Author Topic: how to transfer your old bmx vids to dvd (Read 1185 times)

kev-s · « **on:** June 11, 2009, 04:21 PM »

ive just started to transfer my old bmx vids to dvd and thought id post up a how to thread for those of u who want to do this

firstly u will need to buy the following

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VIDEO-CAPTURE-AV-S-VIDEO-TO-USB-2-0-ADAPTER-PC-CARD-NEW_W0QQitemZ360156312960QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_Computer_Components_Graphics_Video_TV_Cards_TW?hash=item53dafd3580&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1690|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50

dont bother using the software supplied to transfer the video, all will be explained further down in the post

then you will need a male to male rca audio/video lead

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2M-3-RCA-PHONO-AV-TO-MALE-AUDIO-VIDEO-CABLE-LEAD-LCD_W0QQitemZ310126282066QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_CablesConnectors_RL?hash=item4834f78552&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1683|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

and if your video player dose'nt have audio/video rca outputs or a s video connection then u need to buy one of these

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SCART-to-3-X-RCA-Direction-Switchable-Gold-Connector_W0QQitemZ150312210150QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_CablesConnectors_RL?hash=item22ff4e4ee6&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1683|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

once you have connected the video player to your pc or laptop download vlc player

http://download.cnet.com/VLC-Media-Player/3000-13632_4-10267151.html

this is a media player that can play pretty much any file and can record your captured videos

once you have done this open vlc player and follow the guide in the link

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25400/Video-Recording-With-VLC

change the vlc settings to the same as the ones in the link

it dosent show it clicked in the link but click on the play locally box, this enables you to see the video playing whilst you capture it

when you are naming your video remember to put the encapsulation method afte the title, so for example zero tolerance.mpeg.ts

click ok and that window will close

you are now left with the direct show box, click ok and press play on your video player and the video should start playing and be captured by vlc, to stop the capture when your done just press the stop button on vlc

now your captured video will be saved in the vlc folder, click on file then on quick open file and your video should be there

now to burn to disc, i personally use dvd flick which is a free program which allows you to edit, add titles etc

http://www.dvdflick.net/

and a guide to the settings

http://www.dvdflick.net/guide/index_en.html

the quality should be quite good but it depends on the condition of the video your are transffering to start with

heres a quick clip of one ive done to show the quality

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if you have any probs with the settings or anything else just pm me

adenough · « **Reply #1 on:** June 11, 2009, 04:29 PM »

or you could just pay someone £13 to do it for you

kev-s · « **Reply #2 on:** June 11, 2009, 06:37 PM »

why pay someone £13 when for £17 you can transfer as many videos as you like and have the satisfaction that you done it yourself

SaMAlex · « **Reply #3 on:** June 11, 2009, 07:29 PM »

Im less worried about transfering old VHS stuff to DVD but I do wanna put old footage up on line. This way it will cut out even having to burn it to disc. I can put it on line and back the files up somewhere (Ext disc).

Great one, thanks.

fugazi · « **Reply #4 on:** June 11, 2009, 11:30 PM »

I'm having a job trying to find a vcr! Anybody know of one which will do what I want & cheap as poss? I thought there would loads about, should have kept the old one

kev-s · « **Reply #5 on:** June 12, 2009, 05:37 AM »

any vcr will do, obviously the better the vcr the better the quality should be but im using a very basic vcr hence why i needed to buy the scart connection to connect the capture leads as my vcr has no audio/video outputs

heres a cheap one

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VCR-Recorder-Player-Funai-29B250-Amazing-Deal-RRP-34-99_W0QQitemZ320366320065QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_ConsumerElec_VCRs?hash=item4a975219c1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1690|240%3A1308|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50