RedM Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Has anyone made any progress in finding high street places that'll copy VHS to DVD? Ideally somewhere in or around Leeds. I've got hours of gig footage on VHS and little camcorder tapes that I need putting on disc. Is this likely to be expensive and thus necessitate the purchase of yet another gadget? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Why do you not do it yourself via your computer/ laptop? It is very simple to do, there are many guides online to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 I found a place that worked out at an cool £30 per hour of recording for thirty hours worth IIRR. Bloody eck. I think I saved the link if you want it. What do you reckon to these so called media banks or whatever ? Will one of them work ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 £900 to convert some old videos? Somebody's paid too much... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 £900 to convert some old videos? Somebody's paid too much... I didn't bother Ken...far too much. I'm doing it bit by bit via VHS recorder / cam corder / Mac. Unless someone comes up with something clevereverer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Has anyone made any progress in finding high street places that'll copy VHS to DVD? Ideally somewhere in or around Leeds. I've got hours of gig footage on VHS and little camcorder tapes that I need putting on disc. Is this likely to be expensive and thus necessitate the purchase of yet another gadget? Mucky movies ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 12, 2010 Author Share Posted July 12, 2010 Mucky movies ? I've got hours of gig footage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 I know what you said, just reading between the lines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 12, 2010 Author Share Posted July 12, 2010 Why do you not do it yourself via your computer/ laptop? It is very simple to do, there are many guides online to help. I can't play the camcorder tapes as I don't have a camcorder! Some of the footage is on VHS but our VCR is so shite I'd hate to use it as the master source or whatever the terminology is. Ewen, that's pretty expensive. I'm going to ring around a few places, get some quotes and that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 12, 2010 Author Share Posted July 12, 2010 I know what you said, just reading between the lines Don't get ahead of yourself. You seem to have enough trouble with just the lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evinX Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 My dad did this years ago, we had the vhs and we went out and bought a recordable dvd player, split scart lead, linked both to the same channel, played the vhs and hit record on the dvd iirc, was a big thing for us back then, dvds:D but it worked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 I've got a DVD/HDD recorder and borrowed a VHS recorder/player off the old girl next door, haven't tried it yet but should work OK. My main issue was that most places send the tapes away and the footage I want on disc is not replaceable so i'd prefer to transfer them myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Its easy enough to do it yourself and there are plenty of options available too from cheap USB capture cards upto production quality. If you are doing this on a windows box I would recommend the MS Media Encoder, it use to be free and still looks like there is a free versions available http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/Encoder4_Overview.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Goto this link and download Encoder 9 http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/AllDownloads.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attero Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 This place near my office in Winchester does copying for £3 per video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 Cheers Wez, I crack open Ye Olde Windows partition and have a play. I'm guessing I'll need some sort of add-on card though. Might be an issue with a laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Cheers Wez, I crack open Ye Olde Windows partition and have a play. I'm guessing I'll need some sort of add-on card though. Might be an issue with a laptop. £25, this even includes software http://www.ebuyer.com/product/187430 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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