Convert your Favorite Films From Vhs to DVD

Memories and vhs tapes are not eternal. dvds can livequickly save your memories.
longer. If your large collection of family movies andIf you want to deal with the conversion personally,
home videos is on vhs, you should consider convertingthere are many options. As a rule, these options
it to dvd. If you leave it on vhs, it can soon die becauserequire a lot of time. One of the most time consuming
the quality of vhs recordings gets poor over time.steps is to capture the vhs video via an analog-to-DV
Additionally, if you play your vhs movies frequently, thisconverter. You need to encode the video in MPEG-2
wears them out additionally. So, if you want to saveformat and author a dvd. If you would like to edit your
your vhs memories? hurry up and convert them tovideos, analog-to-DV conversion is the way to go.
dvd. There are plenty of ways to do it. The processHowever, you should know in advance, that finishing
of converting vhs to dvd is not as easy as with mostjust one hour of video will take you hours or even
other formats because most vhs videos are recordeddays!
only on tapes and not on other media.Another option for vhs to dvd conversion that is a little
If you own a small portable video friendly storagequicker is if you capture the vhs video using a
device you can watch movies basically anywhere.hardware capture device that will convert the vhs to
This could be your iPod, Zune video, Palm or manyMPEG-2. This limits the options you have for edit-ing,
other devices. If you have a dvd and want to use abut one hour of video is one hour of work. Once you
video converter to make the video friendly for yourhave it on your computer as MPEG-2, you can burn it
little device, this is completely understandable as manyto a dvd.
different formats can be used from dvds to littleIf you have your home video on your camcorder then
devices. There are many programs that will allow youyou can simply attach the device to a standalone dvd
to watch a dvd on your little device. Videora is arecorder. This vhs to dvd conversion is simple and
straightforward video converter program that will getstraightforward and will copy your vhs and create
your dvds running quickly and smoothly on your iPod.dvds for you. This version works best if you want
The easiest (but certainly not the cheapest) way toyour video exactly as it is, with no cuts or edits.
transfer vhs to dvd is to outsource it to a company.The options to convert your memories from vhs to
When you outsource to a company, you don?t havedvd are many. Depending on your time, budget and the
to deal with all the technical details of the conversion.need to make edits, you will choose one way or the
You bring them your vhs tapes and after some timeother.
go and collect the ready dvds. This way you can