how to record back to VHS, when you are done editing.

Marissa · Post by **Marissa** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:37 am

How do you put all your videos that you edit that you are done back onto a VHS with a VCR. What output and inputs do you need. Is it possible. It's in the VideoStudio or what other program can you record it back on VHS. Can someone please help me... ? i would really appreciate

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:05 am

You need a video card that includes "TV Out" so that a standard TV set behaves somewhat like a TV monitor. Then you send that output tothe VCR like any other video source.

Marissa · Post by **Marissa** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:13 am

[quote="sjj1805"]You need a video card that includes "TV Out" so that a standard TV set behaves somewhat like a TV monitor. Then you send that output tothe VCR like any other video source.[/quote

So in order to do that I need to buy a video card. what kind would that be that includes a TV Out and how much does that cost(the range of the cost). Is it extrenal or internal?

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:22 am

Your video card is the thing that your computer monitor plugs into - just follow the thick cable from your monitor to see where it connects to the big grey box. Look to see if the card includes any other forms of output in case your card has TV out (but you didn't know it.)

Otherwise you need to pop down to your local computer shop, computer fair or search the internet with google etc.

DVDDoug · Post by **DVDDoug** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:26 am

There are two or three options:

If you are lucky, your computer has a composite video output. (Most computers don't have one). This will be a yellow colored 'RCA" jack just like the video-input on your VCR. You'll need a regular video cable with RCA plugs on each end. For the audio, you'll need an adapter cable with RCA plugs on the VCR end, and a stereo mini-phone plug on the other end to connect to your soundcard's speaker output (or AUX output). These are probably the same cables you used for video capture.

You can also get a VGA to TV adapter. I don't know how well they work. A quick Google search turned-up this.

Or assuming you have a DVD burner and a DVD player, you can make a DVD, connect the DVD player to your VCR and record it.

NOTE- You are going to loose some quality by making an analog copy. There's no way around that when copying a VHS tape. In addition to the usual analog quality loss, you are going through an analog-to-digital conversion, and then through a digital-to-analog conversion. I'm not saying the quality will be terrible... I don't know.... I just know there will be some quality loss.

GeorgeW · Post by **GeorgeW** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:29 am

in addition to what Steve mentioned, you could get a dv camcorder that has analog-to-dv with pass-thru (and vice versa), you can transfer both ways to/from your computer...

If I need to deliver on VHS (which I haven't in a while), sometimes I just create a DVD, and play the DVD into the VCR -- this works well when I have a short clip I want to repeat over and over on a VHS cassette. I just set the DVD to auto-loop, and it will just keep repeating the program to VCR...

Regards,
George

EDIT: Just noticed DVDDoug replied while I was typing a response. So my first sentence should also include DVDDoug's recommendations (as well as others in this post).

Post by **Ken Berry** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 5:55 am

I use a variant on the digital video camera pass-through method described above. However, it just so happens I always make a DV format copy of my projects and archive them, using Export, to my digital video camera/DV cassette. It is then a simple matter of connecting your camera to your VCR via RCA plugs (or S-Video plus RCA audio plugs), and then simply play back your DV cassette and record on your VCR.

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