May 10 2008
How To Convert You VCR Collection Into DVD
Technology marches ever leave and, as it does, it brings us right along with it. In early 1980, as VCR prices declined and appeared in more and more houses, there was a sudden and massive appeal for people in their old Super 8 home movies converted to video. Video tapes over the latter film and just made sense to convert the old reels in a more watchable and compact format. People have made their films from their baby’s first steps, birthdays, weddings and make videotapes. Shortly afterwards, video cameras has become profitable for people to buy and those old Super 8 cameras and projectors went the way of the dodo. People began to use videotapes for everything and the wedding video was born.
Technology has changed once more people. May you have noticed less and less videos to your local Blockbuster store. The plea is vanishing, replaced by DVD. Guess what? It is time to convert once more. The DVD discs over the last videotape, offers a better quality picture and sound, and can turn over videotapes. By converting your wedding video on DVD, you can make memories that you saved will last even longer.
The process of converting your wedding video on DVD is not complicated, but to get there you will need some special equipment. Of course, you’ll need a DVD recording device and a means for your VCR to connect. If you have a DVD burner on your computer, you’re halfway there. You’ll also need a way for your VCR to interface with your computer. Most computers are not supplied with a way to do so. You will need to install a TV card on your computer that has inputs that correspond to your video products. Most cards have two RF TV and A/V inputs.
Then you’ll need to register the wedding video on the hard disk of the computer. May You need special software to do this if your TV card did not come with any bundled. Sony Vegas video is good, but there are a number of titles available. Keep in mind that the video will take a lot of disk space. For the video to be put on DVD, it should be in a format MPEG. Your video recording software should be able to put this way. Once that is done, is simply a matter of using your burning software to transfer DVD video on a DVD that you can watch it on any DVD player. The software instructions for doing so. Once the process (which may take some time, be warned) is complete, viola! Your wedding video is now on DVD and can be appreciated forever.
If you do not or can not afford the equipment and software to follow the above steps, fear not. There are companies that can take all the hassle and transfer videos of your wedding on DVD for you, for a price. Whatever method you choose have the same end result and you’ll be enjoying your old wedding videos and other films at home on a new format that is built to last.
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