newbie want to rip some vhs into DVD

[bambam]

Hi

I am a newbe in all this video conversion world. I would like to rip some home video to dvd to be able to keep them for longer in a format that wont loose quality in 10-20 years from now.
I have the usb dazzle converter which seem to work fine because I am able to watch video with windows movie maker.
I would like to have your recommendation on a software I could use to rip the video and put it into an avi file and/or burn into a dvd. There is so much out there ..I am lost
I have heard about Ulead Video Studio ... is this one any good and easy to use ?

Please give me your advice.

[filmboss80]

Not that it hugely matters, but your use of the term "rip" doesn't really apply here (see https://www.videohelp.com/glossary?R#Rip). Getting beyond that, here are your options for getting VHS to DVD...

You could buy a DVD recording deck and plug your VHS player into it. This is the quick and easy way. Or...

Record to your PC by running the VHS analog outputs through a proper interface (I have considerable doubts about the quality of that Dazzle usb device; consider a Canopus advc model). The video format to which you capture depends on whether you want to tweak and edit the video (for that option, I'd suggest at least DV .avi or a lossless .avi like HuffYuv), or if you want to go pretty straight to DVD (which, in that case, I'd suggest MPEG2 at an average bitrate no less than 7000 kbits/sec.). Stay away from Windows Media files. They may look good on your computer, but are crap on the TV.

I'm not familiar enough with Ulead Video Studio to know how helpful it will be in helping you make DVD-compliant files (someone else will need to chime in on that software), but DVD-compliance is vital if you want to make it playable on a lot of home DVD players.

There are lots of other variables, and this can be a bit overwhelming for a noob at the start. That's why I mentioned the DVD recording deck at the start.

[Noahtuck]

Not that it hugely matters, but your use of the term "rip" doesn't really apply here (see https://www.videohelp.com/glossary?R#Rip). Getting beyond that, here are your options for getting VHS to DVD..

I think someone need's to fix that definition

[bambam]

Thanx for the answer
I have seen the VHS Rip expression a lot of times so I tought it was appropriate
What would you call it then ?

this is the definition from wikipedia

Ripping is the process of copying audio or video content to a hard disk, typically from removable media. The word is used to refer to all forms of media.

Thanx for the advice but I am not ready to but some hardware
I want to do this as a hobby

I read your recommendation about the format so I will follow them
but I still wonder what software to use to extract that video and audio content
Is DV a software ?
HuffYuv seem to be more a codec than a software

[filmboss80]

Thanx for the answer
I have seen the VHS Rip expression a lot of times so I tought it was appropriate
What would you call it then ?

Perhaps you're thinking of the word Dub. Not that important, regardless.

I read your recommendation about the format so I will follow them
but I still wonder what software to use to extract that video and audio content
Is DV a software ?
HuffYuv seem to be more a codec than a software

DV is a codec, not a software. The most stable DV capturing software is WinDV, but it only works with firewire devices, like MiniDv video units. HuffYuv is a codec too, but far less compressed than DV, and thus makes a humongous-sized file. The more compression, the lower the quality. But since your source is VHS, then DV will more than suffice (unless you want to do a lot of processing to enhance the video).

I seriously doubt your little Dazzle USB device is going to capture good quality video for home viewing. It may look okay on your computer, but most likely won't on your TV. If you want something with satisfactory results, you're going to have to spend a little more money.

[hech54]

Thanx for the answer
I have seen the VHS Rip expression a lot of times so I tought it was appropriate
What would you call it then ?

Not here you haven't....and it's called capturing to a PC and recording to a DVD recorder.....simple.