream from the VHS player audio/composite output and digitize it into AVI or other digital format. If you want to manipulate the video in MS Movie Maker, then save it a AVI.

Depending on the quality of the VHS video, the output will be passable but don't expect DVD quality. Of course on a big projected screen, all the defects will be more apparent but I think people will understand.

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