How do you burn video onto a VHS?

narcted · Post by **narcted** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 4:01 am

Bloodyfäng wrote:
MistyCaldwell wrote:most newer dvds play vcd discs. You can make a vcd instead of a dvd, no dvd burner needed. Then play it on the dvd player hooked to a vcr like narcted suggested.
This is most likely for entry to an AMV contest that only allows VHS submissions...If it is then VCD are a no go =\

The downside to burning a VCD is that the reolution will be 352x240. This is quality is about the same as a VHS. An SVCD will be 480x480 and can be burned on a CD-R. The DVD can do 720x480.

Kai Stromler · Post by **Kai Stromler** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 9:00 am

NausicaaFan84 wrote:No, S-video only does... well, video. It's not hard to find an adapter for the audio, though.

I'm pretty sure that this isn't correct, but I could always be wrong....IIRC, the advantage of S-Video is that the video and audio are in the same stream rather than split for transmission and reunited.

Also, I have no idea why this is being brought up in this discussion. Most VHS decks don't have S-video input (or output, for that matter), because thet aren't able to take advantage of the quality gain. And anyone with access to an S-deck (SVHS player/recorder, for those less up on pointless jargon) at this stage in the history of magnetic media wouldn't have mixed up burn and record earlier.

If I'm wrong on this second point and there are places where normal people can get S-decks for a reasonable price, point me at it fast, I'm sick of running off tapes for public exhibition on low-end VCRs through RCA cables.

--K

DJ_Izumi · Post by **DJ_Izumi** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 10:50 am

Kai Stromler wrote:I'm pretty sure that this isn't correct, but I could always be wrong....IIRC, the advantage of S-Video is that the video and audio are in the same stream rather than split for transmission and reunited.

Ha ha... No. What makes S-video so much better is that is separates the video signal into two separate signals. The first signal is a color signal, (chrominance) and the other is for how bright—in terms of black and white--the picture is supposed to be, (luminance). This is a similar idea to three cable componant video.

A standard S-Video cable uses a 4pin PS/2 like jack, you can easily convert S-video to composit video just by crossing a couple wires even. However, many PC graphics cards have additional pins for propriatary connections, audio typically, my old purple ATi All-In-Wonder breakout box took stereo audio in it and then split off to be super-video, but this is unrelated to audio, only specialized PC cables have the additional pins.

Also, it's not difficult to to make a 720x480 SVCD, most DVD players will play it happily.

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 1:23 pm

Kai Stromler wrote:...If I'm wrong on this second point and there are places where normal people can get S-decks for a reasonable price, point me at it fast, I'm sick of running off tapes for public exhibition on low-end VCRs through RCA cables.

If you do a search on "SVHS VCR" over at Pricegrabber.com, you'll get a list with several reasonably priced ($100-$200) models. Be sure to read the fine print, too. I've seen some normal decks advertising SVHS emulation or something like that. It's not the real thing.

If you're willing to spend more, one of those DVD recorders might be a better way to go. And a mini-DV camcorder/VCR is another option for high quality.

DJ_Izumi · Post by **DJ_Izumi** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 1:40 pm

The SVHS emilation thing is basicly a -slightly- improved playback of an SVHS casette threw a normal payback method. It still can't record SVHS in anyway, it's about as usefull as a pair of common analog headphones that are 'specially designed for digital sources, like DVD, MP3 and CD!'.