How can I record my old personal movies in the DVD

[newguy1]

Hi everyone, I'm new here and I would like to know what i need for recording my old personal movies in the dvds.

what kind of computer:
CPU?
RAM MEMORY?
HD?
DVD?
DVD WRITER?

Thanks to everyone

[hudsonf]

This is my Preference.
1. Intel Processor (fastest I could afford)
2. 512 MB of memory
3. ATI AIW video card
4. 2 60GB or larger hard-drives
5. Dual format dvd writer
What format are your movies?

[bottle-necked]

Intel P4 CPU (fast as possible, P4-C & 800Mhz FSB if $.$$)
Motherboard with Intel Chipset only
2-fast hard drives. 1 for OS and programs, 1 for Video. (7,200rpm 8MB cache)
512MB (min) HQ Ram recommended for your motherboard.
Windows XP
HQ multi-format DVD Burner. min 4x.
Good cooling system.

Just remember that video is CPU intensive. The faster the better. And a high CPU load makes a lot of heat. A good cooling system is necessary for trouble free operation expecially during the summer months.

Video is hard drive intensive also. HQ, fast and big hard drives is very important. They are going to work very hard so get good ones.

Sound cards, expecially Sound Blaster, can have hardware and driver issues. You're on your own there. I like Creative but I've had my share of problems also.

Capture devices is another topic of discussion. I prefer ATI All In Wonder and I suggest the ATI AIW 9800 Pro 128 DDR. It's a very good capture card and it's also your video card so you save money by combining the two devices. But there are many capture options available. Everyone has their preference.

Best of luck.
P.S. WWWWWWWWWWWWelcome to the forum.

Here's what my computer looks like:

[newguy1]

Thanks buddies

[snafu099]

IMHO the capture device is the most critical choice you will make.
hardware encoders do not require the high end pc (relatively speaking)
audio cap thru soundcard input = sync issue
"audio lock" some method to force sync DURING capture

ntsc or pal compatabiliy issues

[Will Hay]

Here's what my computer looks like:

That looks like my Cheiftec case.
They sure are nice!

In response to the original post...
...you can get away with a mininal amount of hardware to be honest, but it all depends on what you want to spend and what your qwuality requirements are.
My minium spec would be as follows:

Athlon or Intel 1.8ghz (there's no need to waste money on specifying Intel, but insist on an Intel or SiS chipset IMO)
30gb primary HDD and 120gb secondary HDD
512MB RAM (I'm still suing PC133, no problems this end)
Firewire capable
DVD-Burner, dual format, speed up to you
ATI ViVo or, if you wish, an AIW although prior to me getting the superb Canopus ADVC-100 my £30 ViVo was superb.
And yes, WinXP for sure, superb imporvemnt on Win98se (I never bothered with 2000 or ME).
Will

[handyguy]

You could just use a dvd recorder instead of a computer if you want a simple solution. Panasonic makes a few dvd recorders, e.g. e50

[macleod]

An easy and (possibly cheaper alternative) that will give you (IMO) better results than using the capture card process would be to use my setup:

1) panasonic e30 dvd recorder ($200-$300 of ebay)
2) 1.2 gig emachine ($400)
3) dvd burner ($100)
4) dvd rom/ram reader ($20)
5) RAm discs (5 pack $20)
6) TMPGENC DVD-Author ($70)

Basically record the video onto ram discs. Rip the ram discs to your computer, use TMPGENC DVD Author to author them, and then burn them out to DVDr. Process takes about 5 hours start to finish for a 2 hour tape.

Quality (IMO) is better than capturing. This is the "lazy" man's way of doing it.