How to rip from VHS??

[user_invalid]

Hey, I've bought a capture card (LeadTek WinTV2000XP) and I want to know how to rip VHS tapes. My VCR player doesnt have Svideo outs, the only svideo sockets i could find were Svideo and audio in. What do i connect to what to rip the video onto my pc?
Thanks!

[Vejita-sama]

If you capture card doesn't have composite inputs you'll either need to by an SVideo to composite adaptor, or buy a new capture card (with composite input).

Are you sure that your card didn't come with an adaptor already?

[user_invalid]

Here are the leads that came with the capture card:

• 2 F-connectors for RF TV and FM signal inputs
  1MiniDIN 6-pin connector for S-Video, composite video input.
  1 Stereo phone jack for audio output
  1 Stereo phone jack for audio input
  1 phone jack for I/R sensor

[housepig]

that blows... I just did a quick once around the net, and every spec I see says there's a yellow RCA video input... but all the pictures I see have nothing of the sort.

I'd take it back - does it say on the box that it includes an RCA input?

[user_invalid]

Here is a diagram scanned from the manual which shows you that you can connect it to the VCR...

[user_invalid]

And here it shows that it does come with an RCA connector...



Just how do i connect it up?

[MrKGB]

You plug that "S V/CVBS In" thingy into your card and you connect video cable from your VCR to "RCA connectror" of that thingy.

[user_invalid]

What do you mean by video cable? Do i connect the aerial out to the RCA connector, because that doesnt fit-its extremely loose? The only other socket is the power socket and the scart out. Am i going to need some sort of adapter?

[dvdrules]

And here it shows that it does come with an RCA connector...



Just how do i connect it up?

Connect the "S V/CVBS in" end of the cable to your capture card. That cable is split to provide two different types of connections on the other end. One of them is a yellow composite RCA type connector. Connect your VCR to this yellow RCA connector and you should be set. Your VCR should have 3 RCA input jacks and 3 RCA output jacks on the back. They should be color coded - yellow=video red=right audio white=left audio. You connect the yellow "output" RCA jack on the back of your VCR to the yellow RCA jack of the "S V/CVBS in" cable. For the audio, you need to connect the red and white output RCA jacks on the back of the VCR to the audio input connectors of your capture card. Your diagram doesn't look like the capture card handles stereo - only one jack for audio. Later if you want to connect s-video for capture, use the other connection on the end of the "S V/CVBS in" cable.

[user_invalid]

I looked at my VCR and there are no yellow input jacks There are 2 scart sockets, RF out, aerial in and the red and white audio out sockets but theres no yellow video out . My VCR is relatively new, at most a year old.

[theDruid]

If your VCR really doesn't have an s-VHS or composite output, you'll need to get an adaptor such as:

a cable which connects scart to s-vhs and 2x phono for audio

or

an adaptor which converts your scart out to composite vid, s-vhs and the 2x phono for audio

as you're in the UK, I've linked to Maplin - their site uses frames, so you can't link straight to products without messing up the frameset, but you could go to their homepage and search for the product codes from those pages (or just search on 'scart').

Once you've got the cabling sorted, look at the How To guides under 'capture' on the left here.

cheers,
mcdruid

[uxbridge]

huh, sounds like it is complicated.

In addition to all of the correct suggestions, you need to buy a SCART-to-RCA adaptor. There is one easily available on the market. It is shaped as a SCART connector with 3 RCA sockets, yellow, white and red.
It also features a switch for IN-OUT.

Buy this, and just connect the yellow connector from your S V/CBS cable to the yellow socket in the adaptor. I think you need to set the adapter switch into IN, but just slot the SCART adaptor in your VCR, and play with the switch, one of the two positions must be right.
You'll then be fine.
Ciao

[theDruid]

I think uxbridge & I posted at the same time - the adaptor he's talking about is the same sort of thing as the 2nd one I linked to above.

cheers,
mcdruid.

[uxbridge]

yes, we did post at the same time.
Ciao

[user_invalid]

Thanks guys! I'll get one of those and try it out. Is it normal for VCRs to have RCA jacks or is mine just retarded? Also will this lower from the quality of my VHS rips?

[uxbridge]

It is not so common, usually VCRs have a triple RCA input designed to connect a CamCorder in an handy way (you can't have a SCART on the CamCorder) but not an output, since in Europe the SCART is the preferred way to link the TV.
Video PC card remains the natural receptor of this possible output, but it is still very much limited and exotic application.

[user_invalid]

I understand now. Europeans always have to be different... whilst on the subject of VHS ripping though what codec is it best to use if i want to rop a VHS movie and have good quality. Filesize i would be looking for would be around 700-800mb with the best quality possible.

[Spence]

Huffyuv is the best quality codec (check out tools section). This will create a huge file though so you need to have a big drive. Re-encode the file with tmpgenc to make it into a smaller mpeg.

[uxbridge]

I capture with XviD. one of the stable versions (not the very last) and quality is very good.
I use CBR, Quantization set at 3.

Ciao

[user_invalid]

Ok... i got the cable which connects scart to s-vhs and 2x phono for audio and connected it all up as you said and i get the video on my screen, but alas no audio. There are no s-audio sockets on my capture card so what do i connect up to get audio?

[uxbridge]

S-video is for video.
Audio is managed though a mini-jack that seems to be labeled as audio-in in your card.
You need to connect the 2xRCA sockets to the mini-jack, through an appropriate cable or 2xstandard RCA cables + an adapter.
One of the cables who come as a standard accessory for a portable CD player of walkman will most surely do. If you have it, you can use it, otherwise you'll have to get this as well.
Ciao

[wthess]

You can easily find these converters in many department stores or audio/video stores. You may also be able to find them in some large home improvement stores. Here in the US, they are easily attainable at BestBuy, CircuitCity, Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes. Many of these stores allow you to order on line. I prefer www.partsexpress.com for my online orders. Here is a link to exactly what you need.. This link is one LONG continuous strand. You should be able to copy and paste into your browser. If not, go to parts express, choose home audio, then under audio accessories click audio cables, then click 3.5 mm, then click SOLUTIONS 3.5mm STEREO PLUG TO 2 RCA PLUGS 3'. They have longer ones and fancier ones, but these are only 2 US dollars.

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&User_ID=13297922&St=3670&St2=79348477&St3...D=119716&DID=7

[purfleet2000]

Hi, im able to capture from the video to the pc, and able to save the file but for some reason I can not for the love of me fit a 2hr film onto a dvd. I have treid a few different programs, but none seem to do the job for me. At the mo Im using Power Director. Any help on a suitable program would be great.

[uxbridge]

To convert to Mpeg2-DVD you can use TMPGenc, (not the free version)
That wil create a DVD-compliant 2-hr video file (CBR or VBR) later to be authored to DVD using tools such as TMPGenc DVD author or DVDLab.
There's extensive guides on the site on how to do this.

Ciao