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[Gracee]

Hi!  I am thinking about purchasing Creator 9.  I have some vhs tapes I am having converted to standard dvd.  They are home movies.  I wondered if this program with rip them and if so to what formats?

Thanks,

Gracee

[Beerman]

Gracee, on Oct 16 2006, 07:52 PM, said:

Hi!  I am thinking about purchasing Creator 9.  I have some vhs tapes I am having converted to standard dvd.  They are home movies.  I wondered if this program with rip them and if so to what formats?

Thanks,

Gracee

You can copy your dvd's to your hard drive as vob files and use those in Videowave and MyDVD.  You might do better if you have the person who's copying your vhs tapes save the files in a dv-avi format in smaller chunks.  You're certainly going to have very large files but you're likely to get a better quality project and find it easier to work with avi files.  Might be worht the investment to buy a portable hard drive if you have lots of vhs tapes to convert and save those files onto the hard drive for later use.  You have lots of choices but back to your question, yes, EMC9 will do what you want.

[foreman]

Beerman, on Oct 16 2006, 05:27 PM, said:

You can copy your dvd's to your hard drive as vob files and use those in Videowave and MyDVD.  You might do better if you have the person who's copying your vhs tapes save the files in a dv-avi format in smaller chunks.  You're certainly going to have very large files but you're likely to get a better quality project and find it easier to work with avi files.  Might be worht the investment to buy a portable hard drive if you have lots of vhs tapes to convert and save those files onto the hard drive for later use.  You have lots of choices but back to your question, yes, EMC9 will do what you want.

Hi......I have a question similar to the one you just talked about. I created a DVD from my VHS tape, but my computer did not keep a copy in my files. I want to put a copy of the DVD in my files. I tried using video/capture, but when i pit the DVD into the drive, nothing happens. Can you help ?

[Beerman]

foreman, on Nov 2 2006, 06:42 AM, said:

Hi......I have a question similar to the one you just talked about. I created a DVD from my VHS tape, but my computer did not keep a copy in my files. I want to put a copy of the DVD in my files. I tried using video/capture, but when i pit the DVD into the drive, nothing happens. Can you help ?

You can rip them to your hard drive a few different ways. Using Disc Copier, you can save them to your hard drive as an ISO or Video folder  file for later burning again or storage or to make changes to parts of the video. Also useful is  Media Import  which will save the complete disc to your hard drive.

[foreman]

Beerman, on Nov 2 2006, 05:29 AM, said:

You can rip them to your hard drive a few different ways. Using Disc Copier, you can save them to your hard drive as an ISO or Video folder  file for later burning again or storage or to make changes to parts of the video. Also useful is  Media Import  which will save the complete disc to your hard drive.

Thanks, i'll give it a try. (i'm new at this )

[Beerman]

foreman, on Nov 2 2006, 09:23 AM, said:

Thanks, i'll give it a try. (i'm new at this )

It's the best way to learn.  And, make a mistake and you never forget! There's a bunch here to help you along the path.

[foreman]

Beerman......You've done it again. Took me a couple of wrong clicks,but i got it. Thanks.

I forgot to ask you before if you know why some of the DVD's i made from VHS have the voice out of sync.

Thanks again.

[Beerman]

foreman, on Nov 2 2006, 05:28 PM, said:

Beerman......You've done it again. Took me a couple of wrong clicks,but i got it. Thanks.

I forgot to ask you before if you know why some of the DVD's i made from VHS have the voice out of sync.

Thanks again.

I've hardly fooled with VHS capture and it's been awhile and not at all in EMC9 but it seems that you'll do better doing this capture in smaller chunks than all at once.  Others here may have some good advice on this that will help.
One important thing to do is to defrag your hard drive so it's not choking on what it's supposed to do.  This should be done weekly.

[foreman]

Beerman, on Nov 2 2006, 03:46 PM, said:

I've hardly fooled with VHS capture and it's been awhile and not at all in EMC9 but it seems that you'll do better doing this capture in smaller chunks than all at once.  Others here may have some good advice on this that will help.
One important thing to do is to defrag your hard drive so it's not choking on what it's supposed to do.  This should be done weekly.

Thanks. I'll look around for a thread about the voice sync or start one. I do defrag, but only once a month. I will start doing it weekly.
Bob

[dlebryk]

foreman, on Nov 3 2006, 05:49 AM, said:

Thanks. I'll look around for a thread about the voice sync or start one. I do defrag, but only once a month. I will start doing it weekly.
Bob

Defrag won't really help much with sync problems. The smaller segments is a great idea - 1.5 hours, sync gets really really bad with this program. Working on a series of 10 minute clips will keep the sound sync problems to a minimum. You can also try a 2 pass rendering.

[james_hardin]

dlebryk, on Nov 19 2006, 10:18 AM, said:

Defrag won't really help much with sync problems. The smaller segments is a great idea - 1.5 hours, sync gets really really bad with this program. Working on a series of 10 minute clips will keep the sound sync problems to a minimum. You can also try a 2 pass rendering.

Not quite…

2 pass render is only available in DivX rendering, which the OP is not doing.

Defrag does make a difference in some sound sync problems. Not a cure all, but it helps many.

[grandpabruce]

james_hardin, on Nov 19 2006, 09:38 AM, said:

Not quite…

2 pass render is only available in DivX rendering, which the OP is not doing.

Defrag does make a difference in some sound sync problems. Not a cure all, but it helps many.

Plus getting rid of any malware/spyware that resides on your computer.

[Beerman]

dlebryk, on Nov 19 2006, 09:18 AM, said:

Defrag won't really help much with sync problems. The smaller segments is a great idea - 1.5 hours, sync gets really really bad with this program. Working on a series of 10 minute clips will keep the sound sync problems to a minimum. You can also try a 2 pass rendering.

Defrag has helped countless people with sync and other problems such as crashes.  Smaller segments are also a good idea.

[grandpabruce]

Beerman, on Nov 19 2006, 10:20 AM, said:

Defrag has helped countless people with sync and other problems such as crashes.  Smaller segments are also a good idea.

And walking away from the computer while it is encoding your production is not a bad idea, either.   I would bet that many who have problems do have them because of self inflicted wounds.

[dlebryk]

grandpabruce, on Nov 19 2006, 08:46 AM, said:

And walking away from the computer while it is encoding your production is not a bad idea, either.   I would bet that many who have problems do have them because of self inflicted wounds.

You speak wise words there GrandpaBruce - that's very true, fiddling with the computer while it renders is a bad idea, sucks resources and makes things just go wrong.

Sorry for voicing my opinion about the defragment deal - my personal experience, it's never done any good with EMC sync problems. When somebody says the sync is way off, that suggests there's a bigger problem. Like, messing with the computer during rendering, or too many other programs running, or low system resources, or segments that are too long, or you need to do a 2 pass rendering. Sorry, that's just my experience.

[grandpabruce]

dlebryk, on Nov 22 2006, 10:43 PM, said:

You speak wise words there GrandpaBruce - that's very true, fiddling with the computer while it renders is a bad idea, sucks resources and makes things just go wrong.

Sorry for voicing my opinion about the defragment deal - my personal experience, it's never done any good with EMC sync problems. When somebody says the sync is way off, that suggests there's a bigger problem. Like, messing with the computer during rendering, or too many other programs running, or low system resources, or segments that are too long, or you need to do a 2 pass rendering. Sorry, that's just my experience.

No need to be sorry at all.  I have not had too many problems, because I do defrag quite a bit and check for malware/spyware.

Walking away from the computer, while it is encoding, is a lot easier to do in the Summer, when it is nice.   It is not so easy, for me, in the Winter.  lol