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VHS to AVI files.

  • 06-05-2011 12:05AM
    #1
    amacachi
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    Was looking around and most of the capture cards with bundled software seem to only give the option of either burning direct to DVD or creating a monstrously large MPEG file to then mess around with. I'll be looking to convert a few hundred hours of tapes so obviously it would be preferable to get something that will directly (or simultaneously) encode the captured videos into avi/ mpeg 4/ Xvid or whatever moniker it's going by these days. Anyone know of a decent (hopefully cheap :pac: ) piece of kit that'll allow me to do this?

    Thanks in advance.

    (Also I think this is the right forum for this post, feel free to move it if not.)


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  • #2
    Freddie59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    amacachi wrote: »
    Was looking around and most of the capture cards with bundled software seem to only give the option of either burning direct to DVD or creating a monstrously large MPEG file to then mess around with. I'll be looking to convert a few hundred hours of tapes so obviously it would be preferable to get something that will directly (or simultaneously) encode the captured videos into avi/ mpeg 4/ Xvid or whatever moniker it's going by these days. Anyone know of a decent (hopefully cheap :pac: ) piece of kit that'll allow me to do this?

    Thanks in advance.

    (Also I think this is the right forum for this post, feel free to move it if not.)

    Depends on your definition of cheap!:) Remember, a one-hour AVI file takes up around 20GB of disk space. This one from Pinnacle is $99. Can capture analogue and DV footage. I have the older model and have captured some analogue footage on it. Works a treat!


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