I'm stuck here guys. I found this great, great music video that was
made
live in the 80s. I want to preserve this gem and get it into dvd
format.
Problem is; I'm stuck as to what procedure to follow; tools,
programs,
encoding, etc to get this gem preserved. Please help.
Thanks,

"nestawasright" <micky001@fastmail.us> wrote in message
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What format is this music video?

What is its video format?

What is its audio format?

Is it a video file on your computer?

Is it a VHS tape? Beta? Mini-DV?

We need the facts to provide any useful answers or
opinions.

Luck;
Ken

nestawasright wrote:
just to copy it from your playback deck onto a DVD using a domestic DVD
recorder with an AV input. Cheap, quick, not terribly good quality or
versatile. If it's on VHS, you can get a combined player/ recorder for a
couple of hundred bucks which saves worrying about connections.

Next step up would be to use a video capture device (USB or internal
card) on your computer, capturing at the best quality your system will
support & using Virtualdub & the filters it contains to clean up & crop
the footage. (Free apart from hardware costs & the time it takes to
learn how)

After that, you open a whole can of worms as to which editing program
you want to use, how you want to distribute it, copyright issues.......

Incidentally, keep the original tape and service the player regularly.
If it's kept carefully, it'll probably outlast any DVD you'll burn at home.

Tciao for Now!

John.

On Aug 17, 5:20 pm, "Ken Maltby" <kmal...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Hi Ken:

The video is on VHS tape. Thanks a lot and looking forward to your
responses.
Michael

"nestawasright" wrote ...
The fastest/easiest way is to just copy it to DVD(s) using
a standalone DVD recorder. What equipment do you have
access to? What exactly do you want to do with the material?
Just make a straight copy? Do some additional post-
production to it? Make a documentary based on it?
Do you have rights to distribute it? Or is this just a one-off
for your own amusement?

On Aug 29, 10:41 am, "Richard Crowley" <rcrow...@xp7rt.net> wrote:
I would like to edit it; fix audio here and there. This is just for my
personal use. It will only be seen here at home. I simply, simply,
want to preserve it. In other words, I want to make sure that 50 or so
years from now, I still have it in some format other than the older
VHS. I don't mind doing the work, I just need to know what are the
best tools for the job. Can someone please help out. I hope I've
answered all the questions that does do little on what I want to do:
"do I have right to distribute it" for example.
Thanks all!

"nestawasright" <micky001@fastmail.us> wrote in message
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You would have to carve it into rock to be confident of viewing it in 50
years.

"nestawasright" wrote ...
Since we can't ask you any more questions, I will just
say that you should play your VHS on a good VCR and
use something like a Canopus ADVC-300 with time-base
correction (dunno whether you need TBC correction since
we can't ask you the condition of your tape)

Then use the Windows MovieMaker that came with your
Windows XP (assuming that you are running a PC and
WinXP, since we can't ask) to edit, etc. Or a higher-end
application like Premiere Elements (etc.)

Note that your original VHS tape is MUCH more likely to
be playable in 50 years than any DVD you can make (or
even any hard-drive file, etc).

In article <1188480654.553687.288170@k79g2000hse.googlegroups .com>,
micky001@fastmail.us says...
What you have asked for is the "world." To best satisfy your request, the folk
here are trying their best to give you solutions. To do so, they need some
info - simple really.

What you need to do, to satisfy your requirements (save for the distribution,
but it's been 2 decades, since I had Media Law), is get a VHS -> DVD recording
deck. Make a direct DVD for backup. Connect to, or add, an analog to digital
card/box to your computer and then "capture" from the VHS to your HDD. This
can be done via the software provided with your capture device, or via any of
dozens of other products. Once in digital form, you will want to edit it to
clean it up, and make it perfect. Adobe Audition does a great job of this for
the audio, though it is not cheap. The video can be edited in
applications like Adobe Premiere Pro.Other sotware can do a pretty good job -
YMMV. Lastly, you will want to author the final to a DVD. If you only need
simple, programs like Premiere Pro can do that. If not, you'll want a DVD
authoring program, like Adobe EncoreDVD.

Now, with software like that, you will need good hardware (computer), plus the
shopping list that I gave you also requires a VHS-DVD deck and capture
hardware.

Is that what you want?

Hunt