Because of the difference in cost between an analogue capture card and the same with TV-OUT I would like to know if it is possible to record Video CDs on a normal VHS video recorder. I gather there is something about DVDs that makes this impossible but is it the same with VCDs?

What I am hoping to do is transfer analogue video from a VHS video recorder to my PC, edit it and then store it on both a VCD and a VHS cassette. Buying a CD-R compatible DVD player seems to be cheaper than the extra money needed to buy a PC card with TV-OUT. If copying is possible it would mean I could just plug the video into the DVD player and make the VHS version that way.

-- David Young (pandavidyoung@hotmail.com), December 02, 2002

Answers

hey there, yep you can copy vcd to tape i havent found any macro on a vcd b4, also you can buy a lead that scrambles macro on a dvd movie,to be able to copy it, or you can invest 80 quid and buy a bug blaster . mind you why not buy region 0 cinema dvd,s? theyll copy over no probs,with no disc change if ya need more info on the leads like i have they are on the net.

-- movie man (gjpa34@hotmail.com), December 02, 2002.

Thanks for the information. That saves me about seven hundred zloties, I can just buy an analogue capture card instead of getting something with a TV-OUT.

-- David Young (pandavidyoung@hotmai.com), December 02, 2002.