how the hell do you do this...........

tamashii · Post by **tamashii** » Mon Nov 18, 2002 9:56 pm

I've always wondered how do you get your video on VHS , I have no idea and it has stopped me from participatin in many cons, so if anyone knows how please reply an in-dept describtion how to do so

NicholasDWolfwood · Post by **NicholasDWolfwood** » Mon Nov 18, 2002 10:14 pm

You need a video card with S-Video or composite out, or you can get a DV500 with the breakout box and output to tape that way.

The Wired Knight · Post by **The Wired Knight** » Mon Nov 18, 2002 11:14 pm

Really you don't need an S-Video but you do need a captuer card. I use a firewire to run to my camera and then run taht to the VHS. Some programs even have options to capture the video straight to VHS for you or you can find a program to do that.

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Mon Nov 18, 2002 11:23 pm

Technically there needs to be some physical connnection with the computer and the VCR.

You can do the S-Video/Video-out route, some cards come with outputs specifically for hooking up to a VCR or TV, you can also do wired nights thing and go through a camera. Another solution which is used by quite a few is to turn your video into a VCD or SVCD and play it back on a DVD player, then record the output to a VCR.

~klinky

MistyCaldwell · Post by **MistyCaldwell** » Mon Nov 18, 2002 11:31 pm

I use a cheapie ATI wonder card. It gets the job done.

If you know how to install anything to your free slots, you know how to install this. Then just hook up the wires...add some black and play record....

But I like Klinky's vcd idea best. That's a pretty fast and easy way I can't do until I get a vcd reading dvd player. Which by the way, most APEX dvd players read vcds and the cheapest cost 59 bucks.