Home video Help from VHS to DVD to PC then Edit?

Question

So I have purchased a VHS to DVD converter and plan to convert all of my home videos on VHS to DVDs sometime soon. However, because the video clips on the VHS tapes are so random, I would like to put the DVDs that I make on my pc to edit and rearrange them. My question(s) are several...
1) does this whole process sound like it will work?
2) How can I edit my DVDs on my pc once I have made them... I have never done that. Do I need to download each one, or what are my options. I am talking about a large quantity of video. I am planning on using Windows Movie Maker for editing.
3) can a finalized home video DVD be edited on the computer?

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks

Answer 1

if you want to edit videos, then you need to skip the vhs to dvd converter. you need to get your vhs tape into your computer via digitizing the footage. this can be done several ways, but you'll need to purchase hardware that connects a vhs player to it then goes to the computer (digitize). If you already have a mini DV camcorder, then you may be able to bypass the above step. connect the vhs player to the mini DV camcorder, set the camcorder to record, connect the camcorder via firewire to the computer and view it through the editing program.



sounds complicated, but it's not. it's work intensive. all of the footage will take time to import.

Answer 2

ioerr is right - the process is almost certainly

1/ Copy VHS to PC

2/ Edit video on PC

3/ Burn DVD



Stage 1 is a one off but you can repeat stages 2 and 3 as often as you want until you get something you like - I'd suggest buying rewritable DVDs while you're still experimenting! The converter you've bought may include a video editor but if it doesn't you may have to buy one (it depends on whether your converter will save the video in a format that can be edited by a free editor like Windows Movie Maker). Assuming the worst, and you need to buy one, have a look at Serif's MoviePlus X5. The current version is X6, so the previous version is very cheap. It includes a DVD authoring feature which may be better than the one you've already got.

Answer 3

I don't know what kind of a package you've bought there, what you can do depends on how it's set up.



I expect there's probably some intermediary stage between the point where the video is captured from the VHS and the point where the DVD is authored and burnt on a disk, and at that point your videos pretty much are going to be on the hard drive somewhere, in some format or other.



If not... well tell us exactly what package you bought and you can probably get some specific information. If nothing else you could rip the video off the finished dvds and then edit them and then reburn them, but that might seem inefficient to you.

Answer 4

First a DVD Creator is needed for making VHS to DVD. And then you can refer to a dvd software rip the dvd into iso file and then editting it on PC.

Answer 5

get a replica of a application named win DVD author. then you drag the vob record/s interior the video folder of the DVD disc to the clip field at this gadget then placed them into the time line on the backside of this gadget window interior the order you like. then upload transition consequences (wipes, fades etc) then upload any titles you like. while complete you could burn back to a DVD disc or export to record while your executed.

Answer 6

i only know that the DVD need to be burned.