VHS to DVD

[stretchweider]

help please

even more stuff i know f**k all about,

i got some old/dirty/nasty vhs tapes which are master edits of footage taken from old/dirty/nasty
VHS-C(now dearly departed) tapes from long long ago,

so the quality is s**t,but i dont want it getting even worse,

so whats the best/cleanest ways to transfer from VHS to my HD for re-edit?
im using a powerbook 1.67ghz.

thankyou

[albloom]

Dunno if I'd recommend it, but I got a combo VCR/DVD-Recorder
and just dubbed between the tapes and DVDs. Once on DVD, you
can read them into your Mac. The advantage to me was that after
the tape converson, I could watch tapes on my TV (both old VCRs
died off) and record TV shows to DVD. I sold my old DVD player.

Others like the digi-cam route. Get one with a firewire port. The
standard system apps don't support USB. There should be a
pass-thru mode, and some plugs that'll let you connect your VCR.

EyeTV is also an option. And you can use it to watch TV on your
Mac after you've gone nuts with dirty-nasty-etc tape conversion.

[rumplestiltskin]

If you're planning to edit the footage, two recommendations: Canopus (or other brand) Analog Media Converter. Firewire in/out and analog in/out. Clean the heads on the VCR and import the footage into an iMovie project.

Second recommendation (a bit more $$$): Albloom suggested a DV-Camcorder with passthrough. That will serve the same purpose as the Canopus I suggested but, of course, you may use it as a camcorder, as well, once this job is done.

Both of the above choices will provide the absolute best quality in terms of what comes into iMovie (or FCP). Now this doesn't mean that your "old/dirty/nasty" footage will get any better but it does mean that it won't get any worse due to the transfer.

[stretchweider]

ok,i got a sony trv-950,
ill try that method,
thanks