DVD to VHS

[gadfly]

I've been asked to turn a DVD someone made back into VHS form . It's a school ceremony that they want to show the students in their classroom - and the school doesn't have DVD players - only VHS.

I've converted VHS to DVD but not the reverse so I haven't the vaguest idea how to turn MPEG's back into AVI form so I can send it out of my for recording.

I can run an avi movie out via Adobe Premiere and my firewire - but I have to get it to AVI form first.

Any help greatly appreciated.


Gadfly

[gshelley61]

Why don't you simply record the DVD using a DVD player and a VHS recorder (through the composite video output)? The DVD shouldn't have any copyright encryption on it since it is not a commercial DVD, so that should work and would be very easy.

[FulciLives]

Why don't you simply record the DVD using a DVD player and a VHS recorder (through the composite video output)? The DVD shouldn't have any copyright encryption on it since it is not a commercial DVD, so that should work and would be very easy.

BINGO that would be the easy way to do it!

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[gadfly]

Not sure why but this isn't working for me. The VHS doesn't show anything - just grey static. I have an old VHS with no composite video output -only the 3 cords (whatever they are called). I started the DVD and the video tape recording - then switched the cords - so I couldn't see the movie while I was trying to record it - left it 5 min. then checked to see if anything was recording - nothing recorded.

I'll check my patch cords again to see if I've hooked it up wrong - but so far no luck.

Is there an in computer way to change the VOB files back into AVI format. Then I can just send it out to my VHS or even my camcorder via Canopus.

Thanks for the input - and I'll try the DVD to VHS record option again - but if there's a way of converting the VOB files I would like to know how to do it.

Thanks

Gadfly

[gshelley61]

Not sure why but this isn't working for me. The VHS doesn't show anything - just grey static. I have an old VHS with no composite video output -only the 3 cords (whatever they are called). I started the DVD and the video tape recording - then switched the cords - so I couldn't see the movie while I was trying to record it - left it 5 min. then checked to see if anything was recording - nothing recorded.

I'll check my patch cords again to see if I've hooked it up wrong - but so far no luck.

Is there an in computer way to change the VOB files back into AVI format. Then I can just send it out to my VHS or even my camcorder via Canopus.

Thanks for the input - and I'll try the DVD to VHS record option again - but if there's a way of converting the VOB files I would like to know how to do it.

Thanks

Gadfly

Your DVD player has a yellow pin jack (also known as RCA jacks) for video output and a set of white and red jacks for stereo audio out. Are you saying your VCR does not have similar input jacks? At least the yellow video input and a mono audio input? If it does have these jacks, you have to switch the input on the VCR to "Line" with the remote.

If it doesn't... that would be a REALLY old VCR - antenna/RF in and out only. Borrow someone else's VCR or buy a new one from Wal Mart for $30-$50. You could get a used one for next to nothing at any pawn shop.

[FulciLives]

I think gadfly is confusing COMPOSITE with COMPONENT

Composite is the so-called YELLOW RCA type video jack that should be on any VCR. COMPONENT is pretty much just on DVD players and is 3 cords JUST for video.

So connect the COMPOSITE video out of the DVD player to the COMPOSITE input of the VCR along with the stereo RCA plugs. Sounds like from gadfly's description that it is a Hi-Fi Stereo unit.

So this should be no problem ... as gshelley61 said you probably didn't have the input set correctly.

This is really all very basic stuff :P

If you have the DVD player hooked to the VCR and the VCR hooked to a TV then you can MONITOR what you are taping. If you only have one set of cords go buy a second set for $10 or so.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[overloaded_ide]

Most likely you had it recording the wrong input, as mentioned already, you have to set it to the line in, not the regular RF TV in or antenna in.

Also double check your cables as you said. Most VCRs even my really old ones and Beta had input and output jacks. The old ones were alot harder to tell the differnce, you had to actually read the little lettering molded in the case to see what they were. Black on Black, in the shadows behind the player where you could hardly see anyway. I was forever connecting one wrong

If you have only one Audio cable input on the VCR you still can record in mono ok, I forget if it's the red or white line that you use, normally one of them works as a mono line but the other does not. Newer stuff might use either, but I know alot of my older equipment would only output mono on one line.

I would go DVD to VHS myself. I have put tons on VHS including hours of music only and my beta tapes.

[Darth Paris]

If you really want to convert to .avi load the .vob into VirtualDubMod.

[gadfly]

Thank you to everyone for the info.

I hooked up my newer VHS (it was patched into my computer) and tracked down an added pair of patch cords - and sure enough it's now taping from the DVD to VHS. I did have to change to TV selector to aux to get a picture (another thing I didn't know to do) - then everything went fine.

Everything I've done of late has been from VHS to DVD - via Canopus into my computer. As 'elementary' as the process is - I've never even tried it before. It is a good thing to know for those times when someone needs VHS format - as many of our schools do (no budget for DVD's).

Thanks again. And thanks from all the kids who will now get to see the film of this school play

Gadfly