Image Composer - VCR TO COMPUTER

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VCR TO COMPUTER

Whitney

2003-11-27, 6:13 pm

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to use Movie Maker
to get a video tape from a VHS tape to the computer's
hard drive. I was wondering if I could hook up a VCR to
the computer. I don't have the videotape that I used to
shoot the video which would allow me to use the
normal "camera to computer" connection. So I want to know
if there is a way to copy the video from the VCR to the
computer's hard drive

TheDisneySource

2003-11-27, 6:13 pm

First of all, you may want to direct future questions to one of the Windows
Moviemaker usenet groups:

microsoft.public.windowsme.moviemaker

and microsoft.public.windowsxp.moviemaker

To capture video from your VCR to your computer, you need a video capture card
or other device (sometimes a USB device) to capture the video and convert it to
a digital format like AVI, MPEG or Quicktime.

Depending on your computer, there are several ... Doing a websearch for "Video
capture card" will give you a lot of info, and your local computer store
probably carries something that will work. They start around $40 and go up from
there, depending on video quality, frame rate and accessories.

Good luck

Chris Lang