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C4era
08-28-2002, 05:50 AM
How do I do it?
I wanna record 2 hours of my old grad video to a regular CD-R that will be playable in the DVD player.

This is because I wanna digitize my VHS tapes into CD format so I do not have to have videos clogging up my house.

I am currently using Dazzle (www.dazzle.com) (Product Digital Video Creator 80) to transfer the VHS tapes to the computer. I am stuck from here as to what to do because I am affraid that if I try to burn it on a CD it will not play on the DVD player and I will have wasted many CD's.

If this requires a converter from the net to change the format from its format to VCD format can someone please suggest a good and fast one? Thank you
doughboy
08-28-2002, 07:19 AM
Not heard of Dazzle b4 m8....but to what fornat does it make your vids??
likuid snake
08-28-2002, 08:02 AM
if im not mistaken dazzle makes .avi files. .avi files that can easy be converted to mpeg files using tmpgenc. then all you need is nero to burn them to VCD. if you want an in depth tutorial you can get that at www.vcdhelp.com.
C4era
08-28-2002, 12:12 PM
I just used the dazzle program to make 10 min of my VHS into Avi.. 10 min gave me 1.7 GB!!!!!

I'm using MGI Videowave 4....

Gahhhh!!!
Vile
08-28-2002, 12:22 PM
Originally posted by C4era
I just used the dazzle program to make 10 min of my VHS into Avi.. 10 min gave me 1.7 GB!!!!!

I'm using MGI Videowave 4....

Gahhhh!!!

LMAO. are you like dumping the raw file? If you do that, it will be huge as hell. You need to use something compressed, or change the format of the file.
C4era
08-28-2002, 12:24 PM
When I even ran the raw files the quality looked like.. gah... terrible..

And what do you mean I have to use somethign compressed?
Vile
08-28-2002, 12:27 PM
Originally posted by C4era
When I even ran the raw files the quality looked like.. gah... terrible..

And what do you mean I have to use somethign compressed?

Strange. The quality of the raw file should be really really good. Well, it is from VHS, so keep that in mind.
I mean just do what was mentioned above by the other guys, convert the format of the file.
C4era
08-28-2002, 12:29 PM
Something tells me I'm gonna have to keep this ugly ol VHS tape for a while.... :/
poi
09-01-2002, 06:51 PM
I have the Dazzle 80 also. Couldn't get it to work.

Do I install the software first or plug in the dazzler to the usb port first?