[Gllug] VCR to computer transfer

[Xander D Harkness]

Steve Cobrin wrote:

>Hi, perhaps slightly off topic but, thought somebody here might be able to 
>help :-)
>
>I have some PAL format video's [which were copied from some original 8mm 
>movie stock] which I need to edit, and transfer onto computer and then burnt 
>onto CD. I only need to copy the video track, there's no audio to worry about.
>
>1) Is it possible to burn CD's which will play on a DVD player in the US?
>2) What's the best way to copy from VCR to computer?
>
>This is not going to be a frequent event, I really only have these two videos 
>to copy.
>
>Is there any difference between a USB based capture card and a PCI based 
>card? USB would be significantly more convenient for me, but I don't want to 
>lose too much picture quality.
>
>any suggestions?
>
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5817&mode=thread&order=0

This was on Linuxtoday.com a couple of days ago

Cheers
Xander

>
>
>	-- Steve
>
>




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