From: owner-find-your-mind-digest@smoe.org (find-your-mind-digest) To: find-your-mind-digest@smoe.org Subject: find-your-mind-digest V5 #31 Reply-To: find-your-mind@smoe.org Sender: owner-find-your-mind-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-find-your-mind-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk find-your-mind-digest Sunday, October 20 2002 Volume 05 : Number 031 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: find-your-mind for joly..... ["Kate Y" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 23:17:22 +0000 From: "Kate Y" Subject: Re: find-your-mind for joly..... I'll need a new PC or a converter...and right now I have no extra money so I'll have to put my LJ project on hold. I'll let the list know though when I do get started with digitizing my stuff. :) I'd like a digital video camera too! I need to win the lotto! blah! >how we doing with this? > >ceratainly if you get the canon zr45 you can run the >vhs inbto the camera into the pc via firewire.. > > > > >>>>Anyone know how to get VHS inputed/digitized into a Windows based PC? >>>>Any info would be greatly appreciated since I rather edit it at home >>>>then at work. >>> >>> >>>most people these days do it via a dv cam and firewire, but it >>>takes alot of space like, um, 5 mins/MB - then the best thing to turn it >>>into is VCD standard MPEG-1 for all round compatibility, which works out >>>about the same spacewise as audio on a CD = 70 mins or so. >>> >>>There are USB cards that digitise straight to MPEG-1 in realtime (like >>>the dazzle) >>>- you don't get the same quality as letting the PC take it's time on >>>encoding- but not awful. >> >> >> >>Basically I want the least expensive way to digitize it but also with the >>best quality. :) I've heard of Dazzle but dont' know anyone that uses it >>so I'm hesitant to buy it without trying or seeing it first. I guess I'll >>have to wait until I get the DV cam but how can I dub from VHS...? Maybe >>from the TV? Not sure. Or get the converter that Jonathan mentioned? >>Hmmm. I guess I'll have to research it more first. Any other ideas would >>be appreciated so feel free to e-mail me at KTYerves@hotmail.com if you >>have any or would like to do any LJ trades! Have a great weekend! >> >>~Kate~ >> >> >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com >> > > >-- >**************cut when replying***************** >___________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Get a speedy connection with MSN Broadband. Join now! http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp ------------------------------ End of find-your-mind-digest V5 #31 ***********************************