Hey I'm new here and I want to start making videos. I didn't buy any equipment yet or anything. I'm Just learning stuff and seeing what I should do. I'm planning to buy an ATI all in one video card(iono which one), Adobe Premiere(whatever lastest version there is). Yah I know it can be a lot of money so I'll look into that later. What I'm wondering is if you can copy footage from your computer to a DVD, VHS, or 8mm. What do I need to do this. I'm not exactly sure but I know you can hook up your dvd player, VHS player, and your camera though the video card to copy it to your computer but how about opposite?
Also these are some of my specs:
AuthenticAMD
AMD-k6 3d processor
Pentium 2 <----having this bothers me so much you wouldn't believe
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400
Virtual memory: 32-bit
Ram: 416
CPU:450
If you could, I like to know your opinions on what I should have. IE: how much Ram, CPU, Recommended video capture cards and programs blah blah blah
Copying videos on Computer to DVD/VHS/8mm?
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Arigatomina
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Reddragon
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Hey thanks for the reply. Yah I guess I will buy a dvd burner. It's good use. But can you really just burn footage to the dvd and it will play on your dvd? A usual dvd has all those menus and features. I just get confused with how you can watch home made dvd's. I have a CD burner. It's on top of my computer instead of in. Kinda bought the wrong one 
It 's ok since it's a Good Yamaha burner. Now im wondering why there's a CD burner and dvd burner. How come they can't be the same? Whats so different? Is there also any special cd's that is required for dvd?
man i'm asking a lot of questions but any help is appreciated
It 's ok since it's a Good Yamaha burner. Now im wondering why there's a CD burner and dvd burner. How come they can't be the same? Whats so different? Is there also any special cd's that is required for dvd?man i'm asking a lot of questions but any help is appreciated
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Arigatomina
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Well, with a CD you're not going to get any more than 750mbs on each - with a dvd burner you can store up to 4gigs. That's a big difference. ^_^ 'Course I don't have one, but according to the advertisements the dvds will play on a regular dvd player, just like burned cds will play in a cd-player. I'd have to actually get a dvd player to know how it manages that.
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Reddragon
- Joined: Mon Jun 16, 2003 7:53 pm
Oh dang you also need a chip for your dvd player to play burned dvd's huh?....Well my friend is borrowing my dvd player but I have my PS2. I guess I can look for a chip to plug into my PS2 to play it......but I don't know how to do those things 
I have heard about this cd that you can put in and it makes the PS2 register the burned games and dvd......iono I'm just trying to find easy solutions in this hard life
I have heard about this cd that you can put in and it makes the PS2 register the burned games and dvd......iono I'm just trying to find easy solutions in this hard life -
Arigatomina
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Well, if you get a dvd rewritable drive (exterior drives are good) for your computer it'll play written dvds the same as real ones. But I'm not sure you'd need a chip to play the dvds on a normal dvd player - it may depend on what sort of dvd your using/making or whatever (I don't know all the details, but a google search should tell you all about dvd drives and playback).
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klinky
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If you want VHS or 8mm you'll need a TV-out/Video-out card. This will most likely involve you getting a new video card unless you get some sort of custom capture card that can do specialized video in/out(costly).
You don't list how many Mhz your computer is. You also mention you have a Pentium2 & a AMD K6-2 3DNow processor... Uhhh That is not possible. They don't even fit in the same slot. It's one or the other buddy. Also a Mhz rating would be nice. You'll need some processing power to decode divx/xvid video fullscreen to get it out.
There are some other options, you can use VCD or SVCD on a regular CD. VCD quality is a bit below VHS quality and SVCD is a bit below DVD quality. You can record 74mins worth of video on to a CD using VCD, you can record 35 - 60mins using SVCD.
DVD-R/+R drives are out there. You do not need a special chip to play your recorded DVDs. You will probably have to make sure the region code matches your DVD player before playing it. Not all DVD players support reading recorded discs. http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdplayers <--- check there, see if your player is supported.
PS2 is a flakey DVD player in general, sometimes it won't even play purchased DVDs. So I wouldn't trust it really.
Doing this will probably take alot of CPU power. I can't imagine encoding a SVCD on a 300Mhz CPU. I would suggest you upgrade unless you want to do the TV out method. The only problem is a new video card would require a AGP slot. Your computer may not have one or the AGP slot may be a old version and will not work with new cards. I think you're looking at a new computer before you start exporting video.
You can always try though. Guides are at VCDHelp.com, check them out.
You don't list how many Mhz your computer is. You also mention you have a Pentium2 & a AMD K6-2 3DNow processor... Uhhh That is not possible. They don't even fit in the same slot. It's one or the other buddy. Also a Mhz rating would be nice. You'll need some processing power to decode divx/xvid video fullscreen to get it out.
There are some other options, you can use VCD or SVCD on a regular CD. VCD quality is a bit below VHS quality and SVCD is a bit below DVD quality. You can record 74mins worth of video on to a CD using VCD, you can record 35 - 60mins using SVCD.
DVD-R/+R drives are out there. You do not need a special chip to play your recorded DVDs. You will probably have to make sure the region code matches your DVD player before playing it. Not all DVD players support reading recorded discs. http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdplayers <--- check there, see if your player is supported.
PS2 is a flakey DVD player in general, sometimes it won't even play purchased DVDs. So I wouldn't trust it really.
Doing this will probably take alot of CPU power. I can't imagine encoding a SVCD on a 300Mhz CPU. I would suggest you upgrade unless you want to do the TV out method. The only problem is a new video card would require a AGP slot. Your computer may not have one or the AGP slot may be a old version and will not work with new cards. I think you're looking at a new computer before you start exporting video.
You can always try though. Guides are at VCDHelp.com, check them out.
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Edo
- Joined: Wed Aug 21, 2002 5:46 pm
I'll make this Cheap!
I'll make this easy and cheap for yah.
Ok you have a MX 400 right? Cool! On the back of that there is a TV output on that beautiful card; the connection is S-Video. Hook that baby up to a VHS or any type of recorder that has S-video input and your set! Just set your movie at full screen and play the video file and press record on your VHS or what ever recorder you have!
Want to go DVD? Check out the Plextors new DVD+R recorders cheap and fast! Top of the line! In 2 colors too!
By the way Highly recommend "NOT" getting anything ATI. . . Why may you ask? They are not Windows certified and quality is crap. They overload there cards with too many features they run too hot and they always, always end up breaking or having major problems when you get the latest cards. Stick with NVIDIA! Always stable and never have a problem right off the shelf, even when they just came out with them, trust me. I have a Ti 4600 and I've never had a problem yet. The Ti 4600 is just like one of those Pinnacle DV500 capture cards, sometimes better! You can get a Ti 4600 AGP 4x on pricewatch.com for $164! Or Heck! Get a FX5800 top of the line and best on the market for quality at retail for $224!
As for getting Premiere, go check out www.pricegrabber.com best prices you'll find anywhere. I wouldn't worry about getting a official copy with license if you just gonna play with it. Get it if you about to graduate college and your major are video editing or filming or something. For now, just DL the damn thing like I did for 3 years.
Hope that helps!
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Ok you have a MX 400 right? Cool! On the back of that there is a TV output on that beautiful card; the connection is S-Video. Hook that baby up to a VHS or any type of recorder that has S-video input and your set! Just set your movie at full screen and play the video file and press record on your VHS or what ever recorder you have!
Want to go DVD? Check out the Plextors new DVD+R recorders cheap and fast! Top of the line! In 2 colors too!
By the way Highly recommend "NOT" getting anything ATI. . . Why may you ask? They are not Windows certified and quality is crap. They overload there cards with too many features they run too hot and they always, always end up breaking or having major problems when you get the latest cards. Stick with NVIDIA! Always stable and never have a problem right off the shelf, even when they just came out with them, trust me. I have a Ti 4600 and I've never had a problem yet. The Ti 4600 is just like one of those Pinnacle DV500 capture cards, sometimes better! You can get a Ti 4600 AGP 4x on pricewatch.com for $164! Or Heck! Get a FX5800 top of the line and best on the market for quality at retail for $224!
As for getting Premiere, go check out www.pricegrabber.com best prices you'll find anywhere. I wouldn't worry about getting a official copy with license if you just gonna play with it. Get it if you about to graduate college and your major are video editing or filming or something. For now, just DL the damn thing like I did for 3 years.
Hope that helps!
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Dannywilson
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