Illegal or not

[Marco33]

As long as I own the original (VHS) I can make a copy of it (To DVD) for my own personal use?

That's within my right as a consumer.

What if I have someone do it for me?

My machine is a to slow to capture properly.

[Alan69]

I'm not a lawyer, but as long as they have it on tape and thus have rights to it for private use, it should be extremely difficult to convict someone of theft etc unless they have made large numbers etc clearly destined for distribution. I've got all the Farscape eps on tape, and I'm buying the DVD sets as they get done, but in the meantime I'm getting SVCD's of them so I don't have to hunt through tapes. Very hard to say I'm stealing something that I already have rights to when the goal is just to get around the mechanical limitations of a VCR. The MPAA is trying to get a law passed to make all copying illegal, but I suspect it'd eventually get struck down by the courts. It's simply a retarded thing to say you're stealing content when you move it from one medium to another. With all the laws on the books, I think it would be the only one that says it's illegal to take something from yourself.

[Marco33]

I have Star Wars WS original version (not Special Edition) on vhs. They are mint copies. I would like to move them to DVD. I can't capture on my machine (slow).

Maybe someone here can help me move it to DVD.

[fmctm1sw]

I have Star Wars WS original version (not Special Edition) on vhs. They are mint copies. I would like to move them to DVD. I can't capture on my machine (slow).

What exactly are you running dude, a commodore 64? Scope out my specs and compare, you can't be much worse and I cap and convert all the time....

[SHS]

Marco33 the only option for you is hardware mpeg encoder
There lot of them Provideo PV256, Dazzle DVC2, WinTV-PVR 250, etc, etc out there been you have slow system but I just wondering what DVD burner do plan on?.
I would also use Ulead MF for DVD Authoring Software.
Oh fmctm1sw he most like runing and older Intel P2

[Marco33]

Running

Athlon 1.5 G
512 meg
20+ Empty hard drive space.

Best capture resolution is 352X 200. after capture this looks terrible.

If I try at 700X400 it garbles the sound and the video plays fast.

Use Virtual dub W picvideo capture compression.

SHS, those programs capture straight to mpeg2?

Appreciate, everybodys imput.

[fmctm1sw]

There's no way you should be unable to cap with that. A bigger hard drive would certainly help though. What cap device are you using and what drivers?

[SHS]

There not programs Marco33 and yes they do capture straight to mpeg2 some 704 like ProVideo where other do 720 like DVC2 and PVR 250.
fmctm1sw not eveybody can cap that high yes some do get lucky and can do it without droping frame left and rigth.

[Marco33]

Sorry SHS, you did say that.

Capture card
ASUS V8200 TI 200

Using its (ASUS) capture drivers 1.1

Tried both VDUB & ASUS capture programs.

Both yield the same results.

I can capture with no framrate loss at the lower resolution. 704 & 600 are no go.

[medievil]

I have Star Wars WS original version (not Special Edition) on vhs. They are mint copies. I would like to move them to DVD. I can't capture on my machine (slow).

Maybe someone here can help me move it to DVD.

Ummm..Instead of capping, I just bought them on ebay. Laserdisk rips, exceptional quality. Cost about $30

Oh and I have the same Video card as you, it's crap for capture. I bought a Wintv pci card, it's far, far superior.

[Marco33]

Hmm are they SE versions you bought. There are a bunch of those on e-bay. I realy want the original NON SE version.

[SHS]

No I ref to Provideo PV256, Dazzle DVC2, WinTV-PVR 250, etc, etc that have onboard hardware mpeg2 encoder, 90% of all other TV or Capture card are nothing more then AVI capture or DV capture card they don't do in hardware free up your CPU usage.
This Capture card ASUS V8200 TI 200 dose nothing but RAW AVI.

[Marco33]

So, I'm SOL.