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I've searched already ( barely found anything) and probably it was already asked...

I need to convert old vhs-c tapes to dvd..I'm looking for ways to import them to my Imac.. Also, I was planning on connecting it to a vhs/dvd combo so I can use the vhs/dvd combo to play the vhs-c tapes, also input 8mm tapes and also use the vhs/dvd as a tv tuner..I just need to find a affordable way to input it into the computer

..Please post links and recommendations..

BTW, the computer is a Imac, 2.0 OSX 10.5.2 Santa rosa..

thanks im advance
 
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tech126 said:
I've searched already ( barely found anything) and probably it was already asked...

I need to convert old vhs-c tapes to dvd..I'm looking for ways to import them to my Imac.. Also, I was planning on connecting it to a vhs/dvd combo so I can use the vhs/dvd combo to play the vhs-c tapes, also input 8mm tapes and also use the vhs/dvd as a tv tuner..I just need to find a affordable way to input it into the computer

..Please post links and recommendations..

BTW, the computer is a Imac, 2.0 OSX 10.5.2 Santa rosa..

thanks im advance
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Let me say upfront that I don't have one of these devices for mac. I do have an MPEG-2 hardware capture board in my PC made by the same people. This info is based on a 10 minute Google looking at reviews and product sites to get an idea of what's out there and on my previous video capture experience.

Have a look at this. It's a UK site but there's a US version too. Not sure where you're located.

It reviews pretty well both by critics and users.

It's main advantage may well be it's biggest disadvantage too. Depending on your point of view.

It has hardware based MPEG-4 encoder. The benefit of this is that your mac doesn't have to do the work. It's pretty much just used as a disk for the Pinnacle box to dump data too. So you're less likely to get dropped frames etc.

However this means that the video will always be in mpeg-4 format. Great if you want to add it to iTunes, sync it with your iPod, edit it in iMovie or watch it on your mac. But if you want to put it on DVD it'll need converting to MPEG-2.
Converting from analogue to mpeg-4 to mpeg-2 rather than directly from analogue to mpeg-2 directly means you'll lose a little of the quality.
Again, it's subjective but you could argue that the small loss in quality isn't really going to make much of a difference considering the quality of the original analogue material.

Personally I don't think you'll lose much but the point I'm trying to make is that it's subjective. Ideally I hope that someone on the forum has one of these and can give you some more hands-on advice.

mrplow
 
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I have this unit. Haven't had too much success with it. The A/V tends to be mis-aligned not to mention the massive pixelation that occurs. Maybe S-Video is the answer rather than RCA. What do I expect for a Benjamin right?




mrplow said:
Let me say upfront that I don't have one of these devices for mac. I do have an MPEG-2 hardware capture board in my PC made by the same people. This info is based on a 10 minute Google looking at reviews and product sites to get an idea of what's out there and on my previous video capture experience.

Have a look at this. It's a UK site but there's a US version too. Not sure where you're located.

It reviews pretty well both by critics and users.

It's main advantage may well be it's biggest disadvantage too. Depending on your point of view.

It has hardware based MPEG-4 encoder. The benefit of this is that your mac doesn't have to do the work. It's pretty much just used as a disk for the Pinnacle box to dump data too. So you're less likely to get dropped frames etc.

However this means that the video will always be in mpeg-4 format. Great if you want to add it to iTunes, sync it with your iPod, edit it in iMovie or watch it on your mac. But if you want to put it on DVD it'll need converting to MPEG-2.
Converting from analogue to mpeg-4 to mpeg-2 rather than directly from analogue to mpeg-2 directly means you'll lose a little of the quality.
Again, it's subjective but you could argue that the small loss in quality isn't really going to make much of a difference considering the quality of the original analogue material.

Personally I don't think you'll lose much but the point I'm trying to make is that it's subjective. Ideally I hope that someone on the forum has one of these and can give you some more hands-on advice.

mrplow
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