VHS TAPE to DVD How to

[swanny]

On 19/07/2012 9:08 AM, Rod Speed wrote:

asdf <asdf@nospam.com> wrote
Rod Speed wrote
asdf <asdf@nospam.com> wrote
Rod Speed wrote
asdf <asdf@nospam.com> wrote

Keep in mind that burned CD and DVD media have a much shorter life
span than the ones you buy: in 2 to 5 years most DVDs lose their
content,
regardless of how they were kept (speaking from actual experience).

Oh bullshit.

I wish it was bullshit, unfortunately it is not.

Its bullshit. That hasn’t happened with any of the DVDs I have burnt.

Then keep your opinion

Mine isnt an opinion, it’s a fact.

as I keep mine. I lost about 10% in almost 300 disks, different
brands and writers, all verified, most read just once or twice,
all kept vertical in their box in a drawer away from sunlight.

Then you either bought some shit media or used a shit burner.

Luckily for most of them I realized what was going on before
it was too late. This didn't save the sources of a project I was
working on in 2002 though: about 3 years ago they were already
gone, both master and backup disk, all Sony not burned by me.

Then a shit burner was used.

Yep. And the speed of recording has a significant effect on the exposure
of the dyes. Too slow and you overexpose, leading to fuzzy edges and
eventual bleed across bits. Too fast and it's underexposed, leading to
fade out and loss of data.

 

[Rob]

On 19/07/2012 9:10 AM, Rod Speed wrote:

"Rob" <mesamine@google.com> wrote in message
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On 19/07/2012 4:08 AM, asdf wrote:
On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:28:04 +1000, Rod Speed wrote:

Its bullshit. That hasn’t happened with any of the DVDs I have burnt.


Then keep your opinion as I keep mine. I lost about 10% in almost 300
disks, different brands and writers, all verified, most read just once
or twice, all kept vertical in their box in a drawer away from sunlight.

Luckily for most of them I realized what was going on before it was too
late. This didn't save the sources of a project I was working on in 2002
though: about 3 years ago they were already gone, both master and backup
disk, all Sony not burned by me.

I bought some CD's burnt some data to them, checked etc and the within
two days unreadable.

Then you had a shit burner.

No I still have some other cd's which were burnt back then and they
still read OK looked at them within the last 3 mths.

It was the CD's - cheap brand.

they were of some scanned images to be used the next day.

 

[Rod Speed]

"Rob" <mesamine@google.com> wrote in message
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On 19/07/2012 9:10 AM, Rod Speed wrote:


"Rob" <mesamine@google.com> wrote in message
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On 19/07/2012 4:08 AM, asdf wrote:
On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:28:04 +1000, Rod Speed wrote:

Its bullshit. That hasn’t happened with any of the DVDs I have burnt.


Then keep your opinion as I keep mine. I lost about 10% in almost 300
disks, different brands and writers, all verified, most read just once
or twice, all kept vertical in their box in a drawer away from
sunlight.

Luckily for most of them I realized what was going on before it was too
late. This didn't save the sources of a project I was working on in
2002
though: about 3 years ago they were already gone, both master and
backup
disk, all Sony not burned by me.

I bought some CD's burnt some data to them, checked etc and the within
two days unreadable.

Then you had a shit burner.



No

Yep.

I still have some other cd's which were burnt back then and they still
read OK looked at them within the last 3 mths.

All that proves is that that shit burner handles some
CD media fine and can't handle some other CD media.

It was the CD's - cheap brand.

It was a shit burner that couldn’t burn that media.

It must be a shit burner when other burners can burn that media fine.

>>> they were of some scanned images to be used the next day.

 

[Rob]

On 19/07/2012 2:44 PM, Rod Speed wrote:

Then you had a shit burner.



No

Yep.

NO

 

[Rod Speed]

"Rob" <mesamine@google.com> wrote in message
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On 19/07/2012 2:44 PM, Rod Speed wrote:


Then you had a shit burner.



No

Yep.

NO

Yep. I proved that with the stuff you deleted from the quoting, fuckwit.

 

[geoff]

John G wrote:

Briefly what equipment and S/W is required to copy VHS tape to CD/DVD.

Second. what are the location code (?) implications of DVDs made on a
PC here to play in, say, the UK?

Go to Dick Smith and buy a box.

Regions only apply if you set one when authoring.

geoff

 

[asdf]

On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 06:50:27 +1000, Krypsis wrote:

With the fall in cost of hard drives, I moved much of my data to hard
disks storage instead. I have found this form to be much more convenient
than any removeable form of storage medium. As capacities grow, I
progressively move the data to larger drives. This is so much easier

This is exactly my approach since a few yars back: RAID file server plus
backups where needed. Drives (all green == much longer life) are rotated
every 2-3 years: I buy new ones for the RAID chains, former RAID ones end
up into clients or become offline backups. Much more practical and cheap:
every project, document, photo, music, movie, etc. instantly accessible
from all home machines in a few seconds max (RAID disks spin up time when
in sleep).

 

[Rob]

On 19/07/2012 7:38 PM, Rod Speed wrote:

Yep. I proved that with the stuff you deleted from the quoting, fuckwit.

No you did not.

 

[Rod Speed]

Rob <mesamine@google.com> wrote

Rod Speed wrote

Yep. I proved that with the stuff you deleted from the quoting, fuckwit.

No you did not.

Everyone can see for themselves that you are lying to your teeth, again.

 

[SG1]

"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Rob <mesamine@google.com> wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Yep. I proved that with the stuff you deleted from the quoting, fuckwit.

No you did not.

Everyone can see for themselves that you are lying to your teeth, again.

Through your teeth, another one you have mangled Roddles...

>

 

[Rheilly Phoull]

On 18/07/2012 3:05 AM, Rod Speed wrote:

Krypsis <krypsis@optusnet.com.au> wrote
asdf wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Any PC with video a capture card will do. Most decent quality TV
cards have a fairly good analog video input which would exceed the
VHS capabilities.

Not anymore, fuck all do anymore.

Look for Easycap then, a dirt cheap USB dongle. We're talking about VHS,
the OP won't need HD or stuff like that, just a clean video input plus a
decent software to do some motion correction and filtering which will
help compression a lot.

Keep in mind that burned CD and DVD media have a much shorter life
span than the ones you buy: in 2 to 5 years most DVDs lose their
content,
regardless of how they were kept (speaking from actual experience).

Oh bullshit.

I wish it was bullshit, unfortunately it is not.

Not entirely correct, not entirely incorrect either.

Recordable CD and DVD media kept in a dark dry environment will last
for quite some time. Kept in the sunlight and it could be "erased" in
considerably less time than a couple of years.

I don’t even bother with cases anymore, let alone
keep them in the dark, and havent lost even one.

CD-R and DVD-R media have a lifespan of ~25 years but that is when
stored in ideal conditions and not subject to physical abuse. Quality
of the storage media also plays a very large part.

And so does what you burn them with too.

Back in the 90s, I archived a significant amount of information
related to my work on CD-R media. I used very expensive media back
then. All those discs, at least those I still retain from that era,
are still readable.

Mine too.

That is due to their storage in the most ideal conditions I can provide.

Nope, because I didn’t bother and got the same result.

I did transfer a lot of the CD-R data to DVD-R a couple of years back
thereby reducing the storage volume considerably.

I don’t bother. So mine have been around a lot longer than yours.

In the near future I may commence a move to BluRay media since my
PowerMac is equipped with a BluRay burner. I would have made that move
much sooner but first grade BluRay media was ridiculously expensive
for quite some time after I bought the PowerMac in 2005 or thereabouts.

I'd put it on a couple of xTB drives instead.

I currently have a MacPro Server which will have 8 TeraBytes of
storage capacity by month end. It will be used to house my ISO files
in the future. As insurance, I keep ISO files of stored CDs and DVDs
on hard drive. This is not a difficult task given the state of play
with current hard drive media capacity and provides me with much more
ready access to my files.

So why bother with blueray media at all ?

G'day Rod,

What's your take on a good burner ??

Rheilly P

 

[Rod Speed]

"Rheilly Phoull" <rheilly@bigslong.com> wrote in message
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On 18/07/2012 3:05 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
Krypsis <krypsis@optusnet.com.au> wrote
asdf wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Any PC with video a capture card will do. Most decent quality TV
cards have a fairly good analog video input which would exceed the
VHS capabilities.

Not anymore, fuck all do anymore.

Look for Easycap then, a dirt cheap USB dongle. We're talking about
VHS,
the OP won't need HD or stuff like that, just a clean video input plus
a
decent software to do some motion correction and filtering which will
help compression a lot.

Keep in mind that burned CD and DVD media have a much shorter life
span than the ones you buy: in 2 to 5 years most DVDs lose their
content,
regardless of how they were kept (speaking from actual experience).

Oh bullshit.

I wish it was bullshit, unfortunately it is not.

Not entirely correct, not entirely incorrect either.

Recordable CD and DVD media kept in a dark dry environment will last
for quite some time. Kept in the sunlight and it could be "erased" in
considerably less time than a couple of years.

I don’t even bother with cases anymore, let alone
keep them in the dark, and havent lost even one.

CD-R and DVD-R media have a lifespan of ~25 years but that is when
stored in ideal conditions and not subject to physical abuse. Quality
of the storage media also plays a very large part.

And so does what you burn them with too.

Back in the 90s, I archived a significant amount of information
related to my work on CD-R media. I used very expensive media back
then. All those discs, at least those I still retain from that era,
are still readable.

Mine too.

That is due to their storage in the most ideal conditions I can provide.

Nope, because I didn’t bother and got the same result.

I did transfer a lot of the CD-R data to DVD-R a couple of years back
thereby reducing the storage volume considerably.

I don’t bother. So mine have been around a lot longer than yours.

In the near future I may commence a move to BluRay media since my
PowerMac is equipped with a BluRay burner. I would have made that move
much sooner but first grade BluRay media was ridiculously expensive
for quite some time after I bought the PowerMac in 2005 or thereabouts.

I'd put it on a couple of xTB drives instead.

I currently have a MacPro Server which will have 8 TeraBytes of
storage capacity by month end. It will be used to house my ISO files
in the future. As insurance, I keep ISO files of stored CDs and DVDs
on hard drive. This is not a difficult task given the state of play
with current hard drive media capacity and provides me with much more
ready access to my files.

So why bother with blueray media at all ?


G'day Rod,

What's your take on a good burner ??

The LGs.

 

[Ian Field]

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On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 10:12:15 +1000, John G <greentest@ozemail.com.au
wrote:

Briefly what equipment and S/W is required to copy VHS tape to CD/DVD.

Second. what are the location code (?) implications of DVDs made on a
PC here to play in, say, the UK?

If your computer is WIN7 it has a DVD maker (regionless DVD)

Does your computer have RCA input jacks?

Probably easier/cheaper to buy a capture device with USB I/F & RCA jack
inputs.

Google for "vhs to usb converter", there's plenty out there.