[Sussex] Video transfer - where to start?

[David Morris]

Gavin Stevens wrote:
> We have a few VHS-C camcorder tapes to transfer to DVD. I have received a new VHS-C adapter cassette from Maplins so that these tapes play in a standard VHS player. So far, so good.
> 
> Am I right in thinking that I need a video capture card (these presumably have the right holes in them to connect to a video player) in order to get the content onto my hard drive in the first instance? Does anyone have any recommendations regarding the best capture cards to use with Linux & the best places to get them?
> 
> Once the old tapes have been transferred onto my hard drive, I then need to be able to create DVDs that will play in a standard DVD player & behave in all respects like a normal DVD. Any suggestions as to the best software to use for this would be much appreciated.
> 
> As you can probably gather from the above, I have absolutely zero experience with respect to working with video in Linux (well, not just Linux - anything really). Audio work I do very regularly, but video is uncharted territory for me.
> 
> TIA for any help,
> 
> Gavin.
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I posted on my blog about this last night.  It's actually really easy.

http://davemorris.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/digitalising-home-movies-on-ubuntu-hardy-with-a-pvr-150/

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