Out Putting movie to videotape

[cthomas]

I hope this is the right forum.

I'm using Pinnacle Studio version 9. I captured a vhs tape and rendered it and tried to out put it back to vhs but when it gets to fram two it just sits there till next morning, no errors or anything. I have captured other vhs tapes and out put them to videotape with no problems.

The book says you can copy an AVI file to tape. If I do this can the vhs tape be played on a VCR?

Carl

[donpedro]

I have captured other vhs tapes and out put them to videotape with no problems.

So you have done this before.... Try new test capture and see if that still works. If yes, try againg your problematic. If it does not work, try cut off couple of firts frames to see what is going to happen.

The book says you can copy an AVI file to tape. If I do this can the vhs tape be played on a VCR?

You are not "copying AVI" to tape, just video. But you said that you did it before. Why are you confused ?

[cthomas]

I have capture other VHS tapes and Output them back to a "New" VHS tape. Last nigh I tiik the tape I'm haveing problems with and recaptured it with no problems. Clicked the Edit tab and then selected all and draged that to the storyboard view, then clicked the make movie tab and clicked the tape tabe and rendered the movie using the default settings, four hours later it finished rendering I clicked to play button to play it back to my VCR.

It started playing frame one and then just stoped. After about 45 minutes I clicke the pause button and then I clicked play and it jumped down to frame 238 and started playing from and played to frame 1558 the last frame.

I then played the tape back on a different VCR and the first thing that showed was the warning not to copy this tape after about 3 minutes the next thing that show was frame 311 so it skiped a bout fifty frames and played the rest of the movie just fine.

The book says you can render your movie as an AVI and the copy this AVI file to tape. My question about this is "Can this tape be played back on a VCR?"

Carl

[mojo2185]

My question about this is "Can this tape be played back on a VCR?

Of course it can. Wouldn't it defeat the purpose if it didn't? If part of the video plays then it gets jumpy and skips frames and such, my guess is the computer is having trouble exporting the movie.
A possible solution: Make sure all other applications are closed before trying to render and export.
Also, it says it can export AVI to tape, what file format is the movie you are trying to export? If its not AVI, that might be the problem.

[cthomas]

I don't think I'm making my self clear.

I think when you capture a VHS tape Studio captures it as an MPG. This same capture is what I'm trying Output back to a "New" VHS tape.

It started playing back (Recording)to the New VHS tape from frame one and then just stoped. After about 45 minutes I clicked the pause button and then I clicked play and it jumped down to frame 238 and started playing back (Recording) to the new VHS tape 238 from and played (Recorded) to frame 1558 the last frame.

I then played the tape back on a different VCR and the first thing that showed was the warning not to copy this tape after about 3 minutes the next thing that show was frame 311 so it skiped a bout fifty frames and played the rest of the movie just fine. It played just fine. It only skiped the frames it didn't record.

I think it may be due to some kind of copy poretction on the tape I'm captureing.

[mojo2185]

Interesting, I'm not aware of copy protections on VHS tapes. Here is my last guess... since the movie is captured to an MPG file, try converting it to an AVI (if you haven't already) and then try exporting it. My DV/AV converter has trouble with MPG files, converting to AVI and then sending it to tape worked fine.
As far as copy protection on a VHS tape... I'm not sure. Maybe someone else can shed some light on this.

Good luck