Converting+Video

=Converting VHS to DVD = Step 1: Capture Video on VHS Recorder, eliminating commercials will help with the editing process. Use the highest quality VHS tapes possible to esure for maximum quality video to be transferred to DVD. If video is sentimental or contains important information, be sure to remove video protection tab to ensure that it is not recorded over.

Step 2: Equipment- In order to transfer VHS to DVD you will need a VHS Player or VHS and DVD Combo pictured below. If you are directly copying the VHS tape without performing any editing a VHS to DVD Conversion is simple with a VHS to DVD Converter, which can be purchased from any electronics store. All that should be needed are blank DVD’s. 

 If you are planning on doing any editing you will need to capture your VHS or DVD video in a video editing software, such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Windows Movie maker, iMovie, Final Cut Pro. In order to do this you will need a video input adapter such as the Canopus 110. The Video Input Converter transfers the VHS Video and sound of the VHS so that it is able to be captured in the video editing software.

 

**There is also a USB Video converter that allows users to convert the video projects with more mobile machines i.e. laptops as opposed to more conventional video converters like the ADVC110 pictured above. Of the USB video converters that are available online, the Easy Cap DC 60 pictured below appears to be the most portable and affordable at a cost of around $10.00. The features of the Easy Cap DC 60 are that it provides the three traditional RCA jacks for video and audio and an S-Video Jack. It supports all DVD video formats and it supports brightness, contrast, hue, and saturation controls. The DC 60 also allows users to capture audio without the sound card. Step 3: Video Editing Software: depending on the type of video editing software you will need to find the capture function. Also take note of the aspect ratio that the VHS was recording and what format that the video will be played in, remember that traditional format 4:3 is what VHS is normally recorded and most TV’s today use the widescreen 16:9 format. Once you have the capture video function, make sure that the video playback is operating from both the VHS Tape deck and the Video Editing Software in order to ensure that the entire video and audio is recorded for editing.

Step 4: Familiarize yourself with your video editing features, in order to eliminate unwanted video and add scenes and chapters to your DVD video. Depending on the complexity of the software you will be able to perform more elaborate editing techniques. In most video edition software’s you will be able to use a wizard in order to create your DVD directly from the software. Choose your blank media according to the size of your video files. DVD-R and DVD+R’s both contain 4.7 Gigabytes of space to hold your files. Be sure to select the proper DVD drive in order to record your DVD.

Double Layer DVD Recording- Double Layer DVD's or DVD-DL are discs that have a second recordable layer on them. DVD-DL can record up to twice the material of a single DVD Recordable disk. The standard Blank DVD allow for 4.7 GB of space, whereas the Double Layer DVD allows for 8.55 GB of recordable space. As all Blank DVD's have a dye layer the DVD-DL has two and what happens during recording is that the optical laser from the DVD Rom Drive passes through one transperant layer first and then on to the second layer on the disc. The use of DVD-DL can cause a noticable pause in the DVD content. This pause will also be noticed when playing a DVD-DL disc on a non double layer device. Double Layer is used for larger video content and larger storage content. DVD-DL's are up to twice as much in cost as opposed to single layer disc, which are usually always on sale at some point. Double Layers because of the cost are also not as popular and may be found in smaller quantities in each spindle as opposed to traditional single layer DVD's. There are two modes of recording Double Layer Discs-Parallel Track and Opposite Track. Parallel Track records to both layers of the dvd disc at the same time, while opposite track records to one layer first and the second layer afterward.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">How to Convert VHS to DVD: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">media type="youtube" key="Z4BtAOj3qdg" height="192" width="308" <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Another important resource for converting video is understanding the aspect ratio for the product that has been copied. Depending on the source of the video, for example VHS, arrangements may be needed to modify the video so that parts of the video are not lost when it is converted. The aspect ratio of 4:3 was most commonly used when VHS players/recorders first came about, but now however 16:9 widescreen is most popular. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Here is a video that describes this process.

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