[lug] vhs capture - windows

[Michael J. Hammel]

On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 12:11 -0800, karl horlen wrote:
> i've got some old vcr tapes i'd like to finally transfer to digital so i can get rid of the tapes. 

You asked for windows but since this is a Linux list....

I do this all the time at home.  I have a Phillips RF modulator into
which I plug my VCR's composite video and two channel audio (the
incoming RF is from the cable line).  I then plug the modulator's RF
output into a Hauppauge WintTV PVR 150 card which is configured under
MythTV.  I tell MythTV to go to channel 3 and then power on the VCR.
Now what plays on the VCR is recordable under MythTV.  I use MythWeb to
schedule an immediate recording based on the length of the video being
recorded.

I use various tools to edit the recording when its done, such as
Avidemux to chop off the blank or noisy header and tail of the
recording.

I've used this to record a number of my VHS movies that I have not yet
replaced with their DVD equivalent.  

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Michael J. Hammel                                    Principal Software Engineer
mjhammel at graphics-muse.org                           http://graphics-muse.org
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