mpg to vcr

[nless00]

hello, i want to know how do you convert the mpg to vcr ? because i have capute card and i record some family video and i want to pass it back to vcr tape... what are the software i need and tools..


thank you for your time....

[daamon]

Hi nless00,

You need some way of connecting your PC to VCR. Does your capture card (or other card) have either S-Video (preferred) or Composite outputs?

The other way is to record to DV cam via firewire and then hook that into your VCR.

[nless00]

well my capture card has 1 s-cable input and a/v input and my video card has output s-cable, but the problem is my vcr or tv doesn't have s-cable, i was think maybe if i buy one those converters they sell in radio shack? but i'm worry about the quality suckin lol

[junkmalle]

Well, for $5 you might as well try it:

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/shoptronics/stocorcavico.html

[daamon]

Hi nless00,

S-Video is better quality than Composite so, yes, you'll lose some quality. As for whether it'll suck or nor - who knows?

I guess it depends on the quality of the source, the cables, the converter, the VCR etc. etc.

If it's cheap, give it a go - it may be OK.

You could even explain your situation to the guy there and they my allow you to take it back and get a refund / credit note.

Or you could get a VCR with S-Video in...

As for software / tools - I'm not sure on that. I'd guess that you just need to be playing the file on the PC and by virtue of tthe fact that the S-Video is connected it'll play out of the PC. But, I may be totally wrong...

[ZippyP.]

If your mpeg is DVD compliant then you can make a DVD, play it on a DVD player and record that with your VCR. That assumes you have a DVD writer, which we don't know because you didn't fill in your computer details.

[nless00]

Well this capture card has mpeg 2 encoder hardware so is ready for dvd, when comes to dvd makin' i'm good at that but when comes to going back the past *cough tape lol i'm clueless, and yes have dvd writer ... but i probably buy the 5 buck converter junkmalle present me with..thanks!



i use dvd-lab for makin' my dvd and tmpeg as my other tool that's all i need lol

so question remains the software for this vcr encoding or whatver you call it....


well thank you all for the help and quick replys well not that quick :P thanks again

[junkmalle]

The drivers for your graphics card should have the TV out settings. There should be a mode where whatever you play with Windows Media Player (or whatever player you use) goes to the TV output as well as the computer monitor. The name varies from manufacturer to manufacturer. Look for something like Theater mode or DualHead DVD Max or somesuch.