| Technology marches ever onward and, as it does, it | | | | way for your VCR to interface with your computer. |
| carries us right along with it. In the early 1980's, as | | | | Most computers do not come shipped with a way to |
| VCR's dropped in price and appeared in more and | | | | do this. You'll need to install a TV card on your |
| more homes, there was a sudden mass appeal for | | | | computer that has inputs that match your VCR's |
| people to have their old Super 8 home movies | | | | outputs. Most TV cards do have both RF and A/V |
| converted to video cassette. Video tapes last far | | | | inputs. |
| longer than film and it just made sense to convert | | | | Next you'll need to record the wedding video onto the |
| those old reels into a more watchable and compact | | | | computer's hard drive. You may need special |
| format. People brought their movies of their baby's first | | | | software to do this if your TV card didn't come with |
| steps, birthday parties, and weddings and turned them | | | | any bundled. Sony's Vegas Video is a good one, but |
| into video tapes. Not long after that, video cameras | | | | there are a number of different titles available. Keep in |
| became cost effective for people to buy and those | | | | mind that the video will take up a lot of drive space. In |
| old super 8 cameras and projectors went the way of | | | | order for the video to be placed on DVD it will have to |
| the dodo. People began using video tape for | | | | be in an MPEG format. Your video recording software |
| everything and the wedding video was born. | | | | should be able to save it this way. Once that is done, |
| Technology has shifted yet again, folks. You may | | | | it's simply a matter of using your DVD burning |
| have noticed less and less video tapes at your local | | | | software to transfer the video onto a DVD disc that |
| Blockbuster store. The medium is becoming extinct, | | | | you can then watch on any DVD player. The |
| replaced by DVD. Guess what? It's time to convert | | | | software will have instructions for doing this. Once the |
| yet again. DVD discs last far longer than video tape, | | | | process (which can take some time, be warned) is |
| offer higher quality picture and sound, and can run | | | | complete, viola! Your wedding video is now on DVD |
| longer than video cassettes. By converting your | | | | and can be enjoyed forever. |
| wedding videos to DVD you can ensure that the | | | | If you don't have or can't afford the equipment and |
| memories you saved will last even longer. | | | | software to follow the preceding steps, fear not. |
| The process of converting your wedding video to | | | | There are companies that can take away all of the |
| DVD is not complicated, but to do it yourself you will | | | | hassle and transfer your wedding videos to DVD for |
| need some special equipment. Obviously you'll need a | | | | you, for a price. Whichever method you choose will |
| DVD recording device and a way for your VCR to | | | | have the same end result and you'll be enjoying your |
| connect to it. If you have a DVD burner on your | | | | old wedding videos and other home movies on a new |
| computer, you're halfway there. You will also need a | | | | format that's built to last. |