Copy Tape from VCR to Computer

[P1Tom]

Ok, I am completley new to all of this but this is what I want to do. I want to hook my VCR to my Computer and play the VCR tape and save it to my HardDrive. How do I do this or can I do this? I have a Video Card ATI 9000. Will that work to hook my VCR to it? What software would I need to capture it and/ or watch it on my computer? What cables do I need to connect the VCR to the computer?

Please Help I have no clue so please be very descriptive and explain the small details even if they seem so simple to you.

Thanks in Advance for any and all help!
Tom

[andkiich]

I'd start reading the capture guides and check out this site: www.lordsmurf.com

This should get you on the right road.

[FOO]

What's an ATI 9000 ? Is it a capture card ? They have too many damned
models now. Read the instructions for the card.

[housepig]

take a look to the left, you'll see a link marked How To: Capture.

when you have some specific questions, come on back and ask them.

[FOO]

I have a specific question. How come all the amazing audio
processing programs can't do AC3 ?
Cooledit, soundforge, goldwave etc.

[Vejita-sama]

AC3 is an encoded audio format, it's a final product. You don't edit it. Many 'high end' programs are like this. Premiere can edit the hell out of an avi but it doesn't encode to MPEG (at least no well) because it's not what it does. No program really edits MEPG files well because MPEG files are not meant to be edited. They are the final format you encode to AFTER all the editing as already been done.

AC3 is similar. You edit the wav, then encode to the ac3/mp3/mp2 and leave it alone (save for authoring).

Look at scenarist for example. It's an expensive but kick a&& program for authoring. Yet it can't really do anything 'for you.' It doesn't make/generate menus or encode or anything. You have to prepare all the assest yourselfs, then import them in. It's the nature of things. Good programs only do one thing. Some edit others encode.

[FOO]

I know. I'm just whining.
I would be nice if they would do like some of the video
apps and decode on the way in and encode on the way out..
I have an AC3 sitting here. I would like to open it up and see some
info and listen to a couple of seconds of it, like vdub with mpeg2 video.

I think you can say ass here instead of a&&. Just claim you were
referring to a donkey if you get busted.



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