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I'd be grateful if anyone who knows about this stuff could give me some help.

My mum has a large collection of family events on VHS video and following a death in the family she has realised she needs them transferred onto DVD so she can watch them ...she needs it done now and she wants me to do it.

I haven't a clue where to start! I've googled tutorials but the results I've had are all very technical, I've looked on Amazon for software and for kit I'd need to do it .....I'm still no wiser...the things I've looked at have reviews from 5 stars from some reviewers to 1 star from others.

I'm hoping someone has done this before and might give me some advice on what products would be good to buy to get a relatively stress free result. I'm not useless at this sort of thing ... but in this area I have no experience at all... so any advice or help would be much appreciated

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Smarting ButtocksMember

Connect your Video player to your DVD recorder using the scart lead. Then program DVD player to record either AV1 or AV2.

7/1/102:00 PM

brisketMember Memoriam

Hi ~hoochie~

I am not very technical.

But some years ago I wanted to transfer videos material onto disc.

I first transferred the video stuff to my computer, and from there (in my case using Nero) it put it on disc.
The device I used to transfer video to computer was called DVD Express and was made by AVS
There is an article about it here.

http://dvr.about.com/od/productreviews/gr/dx2.htm

However, I now have a dvd player and recorder with HDD drive and a built in vhs player.
So I can copy from video to hard drive and/or disc all in one machine.
I have just checked and there are plenty of such machines on the market.
But, the big but, is that you may not wish to buy any new equipment.

Good luck.

7/1/102:04 PM

Former Member

I think that some photo shops will do it for you. Try nipping into Boots and see if they can help.

7/1/102:11 PM

Starfleet Admiral hoochieMember 10 years

Reference:

Connect your Video player to your DVD recorder using the scart lead. Then program DVD player to record either AV1 or AV2.

thanks for replying.

I don't have a dvd recorder ...I should have been clearer when posting, sorry. I need to do this using my laptop.

7/1/102:11 PM

Starfleet Admiral hoochieMember 10 years

Brisket thank you for the link ...that's the sort of product I want.

I've seen various bits of kit advertised but people's reviews seem to vary wildly, it's very hard to make a choice.

7/1/102:19 PM

Starfleet Admiral hoochieMember 10 years

Reference:

I think that some photo shops will do it for you. Try nipping into Boots and see if they can help.

Thank you for replying isadora - my mum went into Jessops - they'll do it for £37.00 per video ....she has a few and they can't afford that sort of outlay

7/1/102:21 PM

Former Member

Hoochie

I'm not at all techie but do you have any 6th form colleges near you that do Meeeeeja studies?
The college opposite me used to have a large media dept and they were always on the look out for practical projects for the students to do. Your kind of thing would have been the sort of thing they wanted
You could try popping in to a college if you have one nearby and asking if they do that sort of thing.

7/1/103:09 PM

FletchMember

You might check this out. VHS to puter DVD.
http://www.roxio.co.uk/eng/pro...yuy6ICFR0B4wodyA63ww

7/1/103:27 PM

Starfleet Admiral hoochieMember 10 years

Veggie ...thanks for that it's a really good idea. There's none near enough to me to make it practical for me but I'm sure there will be others who want to do the same thing that it would be worthwhile to try.

hope life is treating you well

7/1/103:46 PM

Starfleet Admiral hoochieMember 10 years

Reference:Fletch

http://www.roxio.co.uk/eng/pro...yuy6ICFR0B4wodyA63ww

Fletch ...I think i love you.... i watched the video for this and it looks like exactly what i want .... it seems like it will be reasonably straightforward and intuitive for me to pick up and learn what I need to do ..... really appreciate you taking the time to reply.

i think I'll order this. if anyone has used it before I'd be interested in any comments

7/1/103:51 PM

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