Burning Copyrighted Vhs tapes to DVD ??

[marty 17]

Just wondering if there is away to do this please as I wish to preserve a few old VHS tapes.
Thanks Marty

[Woodstock]

why bother ? most movies been released on DVD ...

but if ya have too .. can get device goes in between ya VHS recorder to dvd recorder so can record video .. forget wot ti called ... try google ..sorry !

[Globe]

@ Woodstock - Video stabilizer, you can buy em from Jaycar.

I really must echo Woodstock, why bother, most everything is available on DVD now.

[BillyGoat]

why bother ? most movies been released on DVD ...

Not the wedding video!!

[marty 17]

Not the wedding video!!

But it could be classed as close to a divorce video at times.
I shall check it out for dvd possibility.
Thanks to all.
Cheers Marty

[mandc]

Not the wedding video!!

If it's been copyrighted it must be SOME video.

[BillyGoat]

Maybe the Wedding night video!! OMG.

[bss904]

Wedding night video, surely that would be classified not copyrighted.

[marty 17]

Cotton Fingers and The Professor is a horse racing video.
George Moore + Roy Higgins.
Cheers Marty

[Colin 2905]

Some digital camcorders also have a pass-through mode that'll get rid of Macrovision, as a side-benefit.

[mal]

works a treat find it at Jaycar

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[Bibliophile]

works a treat find it at Jaycar

Hi Mal
RE Jaycar product CAT. NO. AR1822
It is a very good pre-processor for cleaning up jittery signals and removing copy protection stuff from the vertical interval but it doesn't have a digital output that you can connect to a PC. For that you need a video capture device like the one I mentioned above. Aldi also have them on special occasionally. I got one from them a couple of years ago for $60. On a cautionary note, if they have significant HF boost, they will make a noisy video worse.
Cheers

[Globe]

Hi Mal
RE Jaycar product CAT. NO. AR1822
It is a very good pre-processor for cleaning up jittery signals and removing copy protection stuff from the vertical interval but it doesn't have a digital output that you can connect to a PC. For that you need a video capture device like the one I mentioned above. Aldi also have them on special occasionally. I got one from them a couple of years ago for $60. On a cautionary note, if they have significant HF boost, they will make a noisy video worse.
Cheers

Depends on how much processing/editing you want to do, I just connect the VCR to the DVD recorder, with the Video stabilizer in between, all that PC work is too much trouble.

[BCNZ]

why bother ? most movies been released on DVD

A lot have, yes.. but I have some here which have not been released on DVD. They are the ones that are worth copying across.
It's a bit like the old vinyl records - most music and albums have made it to CD these days, but there are some artists and albums that have never been released on CD.