Hi Hugh,
If all you want to do is copy straight from VHS to DVD and time is an
issue then consider a DVD recorder.
We bought a Panasonic DVD recorder back in the early days when they
cost about twice their current price. We also have an eMac that is
great for video editing.
When all I need is a duplication, I go for the recorder because it is
less time consuming. it also gives excellent results when recording
from a Digital set top box.
In your case it may be a cheaper option too.
We also did the DV camera bridge thing a few months back. Works a treat
if you can find the right camera. Costs a little more than one of the
the DV boxes though.
Hope this is helpful,
Good luck
Paul
On 21/10/2005, at 12:14 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
On 21/10/2005 11:25 AM, "Rod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 21/10/2005, at 11:15 AM, Hugh Griffiths wrote:
Hi, I am looking for advice on what is the best way to burn dvd's of
my
many hours of VHS video (currently standing at around 200+ hours) of
family stuff. I have a G5 Imac and a hi-fi stereo VHS player, just
not
sure what the best way to connect the two is, and what the best
software
would be.
Hugh
Either use a Canopus DV box (which will let you plug in your VHS
player, then firewire into your Mac), or invest in a DV camcorder that
has an analogue bridge function. The Canons are fairly cheap now, and
work well (in saying that, the bridge function of my MV600i no longer
works with iMovie 5 :-(, worked fine in iMovie4).
iMovie and iDVD are your best bets. Easy to use, and would have come
free with your iMac.
Seeya
Rod!
Rod,..it should work (I'm pretty sure). Just make sure you're using
iMovie
5.0.1 and not 5.0.2. It involves a bit of mucking around, deleting it,
reinstalling it and then just not updating it all the way.
I did it for another client whose machine used to do it, then when
they went
updated iMovie it wouldn't. So I deleted iMovie, reinstalled it from
the
iLife DVD and updated it to 5.0.1. And it worked again! :o) They could
then
use it as a bridge! :o)
Hope that helps!
Kind Regards
Daniel
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